limeyphil:
Some of you want to read what the law says before posting.
When did it become compulsory for a British Citizen to have a passport to work in the Country he was born in?
The short answer is: It Didn’t.An employer must show that he has made satisfactory checks to make sure his employees have the right to work in the UK.
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I was refused an interview with Parcelforce because I did not possess a passport. That was in 2006. I went for an interview for another job in 2006 and no such request was made and again in 2008.
Porkypig:
Its not just businesses, when I was serving in Cyprus and tried to register my newborn son who was born in a British military hospital I was told I had to provide further evidence that he was entitled to a British passport as I wasn’t British enough? This was despite being British born, a British passport holder and only in Cyprus because I was a British serviceman sent by the British government, all of which fell on deaf ears and I then had to get copies of my parents and in-laws birth certificates to prove they were also British. My son was two years old before we received his passport, the mind boggles!
On the other Hand you get the Passport quicker if you not born here,perhaps. If we can trust the News