Professional Documents
Culture Documents
To be completed by the person to be checked, please note ALL sections are compulsory
Title Mr/Mrs/Miss ______________________________ Surname_________________________________________
Forename_____________________________________ Middle name(s) ___________________________________
Previous surname(s) ___________________________ Previous forename(s) ______________________________
Home Telephone No.____________________________ Mobile Telephone No. _____________________________
Email address _________________________________________________________________________________________
Mother's maiden or family name _____________________________________________________________
Male Female
Town of Birth _________________________________ Country of Birth _________________________________
Type of Visa held (non UK citizens)________________ Visa expiry date (if applicable) _______________________
Current address
Address Line 1____________________________________________________________________________
Address Line 2____________________________________________________________________________
Post Town ____________________________________ Country ______________________________________
Holders of Post Office Benefit accounts should be aware that Royal Mail is unable to make payments to
these accounts. Please provide details of an alternative Bank/Building Society account.
Name of Bank/Building Society ______________________________________________________________________
Bank/Building Society address __________________________________________________________________
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Health
Do you have any disability or health issues we need to be aware of? Yes ■ No ■
If yes, please ensure the details are fully explained in the Health Declaration.
Criminal Record
Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence which is unspent? Yes ■ No ■
If you have answered ‘yes’ to any of the above questions, please provide details below.
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As part of your application for Christmas Casual employment within Royal Mail you are required to give details of your work,
educational experience and non-work related activities for the past 5 years, and if you were unemployed for a period of more than
4 months you must inform us of what you were doing in order to support yourself.
Please start with your most recent job first and include all jobs you have had including periods of self-employment. Include any
part-time work or vacation work; periods when you were not working (tell us what you were doing); periods of unemployment
(give us the address of your benefit office); time spent in the armed forces, school, college or university, or any voluntary/community
work. Please continue on a separate sheet, if necessary.
Note: You must account for the whole of the past 5 years. If there are any gaps or areas of concern, Royal Mail will not
be able to offer you casual employment, as we will not be able to fulfil our obligation to our postal licence.
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From To Job title or what you Organisation name Contact Telephone
dd/mm/yyyy dd/mm/yyyy were doing and address name number
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APPLICATION DECLARATION
Before signing the form, please ensure you have completed ALL sections.
I give consent for the Royal Mail Group to carry out Criminal Record and Recruitment Risk Register and/or Voter Check(s)/Credit Reference
Check(s) as required for the position applied for. I agree for my personal data to be used by Royal Mail Group for the purpose of obtaining
a Disclosure Certificate through Disclosure Scotland. I understand this personal data will be exchanged electronically between these
forementioned parties. I give consent for the completed disclosure being returned to Royal Mail Group and for the disclosure to be opened
by Royal Mail Group. I understand that Royal Mail Group will keep my Disclosure Certificate for a period of 90 days.
I give consent for the Royal Mail Group to contact me by telephone if required.
I confirm that I am the person listed on this form and all the above details are true and complete.
At Royal Mail we take equality and inclusion seriously and are proud to employ a rich and diverse mix of people. This is why we encourage and welcome applications from all parts of
the community, particularly women who are currently under-represented. We are positive about disability. Royal Mail is a trading name of Royal Mail Group. Registered number
4138203. Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 148 Old Street, LONDON EC1V 9HQ.
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IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE
Additional Previous Address Form
Please complete in black ink and write clearly in block capitals.
For use when the individual has lived at further addresses within the previous 5 years.
Forename_____________________________________
Post Town________________________________________________________________________________
Post Town________________________________________________________________________________
Post Town________________________________________________________________________________
Post Town________________________________________________________________________________
Signed____________________________________________________________ Date___________________________
At Royal Mail we take equality and inclusion seriously and are proud to employ a rich and diverse mix of people. This is
why we encourage and welcome applications from all parts of the community, particularly women who are currently
under-represented. We are positive about disability.
Royal Mail is a trading name of Royal Mail Group. Registered number 4138203. Registered in England and Wales.
