I am about to submit my natuaralisation along with my wife and two kids. Had some queries regarding referee with stated requirement in guidelines:
1) Is requirement that referee must know applicant for more than 3 year is removed for AN and MN1 applications? I can't find any mention of time period in either guide or forms . The kids have recently moved school and teacher agreed to sign only know them for a year.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.
The other referee must normally be the holder of a British citizen passport and either a
professional person or over the age of 25.
Each referee should know the child personally and should be:
•not related to the child
•not related to the other referee
•not acting as a solicitor or agent in connection with this application
•not employed by the Home Office
We will not accept a referee who has been convicted of an imprisonable offence during
the last 10 unless that conviction can be disregarded in line with the table shown on
page 23 of this Guide.
2) if not, I have family friend as company director and another other one as nurse. Can one of them sign for our children but they are not professionally engaged with them? I am assuming HO should be lenient with child. In case of child Passport even someone knowing parents can sign.
