I went to the work place today. I cleaned and it went well. The manager showed me how to clean. At one point, I said to the manager. "I know I'm stupid". As I dropped the hover, I thought it stood upright. She didn't say anything after. I had to give my birth certificate, national insurance card and my bank statement. I gave the manager my birth certificate but she didn't accept it. She needed the longer version of it. I didn't even know there was a longer version of the birth certificate and apparently it has my parent's names on it too. She said I should go to the registry and I asked her "where is it?". She didn't even have a clue. She said "give it to me on Thursday". But if I want to get a longer version of my birth certificate, it would cost money and it would take more than a week to get it. Plus, I'm running out of money. You can't get a certificate within a few days. Isn't the small version of the birth certificate proof? What more do they expect? At the jobcentre, they accepted my birth certificate as proof of identification. So, yeah I'm worried. I'm worried I might not be able to get the longer version of the birth certificate. Everything is about money these days. Money for food. Money to buy identification. Money for everything. Sometimes, I want to give up. I'm fed up with feeling anxiety and stress. Now, I don't want people to leave me because I hate being left alone with my bad feelings. Should I just give up with life and try to leave life? I'm trying but there's always something that prevents me from reaching my goal in life. Today, I said to myself, I'm a retard because I can't follow some instructions. Why was I ever made? :'(

[Yoda]

I am not at all familiar with how things work in England but here in the USA we can go to the office of records and pay ten dollars and they give us a certified birth certificate in about ten minutes. But what you really need is somebody from England to say how it works there.

Good luck.

Okay, I will use the spare money to order a certificate online. It's £9.25 and that's not bad. But I will have to tell the manager it might take a week to come to me. I don't care if I'll lose a job because I don't have the certificate.

Happycheeks if you go down to the registry office they will issue you one straight away just take ID with you, I don't know why they have asked for your full birth certificate it seem's rather strange but here they are changing things all the time, I know when I applied for the kids passports last year we had to have their full birth certificates, Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell.

Happycheeks if you go down to the registry office they will issue you one straight away just take ID with you, I don't know why they have asked for your full birth certificate it seem's rather strange but here they are changing things all the time, I know when I applied for the kids passports last year we had to have their full birth certificates, Hope this helps.

Thanks for your help. It is strange to me. I ordered a full one online. I don't know where the registry is. :/

[Perna]

I had a similar problem getting my passport; I had a birth registration certificate, not my actual birth certificate which has my State's seal/imprint and is "official". Look at your short form; if there's no time/date on there and imprinted official/seal (not something someone could do themselves) and complete/"enough" information, it probably isn't much good anymore; my registration certificate was fine through school, etc. but after 9/11, things got much more intense.

No probs, I doubt that you will lose your job as this isn't your fault you weren't to know that you were to need your full birth certificate

Thank you for all your help. I appreciate it.

[TerryL]

Hi happy, the employer just wants a worker who is hardworking, accountable and respectful and you are those things. If you continue to do your best she will probably work with you to keep your job. good luck now!

[Nicks_Nose]

I agree with TerryL, happycheeks. We, as individuals, tend to cut ourselves down more than we think others do. I do it everyday at work. I am in Canada, so I can't speek for the UK but our government departments usually have a locator on the website or a toll free number to call to find out where the registry nearest to us is. All the best.