Hello new job anxiety, my old friend!
Apparently, in order to start at my new (extremely part-time, temporary, seasonal, decidedly doesn’t even begin to cover my rent) job, I have to send some ID and proof of address and my original qualification certificates and a bunch of forms to head office in London. I’m wary enough about the idea of being without my passport for however long it would take them to receive it and post it back, as it’s my primary form of ID and I just KNOW I’m going to need it as soon as it’s gone, and my visa’s in there and I don’t know how replaceable those things are and I need it to be able to keep living here. And my degree certificate’s in storage back in Canada, and even if I can get my folks to unearth it and send it to me, that’s going to take a while. No no no, I don’t like any of this. Now I’m having an anxiety flap and trying not to cry and there’s nobody here to talk me down. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I’m just going to funnel rhubarb tea into myself until I can move from this spot where I’m sat, petrified with fear.
Rhubarb tea is good. I’m sad it’s being discontinued. It’s sweet and tastes like rhubarb and rhubarb is my favourite thing. It’s refreshing and lovely and green. Nothing about it is overbearing. It’s softening my headache. I’ll miss this tea when it’s gone.
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Ah! Breathing! Can you photocopy your passport and give it to them? I hope that the anxiety passes quickly!
That really sucks…you should ask maybe if they’d accept a photocopy like Rosehips was mentioning. I work at a Bank, and deal with International clients sometimes, we would NEVER require an original passeport, but we ask for copies to be authenticated by the consulate, maybe you should adk if that could work? Whatever happens, I hope you can calm down and find a solution :-)
Thanks guys, tea’s helping too! I’ve sent an email to HR to see what we can do. Deep breaths. Always new hassles, but almost always a solution. Deeeeep breaths.
Hopefully copies or certified copies would be acceptable. You could also ask if an official transcript from your university would be okay. In that case the university can send it directly to your employer. I’ve worked jobs with high security clearances and all they required was copies not the original. I was required to present my passport for view but they never held it. Good thing, as my passport was a requirement for that job.
I’ll say! Yeah, while I have to submit a criminal records check, that’s pretty par for the course these days. Looks like it’s going to be sorted all right – good to know about transcripts, that makes sense. You know, it hasn’t happened to me, but my brother’s been asked to produce his university AND high school transcripts for jobs – and this is when he was also writing his PhD dissertation. You’d think that “hey guys, I’m working towards a PhD from an Ivy League school” would preclude you needing to track down your high school transcripts for a job, but who knows.
Ah! Breathing! Can you photocopy your passport and give it to them? I hope that the anxiety passes quickly!
That really sucks…you should ask maybe if they’d accept a photocopy like Rosehips was mentioning. I work at a Bank, and deal with International clients sometimes, we would NEVER require an original passeport, but we ask for copies to be authenticated by the consulate, maybe you should adk if that could work? Whatever happens, I hope you can calm down and find a solution :-)
Thanks guys, tea’s helping too! I’ve sent an email to HR to see what we can do. Deep breaths. Always new hassles, but almost always a solution. Deeeeep breaths.
Hopefully copies or certified copies would be acceptable. You could also ask if an official transcript from your university would be okay. In that case the university can send it directly to your employer. I’ve worked jobs with high security clearances and all they required was copies not the original. I was required to present my passport for view but they never held it. Good thing, as my passport was a requirement for that job.
I’ll say! Yeah, while I have to submit a criminal records check, that’s pretty par for the course these days. Looks like it’s going to be sorted all right – good to know about transcripts, that makes sense. You know, it hasn’t happened to me, but my brother’s been asked to produce his university AND high school transcripts for jobs – and this is when he was also writing his PhD dissertation. You’d think that “hey guys, I’m working towards a PhD from an Ivy League school” would preclude you needing to track down your high school transcripts for a job, but who knows.