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Hi All,
I keep getting certain agents asking for some documents like passport, birth certificate, dental records before they will submit my application, as it standard practise...however most seem happy with a CV and my assurance that they will be supplied when needed. Is it me, or does the agent that needs them sound a bit 'odd' I think these particular documents could be used for ID theft?... Or am I being paranoid 
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yes
(please send bank details so I can provide further proof)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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I could tell you, but I'll need your bank account number first.
Edit: I'm too slow today!
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"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Copy the certificate, proving you have one, and cross out any details that can be used to identify you beyond your first/last name.
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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That's actually a great idea. I wonder why it never occurred to me. 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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glennPattonPUB wrote: dental records
It's to prove you won't bite people when under stress or confronted.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I'm pretty sure he's not Luis Suarez.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: I'm pretty sure he's not Luis Suarez.
Dental records should confirm that. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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My other half works for a recruitment company - as far as I know, to be compliant with their own processes, the identification/right to work documentation has to be with them before contract signing (not certain by whom, end client or contractor). I'll get further confirmation tonight.
Whoever is asking may, of course, have different internal processes - and you could also be paranoid 
Regards, Stewart
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My wife has been working for her company for 8 years now, she has just had to provide proof she is allowed to work in the UK.
She doesn't have a current passport (recently expired) so they said birth certificate and National Insurance card.
I said they both prove that someone with her maiden name is allowed to work in the UK, but not her.
They eventually worked this out too and accepted her expired passport as it was valid when she was employed by them.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: My wife
Thank you for referring to her that way instead of using "herself." I don't know why but it annoys me when people refer to their wife here as "herself." 
"Herself went to the store..." See, it is terrible.
OK, I'm good. Carry on. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I prefer to use "the boss". It avoids all confusion. Note the lack of capitalisation which denotes the fact that Bruce Springsteen and I have never met.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Bruce Springsteen and I have never met.
Does he know that? 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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He may need his dental records to be sure 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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I use "she who must be obeyed", but that dates me.
The difficult takes time, the impossible a little longer.
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Only if it makes you feel Rumpoled.
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What about "She who must be obeyed"
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"The One Who Wields The Frying Pan"
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SortaCore wrote: "The One Who Wields The Frying Pan"
of Doom!
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All frying pans are Frying Pans of Doom (according to my cheerful smoke detectors).
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Her Indoors always moans about that too...
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I seem to get away with showing my Freedom Pass (bus pass to non-Londoners). It has my name and a photo and an official looking number. Keeps them happy.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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Checked - all they need is 2 pieces of photo identity & 1 proof of address, or 1 photo identity & 2 proofs of address, before the contract starts. They are also supposed to meet the person face-to-face as well, but they have ways round that.
This is for compliance with NHS supplier status requirements.
Regards, Stewart
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glennPattonPUB wrote: I keep getting certain agents asking for some documents like passport, birth certificate, dental records before they will submit my application, as it standard practise
Creepy... Why would they want your dental records? Are they planning on faking your death? Because that sounds like a completely different industry.
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Ian Shlasko wrote: Creepy... Why would they want your dental records? Are they planning on faking your death? Because that sounds like a completely different industry.
Or maybe, OP's planning to fake his own death and collect the insurance. This post is his alibi. 
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