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Poll: Do you provide personal information if your client requests it (passport number, for example)?
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Julian Holmes
Julian Holmes  Identity Verified
Japan
Local time: 12:51
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
Not if I can help it Oct 6, 2015

I don't like this practice although a few Japanese companies do ask for a copy of some kind of identity. I have presented this only once and begrudgingly.

As far as I am concerned, this is not an industry-wide practice.
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 00:51
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Not to a new or potential client, Oct 8, 2015

But yes for paymet purposes, for example, after the first job was approved and delivered.
 
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