Referee declarations - date of signature

[masaba]

Hi,

First, thanks a lot for all the responses, many doubts and questions have been answered from this forum.

I am currently applying for my British Citizenship through Naturalisation. I'm applying online.

I've printed out the declaration forms for the referees, but I am unsure what date is acceptable for referees to be signing the declaration: can the date of their signature be say 1 month before submitting the application, or does it need to be AFTER you have submitted the application?

Thanks in advance for your help with this!

[alterhase58]

Can't comment on the online application, however, my referees signed / dated a couple of weeks before I actually submitted the paper application. Dated before the application date is fine.

[jmmo20]

I did most of my online application in April and my referees signed back then.
What I asked them to do last week was to sign again with a text like "Signing again on XX/07/2018 due to delay in submitting application".
I hope it's ok - I thought it was better than sending them a 3 month old signature.

[masaba]

Thank you @alterhase58 and jmmo20 for your responses. I will sign the declaration forms before submission (about 4 weeks before) and cross my fingers.

Again thanks for your help!