ID Verification: An Essential Step in the Hiring Process
ID verification is a key part of the recruitment process, helping employers meet strict regulations related to Know Your Client (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF), fraud prevention, and anti-bribery and corruption laws.
Employers are required to confirm your identity and ensure you are not listed on any global sanctions registers. This ensures full compliance with legal obligations, using tools that are increasingly standard across industries like banking.
We understand it is very unlikely that you are listed on a sanctions register or possess a fraudulent identity document. However, these checks follow the latest protocols for safe and compliant practices.
The ID verification process is straightforward and only needs to be completed once, unless your identification document expires. To assist you, we’ve included a guide below. Once you receive the email to start the process, you should find the system easy to use. We are confident you will be able to complete it with ease.
If you would like to download the guide to use offline please click the link below.
Before you receive your contract, you will be sent a link via email. Click on the red box
Please check your junk mail, the sender is no-reply@ankaa.com
Ensure you are ready and have your documents on hand.
You will require either your passport or driving license. Your ID documents must be valid.
Follow the instructions, present the front and back of your ID Document.
(We used a driving license here, but you can also use your passport)
Click Allow.
This allows the system to take a picture of you using your forward facing camera.
Follow the instructions and take a short video.
Make sure you have enough light, and your face fills the oval.
Once you have completed these steps your information will be sent with end-to-end encryption and cross referenced.
Once verified your Recruitment consultant will be notified and your contract can be finalised and sent out.
Please note you will only need to go through this process once for the validity duration of your ID document.
We have answered some of the most common questions below, please check to see if the answer to your question is here before you contact the member of the recruitment team you have been working with.
ID Verification is the process to confirm that your ID document, such as a passport or driving license is genuine.
Banking regulations are becoming increasingly strict, and in Guernsey, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) now requires robust processes to verify the identity of individuals receiving payments through the island.
As we often do not meet you in person, identity checks help reduce the risk of fraud and reassure our clients that we have verified the identity of our seafarers.
All personnel employed directly by CMR will follow the same verification process to ensure compliance with these requirements.
The ID verification process is straightforward. Once you have been selected for hire, the recruitment team will send you an invitation to complete the verification.
You will receive a link via email. Simply click the link and follow the on-screen instructions. The process can be completed on either a mobile device or a computer. However, it is much easier to complete on a smartphone.
Please ensure you have your ID document with you when completing the verification.
You only need to complete this process once for the remaining validity period of your identification document. For example, if your passport is valid for another six years, you will not need to repeat the process until you renew your passport.
Please check your junk mail, we will contact you from the email no-reply@ankaa.com – please mark this email as a safe sender or add the email to your contacts as we will email from here again in the future!
• Your ID document – a valid passport or driving license.
• A mobile, tablet or computer with a camera, that is connected to the internet.
• Yourself – be ready for a selfie.
If you do not want to go through the verification process, then we are unable to complete the hiring process.
Yes, everyone who goes on contract with CMR or MMG must be verified.
As part of stricter legislation the authorities require, and dictate, the employer must be able to demonstrate that an identity check has been undertaken. This is not negotiable, and the rules set by the financial authorities.
The sooner you complete the ID verification, the sooner we can get your contract sent out.
This is the only way that we can verify your documents.
The system we use is an AML Act-compliant identity verification process that meets high-security requirements, serving a wide range of uses in both highly and less highly regulated industries.
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