18yo daughter offered a job but can't find her passport

TBagpuss

It may depend on how they do the checks. There are services which check the validity of passports and other forms of ID - we use one where I work as we frequently have to verify ID for clients. The system we use won't accept n expired passport or driving licence.

We have some discretion,  and where we can document what we checked and why, would probably go forward with a combination of other documents / copies etc. in most circumstances, but we are a fairly small business and so the business owners are available and can make the decision. In a larger organisation the manager or HR person doing the checks may have a lot less leeway to accept things which are not on the internal check list. 

Since what the employer is doing is checking her right to work, then if she can provide document which show that she was born in the UK and is a British citizen then they should be OK, but ultimately only the employer can decide whether they are happy to proceed,. 

Spendless

She's contacted them. They will accept a current (not expired) passport OR driving license WITH birth certificate. They will keep the job open until the weekend after next. I have told her to look again at her student digs. Am not holding out much hope though. 

Savvy_Sue

Spendless said:

She's contacted them. They will accept a current (not expired) passport OR driving license WITH birth certificate. They will keep the job open until the weekend after next. I have told her to look again at her student digs. Am not holding out much hope though. 

You may be able to replace a lost driving licence PDQ: https://www.gov.uk/apply-online-to-replace-a-driving-licence

Obviously I don't know how long that will take, but it was fairly quick when DH had to do it because he'd lost his paper counterpart back in the day when you needed both in order to hire a car, and he'd decided to ignore the instruction to keep them together, and we realised just before going on holiday where we'd be hiring a car ... 

General_Grant

And remember the Driving Licence should have correct address.

Spendless

Today we bit the bullet and ordered a replacement driving license, because it was the quickest option


Daughter is home for half term tomorrow and doesn't return back to her student town till Friday. She told us of plans to go to a nightclub with a friend whilst here. We pointed out she had no ID to gain entry.

A few hours later and we hear from her - she has found the passport - in her room in a bag of 'random bits'. Found by her far more organised flatmate! 

We have said she takes especial care of it because she needs it to take in to her new employer so she can start the job next weekend.

Marvellous what you can achieve when there's a night out on the stakes!