Passports- do all your grandchildren, nephews, nieces

Nannan2

Dunno what the robovacs got to do with the original thread though..? & does that mean robovacs dont actually clean, they just scatter dust & dirt from place to place instead of actually SUCKING it up???

I think they suck up bits and dirt but it sounds as if they are very effective muck-spreaders - every gardener should have one
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Peasblossom

Are we talking about the UK?

If they don’t have their own passports they’ll be on their parents, won’t they? If they’ve travelled in.

If they were born here a birth certificate will establish that.

Do you have a verified link to this actually happening and where?

To your answer, children have not been allowed on parents passports in the UK for many many years now.

And my GS has his own passport as he has travelled abroad

The rules for EU nationals living in the UK have sadly changed since 1/01/2021 and all EU residents still living in the UK had to apply for settled status via the home office. Failure to do this by the deadline can result in withdrawal of public services incl education

Sometimes I think there are a group of people who are assigned by “Gransnet” to throw out posts, just to either start a conversation ? OR ? stirring.

Do you have a verified link to this actually happening and where?

schoolsweek.co.uk/pupils-who-were-not-white-british-told-to-send-in-birthplace-data/

2016, right after the Brexit referendum. Verified. Hackney, Bracknell, Evesham.

This thread has kicked up rather a lot of surprise and questions because it was actually a non starter.
In the context of registering children in school, they do not have to produce a passport. If the parents are resident in the UK that is sufficient. Usually we look at a birth certificate for full name of child, date of birth and gender. If parents reside abroad then we may need to check visas and additional documents.
If a child starts or leaves the school at anytime during their education then we have to notify the Local Authority. We have to keep a trail from Reception to Year 6 so the child does not fall off the radar.
No passports required at anytime, certainly not year on year, in normal circumstances.

Proofs of identity are proliferating. I've always had a passport and, for at least 21 years, a photographic driving licence. Then there's a bus pass and now my new senior railcard has my photo as well. What next?

So there you have it, from 2 reliable sources. Mine being from the horse's mouth. Unless anyone would like to disagree?

Yes, me.

Is nobody reading my link? Hello? Is anybody there?

Quote:

"St Richard’s Church of England first school in Evesham, Worcestershire, also wrote to parents this week requesting pupils’ passport numbers."

schools have misinterpreted the new rules, including asking for pupils’ passport numbers and for parents to confirm their child is not an asylum seeker
The Department for Education has now reconfirmed its guidance. A spokesperson said: “The guidance is clear – there is no requirement for schools to request a child’s passport or birth certificate”. He insisted the nationality and country of birth data “should be as stated by the parent or guardian”

Yes they have misinterpreted.

But they did it, despite all the protestations on here about how that never happens.

Geez.

Who said it never happens please?

So basically like I posted up thread zealous HT misinterpretation of the rules thank you Ellianne

I take it all back, nobody actually used the words "It never happens"

But there was so much effort expended in trying to say that the OP was making a mountain out of a molehill than actually looking at the problem.

Over-zealous HT's for sure, who thought that it was acceptable to ask non-white children for their passports.

GrannyGravy13

So basically like I posted up thread zealous HT misinterpretation of the rules thank you Ellianne

Yes, Grannygravy, you, Peasblossom, Meryl, Muse etc. etc. were all correct. Passports are not mandatory.
Nothing to do with Brexit either.

Passports- not your business.

All my GC have them. The most difficult job was trying to get a 6 week old baby to have her eyes open and not be crying when the photo was being taken.

Thank you for your apology Alegrias.
On this one the OP was wrong to say, "schools sending letters to parents asking children to bring their passports on a certain day, year by year- in order to check their resident status. Explaining that things have changed since Brexit and that some may no longer have the right to be educated there."
She was definitely making an unnecessary mountain out of a mole hole and i really can't see any of those correcting her expending any great effort or busting a gut.

My GS too. Two weeks old. Needed for a passport application while living overseas.

Ellianne

Sorry - but I love the idea of a mole hole

The little blighters could hide there all day long.

All have.

Yes but then they are all 17plus

Most do, but not all, some simply have never needed one. Just as I have issues with authority in never having had a driving licence, I guess in future sone will have problems not owning a passport.

I have always found being a bolshy bastard works wonders with over officious officialdom !!! ?

Thank you for that clarification, Maybe. Had agreed to host a Swiss friend's daughter for a month once Covid travel settles, to improve her English (the poor kid is being taught all subjects through the medium of English in a mainstream Swiss school). Might be easier to just tell her parents they'll have to pay for her to go to a private school for a month. Had intended to go and speak to the head of our local comp to ask if she could go there for the month. Ramifications of Brexit hadn't even occurred to me. Not even quite sure what nationality the kids are; parents are German, but live and work in Switzerland

Sorry, Mawbe. Blame autocorrect, just did it again!

Oofy she might want to look at courses offered by Sherborne International School - very good, though this year I think they might be on hold due to covid.