1. (Foreign) Identification Documents
(Welcome)
Etcetera

2. Do your homework What documents can you expect? By location
Where are you going?
Whom can you expect to meet there?
What are they likely to have?
By appointment
Ask the assuree
Usual documents
Passport
ID-card
Drivers License
Location = …, thus documents are likely …
People from … will be there, thus those documents are likely …
A person from … is likely to have … and no …
(give examples)
Ask what the assuree has/will bring while making the appointment

3. Do your homework (how)
Where to get information about (foreign) documents and their security features?
Request it from your government.
Visit a customs or borderguard office.
Search the Web.
Before face-to-face meeting
During face-to-face meeting
After face-to-face meeting
Governments are obliged to make available the info. About their own document at least.
Professionals usually do like to share their knowledge, if/when they have the time to do so.
Do research before.
If unexpected during
Try to avoid after meeting.
Prefer to make a later appointment.

4. Do your homework (where)
Resources on the web:
PRADO: European Passports and Idcards
searchByIssuingCountry.html
Cacert wiki
Wikipedia
Your favourite search engine.
Be carefull. Not all sources are as thrustworthy as others.
Emphasize validity/thrustworthiness of sources.

5. Do your homework (PRADO)
Emphasize PRADO
No easy link, so search.

6. At the meeting Is it a government issued Identification Document?
It isn’t expired?
Note the issuing country.
This is a good time to check the date format.
European date format?
US date format?
Something else?
No government issue, no go.
Currently reequired. (Sub)Policy changes and/or incidental Arbitrations may change this
Check expiry date! (often forgotten) Document must be current.
The order in which items are checked is not too important. It’s a personal thing. As long as everything is checked.

7. At the meeting
The information on the document corresponds with the information on the CAP form.
This is also a good time to check the date format.
European date format?
US date format?
Something else?
Missing (middle) names, transliterations
Make notes of differences
Refer to Practice On Names

8. At the meeting
The date of birth (DOB) could belong to the person standing/sitting in front of you.
Once again a good time to check the date format.
European date format?
US date format?
Something else?
Gender
No oldtimer who by ID won’t be allowed to buy a drink in a pub.
No cheerleader with an ID stating she’s a retired navy admiral.

9. At the meeting
There is a photograph affixed to or integrated into the document.
Any signs of tampering?
Integration
Stapled
Glued between layers
Printed directly on the document
Stamp mismatched or missing
Cutmarks has it seen one to many washing cycles or has someone pried apart the layers
Visual or feelable deformation around image
Glue residue
Feeling of does_not_belong_ness

10. At the meeting
There is a striking similarity between the person depicted on the photograph and the person standing/sitting in front of you.
Any signs of tampering?
Gender
Apparent age (refer to DOB slide)
Also: (if available/discernable on document)
Length
Eye colour

11. At the meeting The document does indeed have security features.
Stamps
Watermarks
UV features
Relief print
Holograms
Kinegrams
Some lines are not lines.
Any signs of tampering? UV
Features
Micro-fibers
Colour changes
Symbols/text becoming visible.
key fobs <€5,- Deskmodels ~€40,-
Usually available (on loan) at events.
Possibly for sale
Colour/transparancy changes upon (kinegram is an example of this)
Viewing angle / angle of lightfall
Wavelength of light several UV/infra-red wavelengths
“some lines are not lines” => microprint

12. At the meeting Country specific features. Any signs of tampering?
Hidden text of national anthem (AUS)
Copy of photograph as hologram (D)
Perforated copy of photograph (NL)
Other?
Any signs of tampering?
Hold Dutch document in front of beamer. Completely obscuring image, but showing perforation
Movie of hologram? (would be a good image to include here.)
Once again, the order in which all these items are checked is not that important. The important thing is to check them all.
Make picture of projectionscreen while Dutch document is in front of beamer. That image could be used when no Dutch document is available on later presentations

13. Unfamiliar documents Unexpected documents Rare documents
Ask fellow assurers.
Validate whatever feature(s) you do happen to find.
Search the web.
Be carefull. Not all sources are as thrustworthy as others.
Fishing license
Boating licence
Flying license
Could be acceptable secondary documents
Fellow assurers might know about those document.
Search (takes time)
Ask assuree to come back at a later point in time. (thus allowing time for research)
Validate what you can, make notes of those defer decision until after later research.
Explain that!
(image of sebastians weapon license might be fun here)

14. Unfamiliar documents
Award less or even no points based on your (lack of) confidence.
Postpone/defer your decision pending more research.
Halt the assurance completely.
(fake passports image?)
(railcard?)

15. Unfamiliar documents Whatever happens...
Do explain your decision to the assuree.
Emphasize!
(Image of assurer and assuree in converse. Assurers obviously explaining/gesturing something)

16. Finally Are you absolutely sure the date is correct?
No switch of month and day?
1980/01/ /01/
No switch of number order within year, month or day?
1980/01/ /01/10
Remember to check the date format.
European date format?
US date format?
Something else?
Check, check, double check & check again.