Home office and employment

[Escapee]

I have been asked by a job agency to supply a photo of my passport!

I find his highly irregular, why would the agency want a copy. Surely teh employer should be the one asking for this information.

I guess this is another example of british citizens being inconvenienced because this government has let every tom dick and harry in here!

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by Escapee

I have been asked by a job agency to supply a photo of my passport!

I find his highly irregular, why would the agency want a copy. Surely teh employer should be the one asking for this information.

I guess this is another example of british citizens being inconvenienced because this government has let every tom dick and harry in here!

Have you asked why they want it - maybe it's just that it's a good form of ID?

[Russ]

IIRC, all agencies now by law have to obtain identification from you before they can offer you employment due to new regulations in place to prevent illegal immigrants and the suchlike finding legitimate work here.

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by Russ D

IIRC, all agencies now by law have to obtain identification from you before they can offer you employment due to new regulations in place to prevent illegal immigrants and the suchlike finding legitimate work here.

That's what I thought - when I signed up with an agency a while ago, they requested a copy of my driving licence as my passport had expired. I don't reslly see it as a problem - IMO it just makes it easier in the long run as the agency has proof that you are who you say you are.

[Escapee]

We have been chatting about this in work, and one guy said a London based agency refused to put his application forward for a job in Bath until he had visited them in person. He lives in Bristol and the job was in Gloucestershire.

This is political correctness gone mad again, surely they should ask for identity to be taken along to interview. I'm sure its not that difficult for these people to obtain a false passport anyway.

They are making things difficult for honest working people who have spent all their life in this country, and the bottom line is it's just because they cant discriminate and ask "abdul whatever his name is" to prove his identity without asking "Jones the Coal" to do the same.

Another silly rule that will make hassle for the genuine and make no difference to the ones who pay to get transported in here and provided with false documentation.

[Escapee]

Originally Posted by Nugget

That's what I thought - when I signed up with an agency a while ago, they requested a copy of my driving licence as my passport had expired. I don't reslly see it as a problem - IMO it just makes it easier in the long run as the agency has proof that you are who you say you are.

I have absolutely no problem taking my driving licence and passport to an interview, but why should I be expected to email a copy at a complete strangers request.

Surely this is open for more fraud and identity stealing!