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Nobody to sign passport photos, anyway out of it

ev8
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I would like and really need a passport.
Due to ill health I haven't been able to travel so haven't ever had an adult one (only child one was when I was on my mother's old passport) but I have a chance to go away this year.
The thing is, I have nobody to sign my photos. I looked at it before and gave up as I had nobody but I really would like it done now.
Does anybody know what can be done if you truly have nobody to sign it.
I know the list is vast, I've read it, I really don't know anyone who can do it.
Due to ill health I haven't been able to travel so haven't ever had an adult one (only child one was when I was on my mother's old passport) but I have a chance to go away this year.
The thing is, I have nobody to sign my photos. I looked at it before and gave up as I had nobody but I really would like it done now.
Does anybody know what can be done if you truly have nobody to sign it.
I know the list is vast, I've read it, I really don't know anyone who can do it.
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https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications/accepted-occupations-for-countersignatories
If you’re not sure who to ask to be your countersignatory
Call the Passport Adviceline
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eskbanker said:https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications/accepted-occupations-for-countersignatories
If you’re not sure who to ask to be your countersignatory
Call the Passport Adviceline
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I was more looking for if it had happened to anybody and how it resolved.0
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Arrange for a solicitor to come to your home.Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill0
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Robin9 said:Arrange for a solicitor to come to your home.
Who can sign your form and photo
Your countersignatory must:
- have known you (or the adult who signed the form if the passport is for a child under 16) for at least 2 years
- be able to identify you, for example they’re a friend, neighbour or colleague (not just someone who knows you professionally)
- be ‘a person of good standing in their community’ or work in (or be retired from) a recognised profession
https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications1 -
neighbour? friend? someone who has known you for 2 years ?1
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Doctor? Although they will probably charge for it."You've been reading SOS when it's just your clock reading 5:05 "0
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sammyjammy said:Doctor? Although they will probably charge for it.1
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prowla said:sammyjammy said:Doctor? Although they will probably charge for it.Professions that are not accepted
Your countersignatory cannot:work for HM Passport Office
be a doctor, unless they state that they know you well (for example they’re a good friend) and that they recognise you easily from your photo
This would rule out the OPs GP for example.1 -
They stopped doctors doing it as TBH there were few patients they could genuinely name if they bumped into them in the street and didn't have the set of records with them.
I heard of some GPs being sent the photo of people they had signed passport applications for and asked them to "name this person" - of course they hadn't a clue
Used to get people bring the whole families photos in, without the relevant people and expecting us to do them then and there
In our practice, while I wasn't allowed to do them - even if I could name them, our practice manager felt she knew people well enough to do the forms (it was a small community)1
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