Who can I use as a countersignature on the DCs passports?

[JennyPenny22]

Hi. I am doing the passport forms and need to get them off asap as we fly n 9 weeks!

My DC are 18 months and 3 months.

I need to get a countersignature done but my GP charges a fortune and we are spending enough of getting the passports in the first place.

I am trying to find like a list of all the people that can do it. On the booklet it just says "eg police etc".

Can a security guard do it?

I think the whole point of the list of people who could vouch for you is that they would usually belong to some sort of professional body so they themselves can be checked.

When we got ds' passport, when he was a few weeks old, we asked our nextdoor neighbour (a lawyer) to do it. They then checked up on him and he had to submit more forms to prove who he was, etc. Apparently, they do this with a certain percentage of passport applications.

It is all to stop fraud, so understandable really. If you got any old person to do it, they would not b able to verify who they were, iyswim.

Dh signs them for his staff and there children, he is an area manager, tbh the examples they give are rubbish.
My health visitors did mine for nothing about the only useful thing she ever did

I have just picked up the forms to renew dd's passport and was just wondering who to call too! Usually I ask a teacher as I know lots.

The other rediculous thing about it all is that me and DH are not old enough to be the only adults on the passports so have to write out all grandparents details! ARGH!!!

My Aunt and Cousin have both offered but they can't can they as they are related!

Can a PA do it?

Is a childminder any good?

This list has already been linked to (twice) for you but I've pasted it here for you

accountant
airline pilot
articled clerk of a limited company
assurance agent of recognised company
bank/building society official
barrister
chairman/director of limited company
chiropodist
commissioner of oaths
councillor (local or county)
civil servant (permanent), but not someone who works for IPS
dentist
director/manager of a VAT-registered charity
director/manager/personnel officer of a VAT-registered company
engineer (with professional qualifications)
financial services intermediary (eg a stockbroker or insurance broker)
fire service official
funeral director
insurance agent (full time) of a recognised company
journalist
Justice of the Peace
legal secretary (fellow or associate member of the Institute of Legal Secretaries and PAs)
licensee of public house
local government officer
manager/personnel officer (of a limited company)
member, associate or fellow of a professional body
Member of Parliament
Merchant Navy officer
minister of a recognised religion (including Christian Science)
nurse (RGN and RMN)
officer of the armed services (active or retired)
optician
paralegal (certified paralegal, qualified paralegal or associate member of the Institute of Paralegals)
person with honours (an OBE or MBE, for example)
pharmacist
photographer (professional)
police officer
Post Office official
president/secretary of a recognised organisation
Salvation Army officer
social worker
solicitor
surveyor
teacher, lecturer
trade union officer
travel agent (qualified)
valuer or auctioneer (fellows and associate members of the incorporated society)
Warrant Officers and Chief Petty Officers

Makes me glad I work in NHS - in our place we're tripping over drs/nurses/dentists/pharmacists/opticians/chiropodists who'll do this sort of thing as long as you make them a cup of tea......

I used my next door neighbour who is a teacher and he said he has been asked a few times in the past to confirm he did sign the forms.

Also used the vicar and another teacher friend in the past.

DH is an engineer and can sign other peoples.

The only time I ever put the letters after my name is when signing passport forms. Knew all those years of study would come in useful for something, must have been sick the day they did signing passport forms though.

Mine were done by dh's colleagues (lawyers) who had never met me or the dcs.

would it be easier if you listed your friends and neighbours jobs then we can see what will it?

you sometimes have to think a bit beyond the obvious. i mean, i'm a retail manager and the company, M&S, is a limited company (a public limited company) so i sign as a manager of a limited company. stretching it a bit, but all ok so far. and i get my colleagues to sign for me when needed.