I'm getting a lot of grief from work over the immigration asylum and
nationality act [2006], they want to see proof of my id even though
I've worked there over ten years and am British and was born in this
country.

I'm unable to find any passport and believe it may be expired by now
as I haven't been abroad for several years.

I don't have a birth certificate. I believe even if I did that they
are not valid proofs of identity anyway and I have been told it even
states this on them?

My NI details they already have from when I first started working
there. I am unable to find any NI card and believe it takes several
weeks to get a new one. I don't see how this would proof identity
either though?

Drivers License I have been unable to find this and believe the courts
in Scotland may still have it from when I sent it off for a speeding
fine. This also even if I could find it, doesn't proove identity as it
is one of the old style paper ones.

I have to give them documents they're requesting by the end of the
week but can't afford a new passport £72 standard lengthy service £92
expidited would take until the week after. Plus I'm not planning any
holidays abroad as I can't afford.

I have thought about an attestation of identity but obviously I would
need to bright family (mother father sister, brothers), friends and
other associates with me to sign and witness in presence of solicitor
which isn't practical or an option that I can do.

Is it possible to get a Statutory Declaration Confirminig Identity and
how to you do that if you don't have or can't find any of the
documents they are requesting? 

Is it just an oath you swear to? If that is not an option would an
Affidavit of Identity be sufficient?

What is my best course of action? How can I give these documents when
I don't have them? The company policy they gave me they said there
would be other documents listed that I could provide as proof instead.
However no other documents are listed in there other than what I have
told them I don't have or have misplaced.

They said I've got to give them the documents this week or I'll get
disciplined and probably suspended without pay!

Would the Statutory Declaration Confirming Identity or Affidavit be
something I swear to under oath, which would be acceptable and prevent
the company I work for from being liable and hassling me further?

I feel like this is really becoming a police state. It's like 1930's
Germany or the Soviet Union.

Can I get a statutory declaration confirming identity or affidavit of
identity from a solicitors (bearing in mind I don't have any of these
documents) and how much would it cost? 

Thanks for any help you can offer,

John

John wrote:

> I'm getting a lot of grief from work over the immigration asylum and
> nationality act [2006], they want to see proof of my id even though
> I've worked there over ten years and am British and was born in this
> country.
> 
> I'm unable to find any passport and believe it may be expired by now
> as I haven't been abroad for several years.
> 
> I don't have a birth certificate. I believe even if I did that they
> are not valid proofs of identity anyway and I have been told it even
> states this on them?
> 
> My NI details they already have from when I first started working
> there. I am unable to find any NI card and believe it takes several
> weeks to get a new one. I don't see how this would proof identity
> either though?
> 
> Drivers License I have been unable to find this and believe the courts
> in Scotland may still have it from when I sent it off for a speeding
> fine. This also even if I could find it, doesn't proove identity as it
> is one of the old style paper ones.
> 
> I have to give them documents they're requesting by the end of the
> week but can't afford a new passport £72 standard lengthy service £92
> expidited would take until the week after. Plus I'm not planning any
> holidays abroad as I can't afford.
> 
> I have thought about an attestation of identity but obviously I would
> need to bright family (mother father sister, brothers), friends and
> other associates with me to sign and witness in presence of solicitor
> which isn't practical or an option that I can do.
> 
> Is it possible to get a Statutory Declaration Confirminig Identity and
> how to you do that if you don't have or can't find any of the
> documents they are requesting? 
> 
> Is it just an oath you swear to? If that is not an option would an
> Affidavit of Identity be sufficient?
> 
> What is my best course of action? How can I give these documents when
> I don't have them? The company policy they gave me they said there
> would be other documents listed that I could provide as proof instead.
> However no other documents are listed in there other than what I have
> told them I don't have or have misplaced.
> 
> They said I've got to give them the documents this week or I'll get
> disciplined and probably suspended without pay!

Tell them you will provide the documentation when other agencies return them to you 
> 
> Would the Statutory Declaration Confirming Identity or Affidavit be
> something I swear to under oath, which would be acceptable and prevent
> the company I work for from being liable and hassling me further?
> 
> I feel like this is really becoming a police state. It's like 1930's
> Germany or the Soviet Union.
> 
> Can I get a statutory declaration confirming identity or affidavit of
> identity from a solicitors (bearing in mind I don't have any of these
> documents) and how much would it cost? 
> 
> Thanks for any help you can offer,
> 
> John 

Normally you have to do this within a court , you need to provide proof of identity
such as a letter from your doctor or solicitor bank statements utitlity bills etc ,
my wife had to do this to obtain a new driving licence because se didnt have a
passport and her mother through away her depoll paperwork  and the name on her birth
certificate did not match her marraige certificate to me

you can get a birth certificate from your local register office , it will prove your
place of birth , you are not trying to confirm your identity only your nationality

hi in regard to you letter on site i had the same trouble and had to wait 8 
weks before i could get my pay i have lived in this country since i left 
school a 15 yrs i was born in the irish rep and worked her all my life and 
the same thing poped up as with you and i had no details to proof even 
though i had a ni number paid tax all my life bought 3 houses never needed a 
passport or a driving lience so i went to a solictor but you must be able to 
prove to him /her who you are other ways ie bank statments doctors card 
other paper work also handy if you have used the solictor you are asking for 
to do the paper work  i got a Statutory Declaration as Proof of Identity? 
and no one can not accept this if thy do you tell them to ring the home 
office if thy refuse then thy are in the wrong it is always handy to have 
the contact number your self so as to save them any trouble getting to speak 
to who thy want but thy can,t refuse the Statutory Declaration as Proof of 
Identity? i know i have been down that road and any one who does can be done 
hope this helps

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derek johnson wrote:

> hi in regard to you letter on site i had the same trouble and had to wait 8 
> weks before i could get my pay i have lived in this country since i left 
> school a 15 yrs i was born in the irish rep and worked her all my life and 
> the same thing poped up as with you and i had no details to proof even 
> though i had a ni number paid tax all my life bought 3 houses never needed a 
> passport or a driving lience so i went to a solictor but you must be able to 
> prove to him /her who you are other ways ie bank statments doctors card 
> other paper work also handy if you have used the solictor you are asking for 
> to do the paper work  i got a Statutory Declaration as Proof of Identity? 
> and no one can not accept this if thy do you tell them to ring the home 
> office if thy refuse then thy are in the wrong it is always handy to have 
> the contact number your self so as to save them any trouble getting to speak 
> to who thy want but thy can,t refuse the Statutory Declaration as Proof of 
> Identity? i know i have been down that road and any one who does can be done 
> hope this helps
> 
> url: http://myreader.co.uk/msg/10054066.aspx

My wife had to swear before a court who she was yet some organisations still will
not accept the documentation as evidence .In the end i issued a statuary demand
against the insurance company threatening to wind them up , strangly enough the
payment which was substantial arrived within seven days