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Poll: Would you accept to submit a scanned copy of your passport to an international agency/client? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Would you accept to submit a scanned copy of your passport to an international agency/client?".
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I've never been asked as a freelancer (of course an employer collects a copy of your identity card when you are recruited). My passport is no longer valid and as I no longer need it to travel in the EU it’s more than likely that I’ll not ask for a new one any time soon (my traveling years are gone and I have no intention of traveling outside the EU). Anyway, if I’m really interested in working with someone, I’ll have no problem scanning my ID card.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
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Teresa Borges wrote:
....my traveling years are gone and I have no intention of traveling outside the EU....
Too bad. So I won't be expecting a visit by you to London 
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| planes now flying to Portugal | May 21, 2021 |
Tom in London wrote: Teresa Borges wrote:
....my traveling years are gone and I have no intention of traveling outside the EU.... Too bad. So I won't be expecting a visit by you to London
But you can join the Brits who are now flocking to fly to Portugal to visit her and enjoy some genuine Pasteis de Nata, though the Lidl ones are not too bad ....
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| Nothing beats... | May 21, 2021 |
Alexandra Speirs wrote: Tom in London wrote: Teresa Borges wrote:
....my traveling years are gone and I have no intention of traveling outside the EU.... Too bad. So I won't be expecting a visit by you to London But you can join the Brits who are now flocking to fly to Portugal to visit her and enjoy some genuine Pasteis de Nata, though the Lidl ones are not too bad ....
... real ones!
https://pasteisdebelem.pt/
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| Passport to agency... | May 21, 2021 |
ProZ.com Staff wrote: This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Would you accept to submit a scanned copy of your passport to an international agency/client?". View the poll results »
Isch abe gar keine Passport...
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:53
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Alexandra Speirs wrote:
But you can join the Brits who are now flocking to fly to Portugal...
I'm horrfied that you think I'm a Brit. I'm Irish.
[Edited at 2021-05-21 09:41 GMT]
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Tom in London wrote: Alexandra Speirs wrote:
But you can join the Brits who are now flocking to fly to Portugal... I'm horrfied that you think I'm a Brit. I'm Irish. [Edited at 2021-05-21 09:41 GMT]
I said join the Brits, as a Scot who is 25% Irish I would not presume anything of the kind!
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| To get back to the topic | May 21, 2021 |
I do not like to submit such personal documents
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| It is completely unnecessary | May 21, 2021 |
If the client wanted me to visit, I could agree to make travel arrangements, but they still do not need to see my passport.
They could even buy me a ticket to travel without seeing my passport.
They can see relevant credentials - my exam certificates for instance - and they can check me up in the Danish business register, but my personal documents are not necessary for a working relationship, either online or in person.
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Tom in London wrote:
I'm horrfied that you think I'm a Brit. I'm Irish.
Given that you choose to live in London, why would you be horrfied if someone thought you were British? (I did.)
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| Getting to know you | May 21, 2021 |
Ice Scream wrote: Tom in London wrote:
I'm horrfied that you think I'm a Brit. I'm Irish. Given that you choose to live in London, why would you be horrfied if someone thought you were British? (I did.)
I knew Tom's Irish, as he mentioned it in a post I read once. And I don't even follow these forums that much!
As for yourself, Chris, I didn't initially recognise you in your new guise when you posted that excellent "SpongerZ/KlownZ/MugZ" reply to my question the other week, I should have got it from the trademark waggish humour. It's not the most obvious of progressions, is it, from furry feline photobomber to nihilistic Norwegian nightmarishness? But equally alliterative, I'll give you that.
To make this post at least vaguely on-topic, I'll add that I wouldn't send a scan of my passport to an agency/client. There, that's the "relevance" box ticked.
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| Irish and Irish. Minefield. | May 21, 2021 |
Peter Shortall wrote:
I knew Tom's Irish, as he mentioned it in a post I read once.
I thought Tom was Northern Irish. Oops.
I wouldn't want to send a customer a scan of my passport either, even though I now use my passport photo as my profile pic.
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| Yes, but ... | May 21, 2021 |
... with my picture and social security number removed
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Like Teresa, I don't plan to renew my passport at this time. I would have no trouble sharing a copy of it with a legitimate agency, whether a travel agency or an international employer.
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