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[url=http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/@travel/documents/digitalasset/dg_184487.pdf]Passport guide[/url] page 10 wrote:The countersignatory must:

̐ be a professional person (including those who are
retired) for example, bank or building-society
officials, police officers, civil servants, ministers
of religion and people with professional
qualifications like teachers, accountants,
engineers and solicitors. You can find a full
list on www.direct.gov.uk/passports
̐ have known you personally for at least two years
̐ live in the UK, and
̐ hold a British or Irish passport which has not run out.

Somudro wrote:Can Irish passport holder (Ireland citizen)- Lecturer, living in UK sign in the Passport application form in the section 10 (Countersignature)?

barnaby wrote:

Somudro wrote:Can Irish passport holder (Ireland citizen)- Lecturer, living in UK sign in the Passport application form in the section 10 (Countersignature)?

Yes (https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications).

(Incidentally, lecturers can't witness Irish passport applications, even though teachers can!)

Somudro wrote:"hold a British or Irish passport which has not run out."


Just to make it explicitly clear:

Does "IRISH passport" mean -the person is from Ireland?


what does this mean -"Irish passport "?

Somudro wrote:May I conclude that:

"Irish passport holder (Ireland citizen)- Lecturer, living in UK can sign in the Passport application form in the section 10 (Countersignature)." ?