## The one thing that gets people turned away

Identification. It has to be valid, it has to have your photo, and it has to match the document
you used to register. A mismatch between your registration and the ID in your hand is not
something the invigilator can wave through on the day.

Check this the week before, not the morning of. If your passport or residence card expired since
you registered, that is a problem you want to discover with time to contact your centre.

## Bring these too

- **Your registration confirmation and candidate number.** You will want the candidate number
  again later to look up your results, so having it recorded somewhere permanent helps.
- **Pens.** Bring spares. Do not assume the centre supplies them.
- **The address, written down, and a realistic travel time.** Centres are often inside university
  buildings where the room is not obvious from the street.

## Check your name on the attendance sheet

This is the highest-value two seconds of the whole day and almost nobody knows to do it.

The spelling of your name on the attendance sheet is the spelling that goes on your certificate.
If it is wrong, you must report it to your centre in writing within 5 working days. After the
certificate has been issued, fixing a name means paying for a duplicate and returning the
original.

Look at the sheet when you sign it. Read your own name. It costs nothing.

## Arrive early

Not for the invigilator's benefit. Reading is likely to be your first paper, it is part of the
heaviest component, and arriving flustered costs marks on material you actually know. Give
yourself enough margin that a late bus is an inconvenience rather than a crisis.