Registered office: 148 Old Street, LONDON, EC1V 9HQ
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Your Health
As this form may be sent to our employee health service providers, Atos Origin, we do need to ask for your
personal details again.
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Your Health – additional details sheet
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Declaration
By signing below, I declare that to the best of my knowledge, the information I have given on this form is true and correct.
I understand that the information I have provided in this health declaration form may be released to your occupational health
service provider, Atos Origin. I also understand that Atos Origin may contact me by telephone – or request I attend an appointment
to assess my suitability for this specific job role – and will provide a report regarding my suitability to Royal Mail Group. I agree
that Atos Origin, if required, may contact my GP/Hospital Specialist for a report on my health.
Signed ____________________________________________________________ Date________________________________________
For your information, personal data provided on this form will be held and used in accordance with the Data Provision Act 1998
and treated as confidential. This data may be verified by reference to information held by others.
Access to Medical Reports Act 1988
Under the terms of the above act you have the right to withhold your consent to Atos Origin to apply to your General Practitioner/Hospital Specialist for medical information.
If you give your consent you have the right to see the information in the report before it is sent to Atos Origin.
You have 21 days from the date of the letter notifying you that a report has been requested, in which to ask your General Practitioner/Hospital Specialist to let you see the report.
They will tell you if you cannot see any part of the report for professional medical reasons. If you are given access to the report your General Practitioner/Specialist will not send it to
Atos Origin until you give your consent.
If you regard any information in the report as incorrect or misleading you can ask, in writing, for it to be amended. (Please note, if your General Practitioner/Hospital Specialist does
not accept that the information is incorrect or misleading, they are not required to make any amendment, but in these cases they will invite you to prepare a written statement on the
disputed information, which will be attached to the report when it is sent to Atos Origin).
Subject to the provision of the Act, you have the right to see information about your medical condition for up to six months after it has been sent to Atos Origin. If your General
Practitioner/Hospital Specialist gives you a copy of the report, they may charge you a reasonable fee to cover the cost of supplying it.
With reference to the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988, I wish to see any such report before it is sent to Atos Origin. Yes No
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Information Checklist for your Assessment Day
YOU MUST BRING APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS FROM THE 4 CATEGORIES BELOW.
Please remember to bring both the original and a photocopy of the documents from categories 1, 2 and 4, along with this
application pack.
Please ensure that all photocopies are complete and of a good, clear quality. For passports and travel documents, please copy the front
cover and all the pages that refer to information below.
CATEGORY 1, Proof of Identity and of Right to Work in the UK.
Choose ONE document from List A OR TWO documents from List B
A B
1) A United Kingdom (UK) passport describing the holder as a A document issued from a previous employer, Inland Revenue, the
British citizen or a citizen of the UK & Colonies having the right of Department for Work & Pensions (DWP), Jobcentre Plus, the
abode in the UK. Employment Service, The Training and Employment Agency
2) A passport containing a certificate of entitlement issued by, or (Northern Ireland) or the Northern Ireland Social Security Agency,
on behalf of the Government of the UK, certifying that the holder which contains the National Insurance number of the person
has the right of abode in the UK. named in the document.
3) A passport or national identity card issued by a State which is PLEASE NOTE: A document showing a handwritten or temporary
a party to European Economic Area (EEA) agreement or any other National Insurance number cannot be accepted. A temporary
agreement forming part of the Communities’ Treaties which number is made up of the letters TN, the employee’s date of birth
confers right of entry to/residence in the UK, which describes the e.g. 01 01 50 and letter F or M to indicate gender.
holder as a national of a State which is a party to that agreement. The above document(s) must be accompanied with either of
4) A UK Residence Permit issued to a national of a State which is the following documents.
a party to EEA agreement or any other agreement forming part A full birth/adoption certificate issued in the United Kingdom (UK)
of the Communities’ Treaties which confers right of entry which specifies the names of the holder’s parents.
to/residence in the UK, which describes the holder as a national of
PLEASE NOTE: A ‘short’ birth certificate without columns or
a State which is a party to that agreement.
