Passport countersignature help!

[wideeyes]

Hi, Any ideas of who can sign my DD passport picture, she was a baby in her last one so her new one needs signing.

our Doctors/Dentist don't sign passports anymore.
She is reception class at school so the school has not know her for 2 years which means her teacher can't sign.
I tried our travel agents however they said only a professional can sign it even though I checked the passport website and it had TA on the list.
The only person I know who can sign passports is DBF and obviously he can't do DD.
I have now ran out of ideas and I am starting to panic as we go to WDW in 7 weeks.

Any suggestions.

[carolfoy]

this has now become a major problem for people particularly if they've just moved into a new area.
Try - police community liason, (may need to supply additional i.d.)
local JP
any local business owner who has known you and can remember your pregnancy/birth etc
health visitor
midwife
bank manager

[wils]

Do you have any friends who are teachers? When I was looking into the same thing DH said something about a professional with a degree being able to sign :confused3

[Claire L]

For a child's passport the person signing the photo needs to have known YOU for two years not your daughter, so that may help widen suitable people.

Claire ;)

[scottishsue]

I agree with Wils - maybe friends who are teachers, doctors, lawyers etc.
Any professional person could do this for you.

I'm not sure how strict they are with knowing someone for the 2 year thing either.

One of my friends is a Nurse, and she signed my sons passport picture as he had to have a new one done this year.

[carolfoy]

my boss signs for clients he has known for years, do you have a regular travel agent?

[Claire L]

Is your DBF your DD's father? If not then he can sign as he is not related to her by blood or marriage. Just a thought.

Claire ;)

[Goofyish]

From the passport ageny site:

You should give the countersignatory your complete application together with photographs, documents fee and envelope, so that they can seal the application after completing section 10. (In the case of a child section 10 should be signed by someone of the relevant standing who has personally known the person who signs the declaration at section 9 rather than the child).
Acceptable countersignatures:

Accountant
Articled clerk of a limited company
Assurance agent of recognised company
Bank/building society official
Barrister
British Computer Society (BCS) - Professional grades which are Associate (AMBCS), Member (MBCS), Fellow (FBCS) (PN 25/2003)
Broker
Chairman/director of limited company
Chemist
Chiropodist
Christian Science practitioner
Commissioner of oaths
Councillor: local or county
Civil servant (permanent)
Dentist
Designated Premises Supervisors
Director/Manager of a VAT registered Charity
Director/Manager/Personnel Officer of a VAT registered Company
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.)
Personal Licensee Holders
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 OfficersI don't know why some of these people are deemed to be more trustworthy than others I don't know LOL

[wideeyes]

my boss signs for clients he has known for years, do you have a regular travel agent?

Yes, I asked them as a qualified travel agent was listed on the passport website as acceptable signutures however they did not seem to know anything about it, and said that it had to be a doctor or teacher.

Is your DBF your DD's father? If not then he can sign as he is not related to her by blood or marriage. Just a thought.

Claire ;)

Yes, he is her father,

[Claire L]

Yes, he is her father,

Ah not so useful, but does he have anyone he knows who could sign as he could apply for the passport for DD.

Claire ;)

[wideeyes]

Ah not so useful, but does he have anyone he knows who could sign as he could apply for the passport for DD.

Claire ;)

He is not allowed to apply for a passport for DD as he does not have parental responsibility as we are not married, otherwise we would do it that way as he has an accountant who could sign.

I will see if my mum can think of anybody who I have not thought about, Its a bit annoying that out of the big list I can't find anybody.

[Claire L]

Are you still a mature student, as a college lecturer could sign for you?

Claire ;)

[wils]

Any suitably qualified neighbours?

[mikki.young]

If you have had a bank account for at least two years then any authorised official at your bank can sign it for you. They may well insist on sealing it as per Tims note but they don't personally have to know you if the bank is deemed to do so. I used to have to sign lots of applications when I worked in a branch.

[wideeyes]

If I go to the bank will my DD have to be with me, so they can see what she looks like?

[mikki.young]

If I go to the bank will my DD have to be with me, so they can see what she looks like?

It would probably help.

[arieliwish]

We got our local vicar to sign our DD first passport, he'd known us and the family for years. When the next ones were due my DD had been at school a couple of years so the headmistress did both hers and my DS who was younger. Did your DD go to a nursery school with qualified staff, although not sure if they would be eligible. Also any other parents you know who are doctors, etc??

Lynn

:goodvibes

[wideeyes]

I spoke to my sister and she says that our mum got a family friend who is a nurse to sign hers, so I will try that option tomorrow when my mum is back from cornwall.

[wils]

Great news :thumbsup2

[tennisfan]

I hope you managed to get it sorted out. I'm fortunate that my sister is a teacher so she can sign mine since she has got married:thumbsup2

[Maza]

iam a midwife....i have signed loads of passport applications! Any 'professional' is ok with the passport office. i cant beleive your GP wont do it...what about your health visitor?

[wideeyes]

I have sorted it out now, My sister works for a newsagents part time and has said that her boss has signed loads for customers, and she has agreed to sign for us, though she spotted a mistake on my application form so I have had to fill it in all over again.

[tennisfan]

Thats good that you have it sorted now:thumbsup2