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Passport identity confirmation
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:06 pm
by GoldenS
Hi can my aunties husband confirm my identity for passport application or does he count as a relative? And if he can't what should I do if I don't know anyone who can?
Re: Passport identity confirmation
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:46 pm
by CR001
Your passport referee must be a professional or person of good standing in the community and not related to you through blood or through marriage. Aunty husband is related to your marriage.
This is very clearly stated on the gov.uk website.
https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications
Re: Passport identity confirmation
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:13 pm
by GoldenS
What can I do if I don't know anyone who fits the requirements?
Re: Passport identity confirmation
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:18 pm
by DreamerInDarkness
GoldenS wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:13 pm
What can I do if I don't know anyone who fits the requirements?
Then you’re not eligible to receive a passport (which is a privilege, not a right).
Re: Passport identity confirmation
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:20 pm
by GoldenS
DreamerInDarkness wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:18 pm
GoldenS wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:13 pm
What can I do if I don't know anyone who fits the requirements?
Then you’re not eligible to receive a passport (which is a privilege, not a right).
A passport for a citizen is a privilege?
Re: Passport identity confirmation
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:27 pm
by CR001
GoldenS wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:13 pm
What can I do if I don't know anyone who fits the requirements?
What about the professional referee you used for your citizenship application? Were they British?
Re: Passport identity confirmation
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:29 pm
by GoldenS
CR001 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:27 pm
GoldenS wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:13 pm
What can I do if I don't know anyone who fits the requirements?
What about the professional referee you used for your citizenship application? Were they British?
They weren't
Re: Passport identity confirmation
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:30 pm
by CR001
You need to find someone who is on the list and is British.
https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passp ... ignatories
Re: Passport identity confirmation
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:54 pm
by GoldenS
And has known me for 2 years?
Re: Passport identity confirmation
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 3:56 pm
by CR001
GoldenS wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:54 pm
And has known me for 2 years?
Yes.
Re: Passport identity confirmation
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:23 pm
by secret.simon
GoldenS wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:20 pm
A passport for a citizen is a privilege?
At least in the UK and Canada, they are not a right. Indeed, most countries around the world state that ID Cards and passports are property of the issuing government, not the person carrying the document.
Also see
Passports and the Royal Prerogative.