damn, blast and bugger

[waterfalls]

We are going on holiday in 7 weeks, I gave our passport forms to my health visitor 4 weeks ago, she filled them out and signed them but coulod'nt put her passport number on as she had sent hers away for renewal 4 weeks previously. Well she still has not had hers back (she is going abroad Monday) so I cant send our off, the passport office wont accept them without her passport number, and they wont give it her over the phone.................what the hell am I gonna do??

fill out new forms and get someone else to sign them - galling I know,but what else can you do?

Oh blimey, the only other person that could do it is the gp, and they charge around £25 per passport, and we have 4 to do, besides trying to get the passport photos correct for dts (aged 2) was an absolute nightmare, not to mention expensive.

Can't teachers sign the forms? I think they used to be able to didn't they?

I think someone is trying to tell you something WF......

teachers can definitely sign them

my driving instructor did all of our passports for nothing

I think iota's right - you'll have to get new photos as well if she signed those (it doesn't have to be a professional you know officially, you know - any friend who is a teacher or nurse or something can do it for you).

What is she going to do though?

it has to be someone who has known you for at least 2 years, ds has only been at school since september and dts are pre-school.

teachers can sign them.

Not all will, but we can. I have signed a few, but they were for friends IYSWIM

What do all your neighbours do for a living, wf? We've had ours signed by a retired nurse (SRN) and a retired teacher in the past.

No idea what she is going to do, i WAS HOPING SHE HAD STAMPED HER FEET ENOUGH TO GET IT BACK TO HER ON TIME, (oops) not likely now unless it arrives tomorrow.

The only person I know in a proffesion is a retired bank manager, but he has never had a passport, has never been interested in going abroad........................I tell ya someone up there really does'nt like me

local business eg newsagent, milkman, takeaway..plumber, builder, landlord, garage, clothes shop

a policeman, JP, chartered engineer, solicitor or accountant can sign them.

Acceptable countersignatures:

Accountant
Articled clerk of a limited company
Assurance agent of recognised company
Bank/building society official
Barrister
Broker
Chairman/director of limited company
Chemist
Chiropodist
Christian Science practitioner
Commissioner of oaths
Councillor: local or county
Civil servant (permanent)
Dentist
Engineer (with professional qualifications)
Fire service official
Funeral director
Insurance agent (full time) of a recognised company
Journalist
Justice of the Peace
Legal secretary (members and fellows of the Institute of legal secretaries)
Local government officer
Manager/Personnel officer (of limited company)
Member of Parliament
Merchant Navy officer
Minister of a recognised religion
Nurse (SRN and SEN)
Officer of the armed services (active or retired)
Optician
Person with honours (e.g. OBE MBE etc.)
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 agency (qualified)
Valuers and auctioneers (fellow and associate members of the incorporated society)
Warrant officers and Chief Petty Officers

You must know one of those!!!

no

do you know someone with a business

Only my boss (owns a taxi firm) but he is the bank managers son and also does'nt own a passport..............AAAAAAAAAAARRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Relations? Friends of friends who know you? It's only to certify that you are who you say you are!

vicar???
pharamcist???

Its not just me though, my 3 children need passports too.

Has your boss the taximan's father the bank manager ever met you? [clutching at straws]

Are the kids not sort of known by association?

Yes we are all good friends, but it's useless if he does'nt have a passport.

Friends of your parents??????