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referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:46 pm
by RoyW
Hi all,

My wife is having difficulty in finding a professional status referee she has known for three years for her application.

My son, 27, (by previous marriage) is a chartered Accountant, could he be considered as a suitable person?

regards,
roy.

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:42 pm
by badratio
No relatives are allowed I'm afraid.

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:14 am
by nm
Hi,

What will be the alternative if I dont have any a professional referee ? Can i use my Project Manager as the professional referee ?

Could someone help me answering please ?

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:18 am
by sogy
Relatives not allowed.

However, the professional referee can (if I am not mistaken) be of anynationality.

Someone from her home country?

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:14 am
by nm
nm wrote:Hi,

What will be the alternative if I dont have any a professional referee ? Can i use my Project Manager as the professional referee ?

Could someone help me answering please ?

Appreciated if someone could help this.

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:26 am
by go2khurram
nm wrote:Hi,

What will be the alternative if I dont have any a professional referee ? Can i use my Project Manager as the professional referee ?

Could someone help me answering please ?

You can use 'Project Manager' as your professional referee.

Director/Manager/Personnel Officer of a VAT registered Company is acceptable as refree

Hope this help..

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:41 am
by nm
Hi,

Thanks for your reply, are there any document referring to list of referee's ?

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 10:26 am
by nm
nm wrote:Hi,

Thanks for your reply, are there any document referring to list of referee's ?

Could someone help this please ?

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:58 pm
by ouflak1

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:02 pm
by Wanderer
Could the professional referee be an unmarried partner of the applicant? I can't see it but neither can I see it expressly not allowed....

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:34 pm
by nm
Hi,

The professional referee can be of any nationality ?
One referee should be a person of any nationality who has professional standing, such as a minister of religion, civil servant or a member of a professional body, e.g. accountant or solicitor (but not representing you with this application). A list of acceptable professional persons can be found on our website
The above statement was mentioned on the AN guide.

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:09 am
by nm
Hi,

Could some one clarify this please ?

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:19 pm
by nm
nm wrote:Hi,

The professional referee can be of any nationality ?
One referee should be a person of any nationality who has professional standing, such as a minister of religion, civil servant or a member of a professional body, e.g. accountant or solicitor (but not representing you with this application). A list of acceptable professional persons can be found on our website
The above statement was mentioned on the AN guide.

Could some one clarify this please ? The professional referee can be of any nationality ?

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:50 am
by nm
nm wrote:
nm wrote:Hi,

The professional referee can be of any nationality ?
One referee should be a person of any nationality who has professional standing, such as a minister of religion, civil servant or a member of a professional body, e.g. accountant or solicitor (but not representing you with this application). A list of acceptable professional persons can be found on our website
The above statement was mentioned on the AN guide.

Could some one clarify this please ? The professional referee can be of any nationality ?

Hi,

Could some one help me answering this please as I am close to my date for submitting my application and I am in the process of arranging for a referee.

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:52 am
by nm
Hi,

Could someone answer this please ? I have only short span of time and wanted to sort this out at the earliest.

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:24 am
by go2khurram
nm wrote:Hi,

Could someone answer this please ? I have only short span of time and wanted to sort this out at the earliest.

Your one referee "must be" a british citizen... If both referees are british citizen .. No Issue

but One of yourrefree must me professional ( they are mot much restricted about the professional referee BTW) and if this professional referee in Not British Citizen he/she also acceptable as referee.

e.g Your first referee is british citizen and unemployed he/she acceptable
your second referee is project manager in a company but his/her nationality is not British .. he/she also acceptable

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:28 am
by nm
Hi,

Thanks for your reply, After going through few of the threads in the forum , I had an another doubt . I works for an IT company and the Project Manager i am referring to also working for the same company. Does he eligible to act as a professional refereee ? Some of the thread here says he can't act as professional referee ?

Re: referee for citizenship application?

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:35 am
by go2khurram
nm wrote:Hi,

Thanks for your reply, After going through few of the threads in the forum , I had an another doubt . I works for an IT company and the Project Manager i am referring to also working for the same company. Does he eligible to act as a professional referee ? Some of the thread here says he can't act as professional referee ?

Manager or director of any VAT Registered company are also acceptable as referee. So most of the companies are VAT registered... I choose by work colleagues as my referee, one of then was BC and even not a manager, while the other is project manager but not BC. I asked NCS guys he said its fine, as there is no fixed list for professional referee. I believe you will be fine.