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New job and just applied for first british passport
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 4:47 pm
by phospholipid
I recently got naturalised and then two weeks after sent off my application for my British passport. I'm now applying for various jobs and they ask me to prove that I have the right to work in the UK. They usually ask for passport with residency permit (which I don't have, sent to the passport office), I also do not have my naturalisation certificate which I sent to the passport office. Are there any documents I can use to show I can work in the UK?
Re: New job and just applied for first british passport
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:04 pm
by skilled_migrant
Don't you have any photocopy of passport /ILR BRP / ILR Visa ?
Normally photocopy should be acceptable.
Re: New job and just applied for first british passport
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:19 pm
by phospholipid
skilled_migrant wrote:Don't you have any photocopy of passport /ILR BRP / ILR Visa ?
Normally photocopy should be acceptable.
No unfortunately not, I did not realise I'd get a job before the documents were returned.
Re: New job and just applied for first british passport
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:38 pm
by Jambo
Just tell them you have applied for a new passport. You should get it back within a few weeks. Most employers should be OK to wait for that.
Re: New job and just applied for first british passport
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 2:51 am
by phospholipid
Jambo wrote:Just tell them you have applied for a new passport. You should get it back within a few weeks. Most employers should be OK to wait for that.
I'm planning to when I go to my interview, but they specifically say that if you can't prove that you're eligible to work in the UK then they wont even interview me :\