agency want to see passport

Birth certicate and other documents are valid as well. They just need proof of your right to work in the UK.

Nope.

Dont the poms need passports to go to europe?

Mailman

I haven't renewed my expired passport hence am I now unemployable?

or British and have never been abroad

It's not just Kiwis and Aussies here, mailman!! There is no legal requirement to have a passport you know

How can you NOT have a passport? :rolleyes

If you dont then you are either an illegal overstayer OR a terrorist! :rollin

Mailman

Anyone know what happens if you haven't got a passport?

Actually chaps, they do have a legal requirement (see reccon's comments here )

And since an agent will be breaking the law if they don't ask you, you might find yourself on the bench for longer than you expected.....:lol

Opinion? IMHO

1. They probably can't tell the difference between a Ltd Co and an employee, and are not interested in thinking about it. They are wrong. Is that the most important question for you?

2. They don't have a legal requirement to see your passport. They have a right to ask, in the sense that anyone has the right to ask; but not to insist. You have a right not to show it to them. They have a right not to give you the contract if they don't want to.

I contacted a reputable agency advert about a position and after speaking to them for a while they then told me that they want a copy of my passport for their records. I questioned them on it and they muttered something about the temporary employment act (or something).
Now I supply services through a LTD company, and I can obviously I really wanted to , send someone else to full fill the client requirements. So what use is them seeing my passport?
Naturally I refused, I don't think they have legal right to see my passport for a contract between two companies.

What's everyone's opinion on this. This is the first agency that has asked for this.

Sal.