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Passport snooping Jobcentre

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  • duchy
    duchy Posts: 19,511 Forumite
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    edited 1 September 2014 at 6:45AM
    CKhalvashi wrote: »
    Not under the EU travel arrangements.

    I have multiple passports, and whilst my English one doesn't have any stamps/visas in, both of the others do.

    It's therefore potentially relevant, but not materially so.

    So it was potentially relevant.....so what are you moaning about?
    BTW there are more countries outside the EU than within.
    Also there is no such thing as an English passport .
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  • CKhalvashi
    CKhalvashi Posts: 12,134 Forumite
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    duchy wrote: »
    So it was potentially relevant.....so what are you moaning about?
    BTW there are more countries outside the EU than within.
    Also there is no such thing as an English passport .

    I'm not moaning about anything, simply stating it is potentially irrelevant, but potentially relevant at the same time.

    It's also relevant that a probable majority of countries visited by EU nationals are themselves within the EU.
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  • pmlindyloo
    pmlindyloo Posts: 13,100 Forumite
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    If anyone wants to read through the complex rues about being habitually resident then they are here:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324553/dmgch0703.pdf

    As regards the OP it would be useful to know what their pattern of working/claiming benefits/living abroad is to be able to comment about this investigation into whether they meet the habitual residency test.
  • dodger1
    dodger1 Posts: 4,579 Forumite
    Certain pages also have hidden security features. Can't tell you what they are though :)

    Pretty please?
    It's someone else's fault.
  • missapril75
    missapril75 Posts: 1,669 Forumite
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    dodger1 wrote: »
    Pretty please?

    Well, there's one line that's not really a line. ;)

    Then there's that GPS gadget and self destruct feature.
  • dodger1
    dodger1 Posts: 4,579 Forumite
    Well, there's one line that's not really a line. ;)

    Then there's that GPS gadget and self destruct feature.

    I like that one :eek:
    It's someone else's fault.
  • dodger1 wrote: »
    Pretty please?

    If known they could be copied by forgers. Get yourself an ultra violet light and see if you can spot some, then hold the pages up to the light, then examine the stitching to each page, then check the spelling of each word...

    It's like birth, marriage and death certificates and the spelling error in a certain letter (in the swirling words in the background) so many words along and so many lines down. Take a look and see if you can spot it :)
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  • dodger1
    dodger1 Posts: 4,579 Forumite
    If known they could be copied by forgers. Get yourself an ultra violet light and see if you can spot some, then hold the pages up to the light, then examine the stitching to each page, then check the spelling of each word...

    It's like birth, marriage and death certificates and the spelling error in a certain letter (in the swirling words in the background) so many words along and so many lines down. Take a look and see if you can spot it :)

    ok will source an ultra violet light and give it a go :)
    It's someone else's fault.
  • If known they could be copied by forgers. Get yourself an ultra violet light and see if you can spot some, then hold the pages up to the light, then examine the stitching to each page, then check the spelling of each word...

    It's like birth, marriage and death certificates and the spelling error in a certain letter (in the swirling words in the background) so many words along and so many lines down. Take a look and see if you can spot it :)


    Sounds interesting. I don't have a passport, but might borrow my daughter's just to be nosey!
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