Money and possibly passport to hold on to before getting dismissed (9)
I believe the answer is:
cashiered
'dismissed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'money and possibly passport to hold on to before' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'cash' (cash is a type of money).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'possibly passport' becomes 'ID' (a passport is identification).
'to hold on to' indicates putting letters inside.
'before' becomes 'ere' (poetic term).
'id' enclosing 'ere' is 'iered'.
'cash'+'iered'='CASHIERED'
'getting' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for cashiered that I've seen before include "Sacked with dishonour from the armed forces" , "Dismissed from army in disgrace" , "Given sack" .)