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Child passport renewal - identity confirmation. Who did yours?

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BankOfDave · 22/01/2023 16:39

Just doing this online and I need to provide details of someone to confirm DCs identity who has known me/them for 2 years.

Did you ask a teacher or just go with a neighbour/friend? I don’t know many people in the area.

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AmazonianAvatar · 22/01/2023 21:56

My DCs teachers wouldn’t do it and that was years ago. Surprised if any do it now.

Dr and dentist also wouldn’t.

I struggled as DH’s profession was not on the list so we couldn’t ask work colleagues who were also friends, I was a SAHM and my friends and their DHs also weren’t on list. In the end I got SIL to do it as she’s kept her maiden name and did work in a listed profession.

DappledThings · 22/01/2023 22:01

The list is only examples as it says, it isnt exhaustive. I work in admin for a university which is not listed but I have countersigned and had colleagues do so too.

Anyone who works in an office is likely fine.

mondaytosunday · 22/01/2023 22:10

Headmaster did it once, school nurse a couple times.

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Princesspollyyy · 22/01/2023 22:18

If anyone who works in a office is able to do it, surely anyone working in a supermarket could also do it.

The list of examples is a bit pointless really.

Logicalreasoning · 22/01/2023 22:21

a friend of ours who’s known us 14 years, she works for a company alongside the government. Did all of ours

Walrus6 · 22/01/2023 22:23

@BankOfDave - as your neighbour. It only takes 2 mins so if they are eligible I’m she they’d be happy to. You can tell them your DOB, place of birth etc (which I assume is for security). They’re not expected to know it all by heart.

The whole system is bollocks and discriminates against those who don’t have professional friends.

If any of my friends asked for a bottle of wine to fill out a very short paper form I’d ask someone else and never do a favour of them again.

simplesimply · 22/01/2023 22:31

I just did it for my dad, we sent our friend an email with the details, I don't think anyone knows dh and my dob, off hand most friends would know one or the other.

OnTheBoardwalk · 22/01/2023 22:32

Agree it's a bollocks system especially as teachers and other professions your child come across on a daily basis are being told not to sign if they don’t know you on a personal basis

ask your neighbour, I really don’t think they will mind just make sure they are on the list.

DappledThings · 23/01/2023 08:21

Princesspollyyy · 22/01/2023 22:18

If anyone who works in a office is able to do it, surely anyone working in a supermarket could also do it.

The list of examples is a bit pointless really.

Agreed. I'm sure someone working in a supermarket could. They just need to have their own passport and be able to fill in the form. The list of examples is unnecessarily intimidating.

GerbilsForever24 · 23/01/2023 10:51

Yes, agree - I don't get the list of examples. If the person has their own, valid, passport, then they should be able to sign on the basis that the passport office knows who they are.

The list of professions should be for when they DON'T know and therefore the person needs to be registered somewhere eg with an industry body, a government organization, etc to prove they're a "real" person. To require passport AND registration elsewhere seems overkill.

Drywhitefruitycidergin · 23/01/2023 10:59

I have done it for multiple friends/colleagues - the new online system makes it super simple. I'd happily do it for my neighbours kids etc.
I personally will be asking dd2's godmother who is in one of professions on list & who obviously knows both of my kids & my dob/address etc.

SnowAndFrostOutside · 23/01/2023 11:18

I'm sure it's not just anyone in a white collar job. Like others say then anyone with a job should be able to do it then.

SnowAndFrostOutside · 23/01/2023 11:19

Also, you don't need a countersignature if it's for a renewal over 12. I had to get it for my children, and they have been signed variously by DH's work colleagues and my friends. DH used to work at a university so many of his colleagues can sign.

Oopswediditagain2023 · 23/01/2023 11:27

We used my BIL's in-laws (Dp's brother's in-laws) if that makes sense?! We just sent them the link to an online form if my memory serves me right

DappledThings · 23/01/2023 11:34

SnowAndFrostOutside · 23/01/2023 11:18

I'm sure it's not just anyone in a white collar job. Like others say then anyone with a job should be able to do it then.

They are a lot more lax than people think. The examples are just that. I do think anyone in pretty much any job will he accepted as long as they meet the other criteria.

namechange3394 · 23/01/2023 11:40

Does it have to be someone local? For the adult ones it can be done online now but not sure about DC.

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BankOfDave · 23/01/2023 11:45

Thanks everyone - found someone and as it’s online that makes it easier, hadn’t realised that at first as it was all paper last time.

It’s for a child under 12 renewal so not sure if they are all checked or we were randomly selected.

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DappledThings · 23/01/2023 11:46

namechange3394 · 23/01/2023 11:40

Does it have to be someone local? For the adult ones it can be done online now but not sure about DC.

No, doesn't need to be local.

powershowerforanhour · 23/01/2023 12:16

It's a ballache getting a Uk passport in the west of Northern Ireland as the majority here have Irish passports. The only Protestants I know here are family and farming neighbours who aren't in the list of professions (silly really as farmers and all their stock have to be registered with the department of agriculture and most are pretty much tied to their address from birth).

The online thing is handy though, I used to live and work in a Protestant majority bit of Co.Down so got a friend from my old work to do it. This was for my own passport, still haven't got around to getting the children theirs.

tattychicken · 20/02/2023 07:25

Have just had to do this for my son's renewal, he has just turned 13. I asked my friend who is a company director and it was all done online so not too tricky, but it was unexpected to have to do this. I renewed 2 other child passports for his siblings last summer, they were then aged 13 and 14 and didn't have to do the verification. Not sure why things have changed, or maybe it's just random.

SallyWD · 20/02/2023 08:11

We've had a neighbour do it (nurse) and a friend (professor). They don't need to live nearby as it's all online now. Our friend didn't live close to us.

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