ohara wrote: I don't understand how you think your nurse friend can be a referee if he is 24 and the guidance says he has to be 25...
The professional doesn't have to be 25.
In UK there have been cases of pub landlords (for example) being as young as 17 and a Personal Licensee Holder may be a referee.
Similarly, a well-known budget recently had an Airline Pilot aged 19 join their cohort or squadron.
Ref https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... n-v6_0.pdf6.3.7.4 One referee should be a person of professional standing, as per the list in Annex A.
6.3.7.5 The other referee must be the holder of a British citizen passport and either a professional person
or over the age of 25.