Passport countersignature help

Legacy_user

Am in the process of getting a new passport but i've stumbled across quite a big problem. I can't find anyone to countersign it. I've looked though the suggested list and can say there is no-one in any of those professions that i know and/or who has known me for 2 years.

How strict on check are they? And is there anyway around this? last had a passport about 10 years ago and i think my then GP signed it then, but i moved away for uni and haven't been back since. And my current GP has only know me for just under a year. My last hope was a uni tutor but she's vanished off the face of the earth. Has anyone else had this problem?

Mr_Lahey

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

Am in the process of getting a new passport but i've stumbled across quite a big problem. I can't find anyone to countersign it. I've looked though the suggested list and can say there is no-one in any of those professions that i know and/or who has known me for 2 years.

How strict on check are they? And is there anyway around this? last had a passport about 10 years ago and i think my then GP signed it then, but i moved away for uni and haven't been back since. And my current GP has only know me for just under a year. My last hope was a uni tutor but she's vanished off the face of the earth. Has anyone else had this problem?

It will be impossible to get a passport without a counter signature. The only way round this is if you can get a renewal and even then you have to look like your old photo.
I would suggest you try it on with the Dr, he might just sign it without question.

magpiecottage

Anybody on Friends Reunited able to help?

System

Mr_Lahey wrote: »

It will be impossible to get a passport without a counter signature. The only way round this is if you can get a renewal and even then you have to look like your old photo.
I would suggest you try it on with the Dr, he might just sign it without question.

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah i look nothing like my old picture! Will have to have an ask round. Also,while i'm here, will they reject my picture if i have my current hair colour (purple)?

Mr_Lahey

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah i look nothing like my old picture! Will have to have an ask round. Also,while i'm here, will they reject my picture if i have my current hair colour (purple)?

No, you can have your hair any colour you like so long as the style doesn't affect certain parts of your face.

basieman

Doctor will do it. As long as you pay his fee!:beer:

hartcjhart

do you have a local shop that you use that either has a post office with it or a drinks licence? or a local pub that you use

Pee

All you really need is a professionally employed friend of your parents... the catergories are much wider than they used to be.

rach29

Bank Manager?? I used to sign for customers.

tiff

The post office asked if I knew anyone who was a manager, and I remembered my next door neighbour was a store manager at Burtons so he did it for me.

estelle123

I used my manager at my office.