UK application for jobs original or photocopied documents?

Question

Hi I will be travelling to the UK soon and will need to apply for jobs. I am a professional accountant from Australia and wanted to know if I have to bring my original documents ie. birth cert, uni degree etc. or if I can provide potential emploers with a photocopy verified an authentic copy by an Aussie cop?

Answer 1

Bring your originals, most companies will take copies, nobody would expect to keep the originals & if you bump into someone that does get away from them, quick.  

A photocopy of an original document is still a copy of an original document, it doesn't matter who has signed it (nobody is going to call your friend every time they want to verify the document & they have no way of verifying he is actually a cop).  People need to see the originals so they can see they're authentic & have not been defaced, if someone is presenting you with a photocopy of an original document like a birth certificate there is no way to know if someone has altered the document in some way before photocopying it.

Edit:  A photocopy is photocopy, it doesn't matter who verifies it - they would also have to get someone to vouch for the solicitor or the cop.  If you have contact with a solicitor ask their advice but I would bring the originals.

Answer 2

for a copy to be verified it usually (here in the UK anyway) has to be certified by an attorney (a lawyer) ... I wouldn't give original copies to anyone because they're valuable documents ... usually people only want to have sight of originals and would then take a photocopy for their records ... so I would say yes, get properly verified copies and put the originals away safely