Can family members sign passport

[Brutal biff]

Looking to go on holiday next year my sister in law is a teacher can she sign our passports as me and the wife and kids dont have 1 as we've not been abroad for 20 years

 

[PiKe]

Get your doctor to sign it.

Family members cannot, has to be people of good standing.

 

[UnworthyBean]

Get your doctor to sign it.

Did they not change the rules last year or so that you could no longer ask your doctor to do it?

 

[Brutal biff]

Get your doctor to sign it.

Family members cannot, has to be people of good standing.

Ok thanks

 

[PiKe]

https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications/accepted-occupations-for-countersignatories

Professions that are not accepted
Your countersignatory cannot:

• work for HM Passport Office
• be a doctor, unless they state that they know you well (for example they’re a good friend) and that they recognise you easily from your photo

 

[Brutal biff]

Doctor would be last person to ask as he would charge about £60 per person

My mates wife graduates as a nurse in a few weeks when she gets her pin I'll ask her were not going away till march so no huge rush

 

[tom_nieto]

Family members cannot, has to be people of good standing.

Burn!

Correct info though, can’t be family members. Get one of your sister in law’s friends to sign it?

 

[joey1211]

Is this still a thing in the modern era? A person of good standing? What does that even mean? Harold Shipman was a doctor. Do they someone round to interview them?

 

[Stephanie Peterson]

What happens if you dont know anyone of good standing
I mean, i know a lot of bums - cant see them being any good for signing a passport.

 

[Andrew_McP]

Five years ago, when I got my first passport (for ID reasons rather than idle wanderlust) my boss, at a supermarket, signed the application for me. Wasn't sure he counted, but apparently he did.

I suspect anyone in an identifiable position of any responsibility that's known you for a while is probably 'good enough', but it was something that worried me a lot when I was scratching my head trying to find someone. I mentioned the hassle to my boss one night and he offered, having done it for someone else before.

 

[moon man]

just renewed mine its a lot easier on line ,mine was decades out of date ,instead of someone signing your photo they just follow an email link to your uploaded pic and confirm its you ,i used a civil servant ,family friend.
had a bit of trouble with the site accepting my phone photo ,ended up at a photography shop and they did it for a tenner then gave me a code to enter online

 

[Nasher]

Quite a few professions can sign them. Know anyone in the civil service?

 

[Rroff]

I hate these requirements - though I have a fairly wide circle of acquaintances I don't really form real relationships with people - quite ready come and go etc. and often work wise don't really have someone who can do it though currently I think my current boss could. Don't think my doctors will do these any more and I haven't been in years anyhow.

 

[Spook187]

I'll just get my neighbour to sign it when the time arises he's an architect so that will do.

 

[Raymond Lin]

I got my friend’s dad to sign mine last time, he’s an estate agent...

 

[Semple]

Do they ever check who's signed these things?

 

[Sho]

Everytime I need these doing. I have two friends that I can go to.
One works for the NHS and the other is a school teacher.

 

[LeeUK]

I got my sisters boyfriend to sign mine. Is that allowed? Who knows. Anyway, I never got asked any questions about it at the passport interview.

Stupid system anyway.

I applied online and gave his email address so they could send him a link to login and sign. I never saw what he needed to put down.

 

[Threepwood]

You only need a countersign for your first passport, unless you look radically different, no?

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Family members cannot, has to be people of good standing.

I don't think it was intended but that's gold