Professional Referees - Doctors Ditched by Home Office

[akhurshid]

Thanks for the reply.

We don't know any religious minister. The Dentist know us for more than 3 years, since I used to take my elder kids to him for check up. But he denied because he knows my husband as his patient since last year. What am I supposed to do?

Find someone professional who knows you. Referee does not have to know the kid directly. As long he/she knows parent is good enough.
Any register driving instructor, teacher? co worker or neighbour?

[rakeysh.patel]

Hi there,

I am looking for the link/list of current professionals who are qualified to be (british or otherwise) as a referee on a Naturalisation form. I am due NCS appointment on 3rd March. Can a co worker okay to sign (of course one who has know me for x years)?

[Nottsman]

Doctors are DEFINITELY accepted as referees.

I used 2 doctors as referees for my Citizenship application and it was approved with no problems.

I believe the issue here is that the doctors are only prepared to act as referees for someone they know personally or as a professional colleague, not someone who is only known to them as a patient.

[Tangail]

I have an familly friend who used to be Barrister now 80 years old. Is he eligible to be my referee?

[kandasamy]

Hi,
I am applying for BC for my 2.2 year daughter under MN1 section 1 (3) and I am really struggling to get the professional reference.
My GP is happy to provide the reference, but she is not a British citizenship.
Please let me know whether they will consider my GBP reference as a professional reference

Thanks!

[ouflak1]

Hi,
I am applying for BC for my 2.2 year daughter under MN1 section 1 (3) and I am really struggling to get the professional reference.
My GP is happy to provide the reference, but she is not a British citizenship.
Please let me know whether they will consider my GBP reference as a professional reference

Thanks!

They will accept your non-citizen GP as your professional reference. But then your other reference has to be a British citizen and over 25 years old.

[kandasamy]

[quote="ouflak1"][quote="kandasamy"]Hi,
I am applying for BC for my 2.2 year daughter under MN1 section 1 (3) and I am really struggling to get the professional reference.
My GP is happy to provide the reference, but she is not a British citizenship.
Please let me know whether they will consider my GBP reference as a professional reference

Thanks![/quote]

They will accept your non-citizen GP as your professional reference. But then your other reference has to be a British citizen and over 25 years old.[/quote]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.
my 2nd reference is a British citizenship and he is 45 years old.

[Hubba]

Hi guys,

So, what's the current status? Are GPs allowed to countersign passports, for instance?

[Hubba]

Hi guys,

So, what's the current status? Are GPs allowed to countersign passports, for instance?

Anyone?

[huqqapani]

Don't think the link given in the first post takes you to the right page.

Click Here for the latest list of accepted professions:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... ersons.pdf

[Hubba]

Don't think the link given in the first post takes you to the right page.

Click Here for the latest list of accepted professions:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... ersons.pdf

This list is not exhaustive, i.e. any person of "a recognised profession" (which I take are professions which have regulatory bodies) or "a person of good standing in their community" can be a referee or a countersignatory. They have removed doctors from the list, but they are still a recognised profession, so I'd like to hear from people on this forum if they have recently faced any issues using doctors for countersigning passport applications or as referees on naturalisation applications.

[srirammeher]

Thanks for the reply.

We don't know any religious minister. The Dentist know us for more than 3 years, since I used to take my elder kids to him for check up. But he denied because he knows my husband as his patient since last year. What am I supposed to do?

Hi Eshu, How did you manage to do this in the end. I am facing same issue no one wants to sign it....GP, Health visitor etc. Not sure how to proceed. Anyone please help me with this?

[s_safdar]

Just a quick question.

My 2nd referee received his passport last month and he know me last 20 years.

Please let me know if that referee still valid?

Many Thanks

[CR001]

Just a quick question.

My 2nd referee received his passport last month and he know me last 20 years.

Please let me know if that referee still valid?

Many Thanks

Yes, not an issue. there is no rule that says they must have been British from birth or for X amount of years.

[abhijack]

We have a family friend who has known us for more than 3 years.
He is a doctor. But work as a locum doctor through his own limited company.
He is the director of his limited company.

Am I correct in understanding that he will qualify as professional referee?

If yes should he put his occupation as
Director of limited company named xxx rather than doctor..

TIA..

[Robchik]

Dear forum users. I’ve just received a successful confirmation for my British citizenship application (I am Latvian). I used as a first Professional referee - my Café manager (Polish nationality), cause I am working in the coffee shop and as a second referee (a British passport holder who is over 25 years old) - my assistant manager (Russian nationality) in the same coffee shop. So I recommend you to use your managers in your current jobs as your referees (of course this recommendation only applies if you have known them for at least 3 years like in my case). And neither of my referees were contacted by Home Office. Good luck to all of you with your applications. Thank you.

[confused28dec]

I cant find the annex A/List of acceptable professional persons at the following link. It points to a nationality guidance document from 2017 and there is no Annex or list that I can find. Can someone please help locate this list - Thank you!?

Annex A - List of acceptable professional persons.

[CR001]

I cant find the annex A/List of acceptable professional persons at the following link. It points to a nationality guidance document from 2017 and there is no Annex or list that I can find. Can someone please help locate this list - Thank you!?

Annex A - List of acceptable professional persons.

Page 24 is the list.

[confused28dec]

Thank you. I found the list.