countersigning passports

scooper · 30 March 2006 at 3:05PM

all 4 of my family have just filled in our applications for our passports,but we need them to be signed by a doctor/teacher.we ahve 4 so just dont really want to take all 4 in the doctors,is there anybody else we can ask,my children are 4 and 1 so i could maybe ask the nursery teacher,would that count?
thanks

Janeyjaz · 30 March 2006 at 3:24PM

Hi your c/sig can be a teacher or nurse or dentist or headteacher or say an accountant or engineer - anybody professionally qualified who has known you for more than 2 years - if yours are renewals you don't need a countersignature- hope this helps

alison74 · 30 March 2006 at 6:41PM

Yes, just agreeing that you don't need them to be countersigned if they are renewals which is fabulous.

My friend is a GP and will not sign passports any more, not even for a fee as you must put down the countersignatory's passport number etc and a lot of professionals are reluctant to do this now.

My passport came in a record 10 days from when I sent it in

Just got it 2 days ago.

Also, don't go the expense of check and send for renewals as you only have 2 sections to fill in.

BUT if you are worried about the phots, the size of your head and not smiling etc, the post office will check them for free for you with the little plastic measuring thingy that they have to make them UKPA standards.

sloppychops · 30 March 2006 at 6:45PM

Just remember some professionals will charge for doing this,as my sis found out when she asked her doctor to do this,she said he charges £30 to countersign for 1 passport.

Bossyboots · 30 March 2006 at 6:52PM

Its £30 in our doctors surgery too.

barjam_2 · 30 March 2006 at 8:24PM

scooper wrote:

all 4 of my family have just filled in our applications for our passports,but we need them to be signed by a doctor/teacher.we ahve 4 so just dont really want to take all 4 in the doctors,is there anybody else we can ask,my children are 4 and 1 so i could maybe ask the nursery teacher,would that count?
thanks

yes a teacher would count regardless of who they teach but a 'nursery nurse 'cant do you not know anyone who works in your local post office cos they can also do it; a neighbour works in our local po and she signed it for my son

zappahey · 30 March 2006 at 8:30PM

Civil servants can do it too, so if you know any DSS, Customs, Inland Revenue, Defence, etc. employees then talk nice to them.

princess · 30 March 2006 at 8:35PM

....speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, chiropodists, paramedics, qualified librarians, ministers of religion......

harrie_2 · 30 March 2006 at 8:36PM

i used the post office the postmaster done it free of charge

KathrynPenguin · 30 March 2006 at 8:54PM

As a teacher I wouldn't sign the form for children I teach. I have to put some of my personal details on that form so would only do it for a friend. You can also get it signed by a license holder or a company director. Anyone you know with a small business who has a limited company can sign

Father_Christmas · 30 March 2006 at 9:12PM

A Nursery nurse did it for me. (countersign that is)

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