foreign referee in my AN form

[jjb]

Dear members,

Could you help me filling out the referee section in my AN form?
In the referee section, can I use my MA supervisor in the university (UK) as the first referee? He is not British but Spanish.
I found some posts here that the first referee should be a professional person who is not necessarily British, and
the first referee can be a foreign national in the applicant's community.

The problem is that I'm not Spanish.
My questions are
1. If the first referee is a foreign national, should it be the same as my nationality?
2. If my supervisor act as a first referee, is that ok leaving a blank in the section of current British citizen passport number?
Obviously, he doesn't have a British passport as he is Spanish.

Would you please clarify this for me?

[milan69]

First referee does not have to be British and here is the list of professions that Home Office allows:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

[jjb]

Thank you very much for your reply.
If the first referee is a foreign national, I would like to make sure that the first referee's nationality doesn't need to be the same as my nationality. Is that right?

[milan69]

I am almost certain that it is irrelevant that both of you should be of same nationality.
Read section 5:

One referee should be a person of any nationality who is of professional standing

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... ngtheform/

[jjb]

milan69, thank you so much for your kind reply and link!
I read through your link, and I am pretty sure that the first referee's nationality is irrelevant to my nationality.
Please can someone tell me if I am wrong.