Nobody to sign passport photos, anyway out of it

itsthelittlethings

I have no idea who signed for my passport. It expires this month, better renew it.

itsthelittlethings

itsthelittlethings said:

I have no idea who signed for my passport. It expires this month, better renew it.

£88.50! One for April....

Emmia

itsthelittlethings said:

itsthelittlethings said:

I have no idea who signed for my passport. It expires this month, better renew it.

£88.50! One for April....

There's a risk the fee will rise in April, it's gone up in April in both 2023 and 2024.

ev8

strawb_shortcake said:

I don't mean this as a slight on anyone at  all and not insinuating this applies to the OP, I'm just curious. But if ill health limits your ability to leave the home and your social interaction with others then is foreign travel a realistic option?

Perhaps we are lucky in our local area, but we have lots of support groups for people with ill health and disabilities. If you have access to these then it's quite possible that either a volunteer or a carer would be able to counter sign passports and other documents (if youve attended long enough).

As I said this isn't a slight or criticism on anyone, I'm on the fringes of a stroke support group and have seen first hand the value that these groups bring to the survivors 

It does feel like a bit of a slight, I've not been able to socialise much and don't see and meet people regularly so have no connection with people who could do this for me, however I am able to do some things if I pace myself and store up my energy and also, my conditions are so much better in warmer weather, so that would permit me to do more than here in the UK in winter.

Maybe you are lucky, you also forget that people can have family as their carers who are not allowed to sign these forms.

ev8

heatherw_01 said:

Not a helpful reply, but I would be in the same situation as a chronically ill and disabled person who can't work and doesn't go anywhere.

Doctors are excluded unless they know you well. Mine speaks to me every 3 weeks, so that would be my only hope.
Silly that doctors are excluded but nurses aren't!

I really hope you get it sorted and if you do, come back and let us know how you did it.

If I never need a counter signature, I would be without a person too.

It is a shame that for many in the same situation as us, we just have no one to do this.

If you have a pharmacist you see regularly for any medication, they can do it.

I'm so sorry you're in the same position too, I think it can be easy for people outside of our lives to think it's impossible and we've just not read it correctly, however we know ourselves how it is and how difficult it can be to just get this small thing done.

I haven't found anyone, but I wonder if I can ask the GP nurse, I might try when i go in next time to at least ask someone.

Asking makes me so anxious too, it feels impossible.

I don't have a regular pharmacist, as it's a chain, they change all the time.

ev8

Flugelhorn said:

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) 

I wonder if someone at the practice might help, I've been with them since I was about 1 and throughout my life, they knew me to indentify me, especially the doctors, when I go in some of the GPs will ask how my Nan is

strawb_shortcake

ev8 said:

strawb_shortcake said:

I don't mean this as a slight on anyone at  all and not insinuating this applies to the OP, I'm just curious. But if ill health limits your ability to leave the home and your social interaction with others then is foreign travel a realistic option?

Perhaps we are lucky in our local area, but we have lots of support groups for people with ill health and disabilities. If you have access to these then it's quite possible that either a volunteer or a carer would be able to counter sign passports and other documents (if youve attended long enough).

As I said this isn't a slight or criticism on anyone, I'm on the fringes of a stroke support group and have seen first hand the value that these groups bring to the survivors 

It does feel like a bit of a slight, I've not been able to socialise much and don't see and meet people regularly so have no connection with people who could do this for me, however I am able to do some things if I pace myself and store up my energy and also, my conditions are so much better in warmer weather, so that would permit me to do more than here in the UK in winter.

Maybe you are lucky, you also forget that people can have family as their carers who are not allowed to sign these forms.

I'm sorry you feel that way but I did specifically say it may not apply to you. But there has been several threads asking the same question. If I had a family member with ill health looking to travel but had no connection with seemingly anyone to countersign a passport, then I'd be concerned above their welfare when travelling.

But it was also highlighting that different support groups and social groups may have a volunteer that can sign a passport. It may not help you but it may help someone else with the same question.

jimi_man

Do you have any friends at all? And if so what do they do? Or did do? Or any people whatsoever that know you? Or did know you? 

ev8

jimi_man said:

Do you have any friends at all? And if so what do they do? Or did do? Or any people whatsoever that know you? Or did know you? 

No not one. I have friends but they do not fit this criteria and also some I haven't known as long or well enough to ask them this.

Emmia

ev8 said:

jimi_man said:

Do you have any friends at all? And if so what do they do? Or did do? Or any people whatsoever that know you? Or did know you? 

No not one. I have friends but they do not fit this criteria and also some I haven't known as long or well enough to ask them this.

Do you have anyone you know however well that fits the criteria for profession and time you've known them? If you do, ask them. 

I'm someone who works in a profession on the list and I've done the passport photos for a few people I've known socially for long enough. It's no bother really for me, but I know people find it awkward to ask. I just tend to say if they want someone to sign photos that I'm happy to do it.