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I THINK HE SHOULD BE BRITISH CITIZEN OVER 3 YEARS ...CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG !!! GOOD LUCKmariajhon wrote:my first referee is a friend who is british and got his own company but the second one is i is also a friend and just received his british passeport a month before and he is on benefit could he be my referee or not?
3 years ... yes ... but I think it is the minimum length of time each referee should have known the applicant for.joelondon wrote:I THINK HE SHOULD BE BRITISH CITIZEN OVER 3 YEARS ...CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG !!! GOOD LUCK
So the referee does not need to have been a British Citizen for 3 years, but does need to have known the applicant for that long.SECTION 5: REFEREES AND IDENTITY
Your application must be endorsed by two referees and a recent passport size photograph stapled or clipped into the space provided. The photograph must show the whole of the front of your face in reasonable light. It should not show your face wholly or partly concealed by your hair (beards, sideburns and moustaches excepted) or by a scarf or traditional dress. It should not show you wearing dark glasses or a hat, hood, cap or scarf.
Each referee should have known you personally for at least 3 years.
One referee should be a person of any nationality who has professional standing, such as a doctor, 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 other referee must be the holder of a British citizen passport and either a professional person or over the age of 25.
Each referee should be:
• not related to you
• not related to the other referee
• not your solicitor or agent representing you 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 years and the sentence has not become spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 – see page 20.
If you are living abroad and do not know a British citizen who is qualified to act as one of your referees, a Commonwealth citizen or citizen of the country in which you are residing may complete and sign the form, provided he/she has professional standing in that country, has known you for three years and the Consul considers his/her signature to be acceptable.
Checks may be carried out to ensure that the referees do not have unspent convictions (see page 20) and are qualified to act for you and that their signatures are genuine. It is a criminal offence to provide false information knowingly or recklessly punishable with up to 3 months imprisonment or by a fine not exceeding £5,000 or both under section 46(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981.
