LOL.... um, not how it works here... probably because we just dont have the irregular and clandestine lodges you have.
For example, a PM from New Zealand appeared last meeting. He had paperwork and was expected. Alone, I took him into the kitchen at lodge, he had a sealed travel letter saying his dues were current and that he was a PM.... i tested him as an EA, then FC, then asked how he proved himself a MM, he passed.... then i just asked him if he was a PM, he said he was, so i vouched for him. He was also the uncle of our WMEs partner, he'd never been tested, i'd asked before i started.
Senario 2, a bro from Grand Orient of Brazil turned up with paper work and current dues card. The "orient" concerned me, so i did not test him because i thought his GL was irregular: i copied his travel letter etc and emailed GL. .They later confirmed we were in Amity, so later i tested him (whacky different signs) yet admitted him on basis of paperwork and my GL.
Another senario, a UGLE unknown bro turns up... i palm him off to the tyler to test... or if the tyler had not turned up, i would ask the JW if he felt comfortable testing him (its his responsibility ), if not, i would test then vouch for him.
Yet another, a guy is at my house. Says he's a mason from another jurisdiction i know are regular. The conversation drifts to places of a tyled meeting. I feel comfortable with him, so i check the blinds r shut, door locked, and i test him.
Indeed, here, i would say YOU DO NOT find out if a bro is a Mason in lodge, but before...... we dont go around the room asking for proof, we do it outside before the meeting commences... unknown brothers are often admitted during the meeting at a designated time, but they will have already been tested and vouched for...... if they are there at the opening by leave of the wm, he should ask who is vouching for him...
Our approach is different