A14.5 Suitability of interpreters (26/07/99)
See A14.5 Updated 05/06/00
- The interviewing officer may use a staff member who understands and communicates in the interviewee's language, or a third party interpreter in whom they have confidence.
- If family members, friends or agents accompany interviewees who do not speak English fluently to an interview, interviewing officers should not use these people as interpreters, because they may:
- provide an incorrect translation, or
- give their own answers and ask their own questions rather than those of the applicant, or
- seek to influence the applicant's responses.
