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Referee for a 4 Year Old Child

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 11:59 pm
by ILR_Applicant_UK
Hello,

I submitted our naturalisation application (me+wife+4 yr old son) at the NCS in Glasgow couple of days ago. Reading through the forums, I realised the guidance for Form MN1 applicants (i.e children) states one of the referees should be .... "One referee should be a professional who has engaged with the child in a professional capacity, such as a teacher, health visitor, social worker or minister of religion"

To be honest, I have never thought of this requirement before, and consequently, gotten the same referees who signed for me and the mrs (family friends)...

Is it a big deal?... should I consider faxing another page to the Home Office, signed by one of his nursery teachers?.

Riz

Re: Referee for a 4 Year Old Child

Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 12:39 am
by quoc
ILR_Applicant_UK wrote:Hello,

I submitted our naturalisation application (me+wife+4 yr old son) at ....

gotten the same referees who signed for me and the mrs (family friends)...

Is it a big deal?..

Riz
No. Not a big (or even small) deal - I believe.

My kids (1 and 4-year old) have my neighbour and one of my friends signing on their application forms. They have their BC now.

Good luck.

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:30 pm
by girishm
Hi quoc,

I have to register my 13 months baby using form MN1. I have a similar issue with the 1st Referee. Health visitor not signing, no teacher obviously, minister of religion denied and don't know a social worker.

As read on the forum, I will use the referee who are professionals but what would I write in the section "Say how you know the child"?

As I understand this has to be in a "professional capacity", any advise?

Regards,
Girish.

Facing similar issue.

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:39 pm
by kamal.gulati
Please let me know what needs to be writtern "how you know the child" and if it is ok to take reference from Neighbours who is Secondary Teacher by profession..

Hope to hear from someone soon

Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:14 am
by Raj422
Please advise what should be written in ' how do you know the child?' in professional reference..

Regards

Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:24 am
by vinny
kamal.gulati wrote:Please let me know what needs to be writtern "how you know the child"
Raj422 wrote:Please advise what should be written in ' how do you know the child?' in professional reference..
How can anyone here answer the question, without knowing the child?

Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:28 am
by Raj422
Sorry Vinny,

In fact I was talking of one professional reference. If our different family friends are doing both references, then can both write as family friends as one of them has to be Professionally engaged with the kid ( my son is 5 years old ).

Thanks and Regards