rows for parents’ details cannot be accepted unless it is from
5) A passport/other travel document or a residence document the Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
issued by the Home Office which is endorsed to show that the (The local Registry Office which issued the original certificate can
holder: issue full replacement Certificates on request.) or
• has a current right of residence in the UK as the family member A birth certificate issued in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, or
of a named national of a State which is party to EEA agreement Ireland. or
or any other agreement forming part of the Communities’ A certificate of registration or naturalisation as a British Citizen. or
Treaties conferring right of entry to/residence in the UK and who A letter (containing an official Home Office stamp and letterhead)
is resident in the UK. issued by the Home Office, to the holder, which indicates that the
• is exempt from Immigration control and has indefinite leave to person named in it has:
enter/remain in the UK or has no time limit on their stay and the • been granted indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK. This
passport containing the endorsement has not expired. cannot be a SAL 1 or a SAL 2 (Standard Acknowledgement Letter).
• has current leave to enter/remain in the UK and is permitted to • subsisting leave to enter/remain in the UK or is entitled to take
take the employment in question, providing it does not require the employment in question in the UK. or
issue of a work permit. An Immigration Status Document issued by the Home Office, to
6) A registration card, issued by the Home Office which confirms the holder:
that the candidate is permitted to take employment in the UK. • endorsed with a UK Residence Permit indicating that the holder
has been granted indefinite leave to enter/remain in the UK.
EEA member countries (other than the UK) are: Austria,
Belgium, Cyprus, *Czech Republic, Denmark, *Estonia, Finland, • endorsed with a UK Residence Permit which indicates that the
France, Germany, Greece, *Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, holder has been granted limited leave to enter/remain in the UK
*Latvia, Liechtenstein, *Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, and is entitled to take the employment in question in the UK.
Netherlands, Norway, *Poland, Portugal, *Slovakia, *Slovenia, If you give two documents from List B, which have different
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. names, you need to provide further documentation to explain
the reason for this e.g. marriage certificate, divorce
* = Accession States
document, deed poll, adoption certificate or statutory
declaration.
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CATEGORY 2, Proof of Residence; from any ONE of the following.
The document provided must: • Driving licence – if this is the new version, then either
A: Not be handwritten. section of the 2 part licence is acceptable.
B: Clearly display the candidate’s current name and address. • Tenancy Agreement – the agreement must have been
provided by either a Housing Association or Estate Agent
C: Contain identification (such as an official letterhead) from for it to be acceptable. We cannot accept private tenancy
a recognised organisation/business/government body. agreements between a private landlord and tenant.
D: Either have been issued within the last 12 months, or be • Letters from Governmental Bodies – such as Home
before a stated expiry date. Office, Inland Revenue, Social Service and National
E: Be original (i.e. not a photocopy). Health Service.
F: Not be issued by Royal Mail. • Television licence
Please see below a list of ideal documents which although not • Student letters – confirming place on course or receipt of
exhaustive, lists documents which, providing that they comply payment for fees.
with points A-F above, would be acceptable: • Letter with an official letterhead – from a professional
• Bank letters/statements – do not copy bank cards. body such as Solicitors, Accountants, and Estate Agents.
• Utility bills – they do not have to have been paid.
TO NOTE - IF YOU DO NOT BRING ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, THEN YOU WILL NOT
BE INTERVIEWED.
Please remember you are required to bring both the original and a photocopy of the documents from categories 1, 2 and 4.
The information that we request is essential for us if we are to proceed with your application. As we value your application we
have provided a checklist to help you gather the information requested.
REMEMBER - If you do not bring the required documents, you will be turned away from the interview. Once you have
collated all the above documents, you may then re-apply for another vacancy.
At Royal Mail we take equality and inclusion seriously and are proud to employ a rich and diverse mix of people. This is why we encourage and
welcome applications from all parts of the community, particularly women who are currently under-represented. We are positive about disability.
Royal Mail is a trading name of Royal Mail Group. Registered number 4138203. Registered in England and Wales.
Registered office: 148 Old Street, LONDON EC1V 9HQ.