help me please

[4getmenot]

I have an interview this week and email says please bring along good quality copies of your passport cover and the detailed identification page.

I dont understand cover?

[redman41]

Hi 4getmenot !
Just Photocopy the Front Cover of your Passport and the inside Page which holds your Photo and Personal details

[4getmenot]

surely the front of a passport is no different than anyone elses? plus mine ran out this year do you think that matters?

[jb190281]

hi 4get, sorry to butt in. I dont think theyll mind that it ran out, they probably just want proof that youre a british citizen

[Mosaic]

It means, open up the double page where your photo is and copy it. I have done this in the past by photographing it and pasting the image onto a word a4 page cos I had no scanner.

[Prudie]

Maybe it's just to confirm that it's a British (EU) one (although you could copy anybody's). I'd take the passport with you in case you've not got what they want. I agree it's not clear.

[boxtops]

if they are asking for the cover then they mean the cover (for UK citizens, this is maroon). Take it, if you don't then they will think you have not read the email or paid attention to the detai.
If I were you I would copy the cover and the page with all your details on, then take the original passport and the photocopies with you to the interview. When we interview we have to sign to say we have seen the original, but keep the copies which will go on your personnel file if (when!) you get the job. As jb says, most employers keep data for equality & diversity records so they will need to see the cover to clarify which country issued it.

[dotty.]

It is the legal duty of any employer in this countyr to hold certified proof that anyone working for them has the legal right to work in the UK, the most common ID for this is a valid UK passport. I take photocopies of staff passports whenever they start with the company and always ask at interview if they can provide the id needed. Anyone from the EU can legally work in the UK and so the ID page, being pretty standard throughout the EU, needs to have the cover page with it to confirm the nationality of the passport holder,

[4getmenot]

yer I'll copy front of bit with photo, take it too, with driving license and a utility bill, they want coloured copies of my academic certificates, luckily I still have my gcse results

[4getmenot]

amazing this is the first time I've been asked

[4getmenot]

just got to find a colour photocopier or scanner now :-)

[redcrx]

4get, ive got one at office, pop by tomorrow.

[4getmenot]

yer was going to use mums, will pop in tues x

[wheaten]

You could take it to a library, job centre, photo shop or just plead at a local office. The company you are going to may copy it for you.
Wheaten

[4getmenot]

its ok used my mums

[evedawn]

Hey forgetmenot...I've not been on for a good few days, (been hectic at work / home) but now I see you're posting...I thought you had accepted a job around two weeks back?

[evedawn]

ok - i just read a prev post regarding your new boss having cancer...so now I know why you are having more interviews. Good luck for the interviews ... you'll get something soon I am sure.