Passport help...

SixTwoSix

SixTwoSix

SixTwoSix

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I'm getting married abroad in exactly 8 weeks and we're having hell getting a passport for my mum.

She's 56, never travelled abroad before, she has no other form of ID and she doesn't drive to has no licence. She lives out in the sticks and hasn't got the widest circle of friends.

She can't find a single person to counter-sign her picture that also has a passport. Her doctor retired a little over a year ago who she has seen for the last 30 years and has moved abroad to South Africa. No way to get in contact with him.

The only people she knows who could counter-sign her picture are all related somehow.

Does anyone have any suggestions of what to do. She's spent the last 2 months getting in contact with everyone she knows, both professionally or personally and they have all either moved away, died or don't have a passport of their own.
 
Thanks for all the comments and suggestions, unfortunately still in the same boat. There is nobody she currently has known for 2+ years who has their own passport. Passport office just repeat the same stuff on their site.

It's basically the knowing her 2+ years bit thats the problem. As mentioned in my OP, they're all moved on, dead or personal friends.

I never thought as a UK citizen for the last 56 years in good standing, never having been in trouble or really stepped out of line would have such a problem getting a passport.

A lot of upset both on my and her side right now as it looks as though she wont be at my wedding. If i'd known it would be this hard, i'd have arranged it for the UK. :(
 
Leprechaun312 said:
though that, can not get one of your mates to sign, anyone who has known you for two years, by default they've known of your mum, even if they don't know her personally. They rarely ring and ask questions about the countersignature
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It looks as though it's going to have to go that way, get a friend to do it. So much for trying to do things the "right" way, all goes belly up.

EDIT: Actually that won't work because none of them do a job on the accepted list.

I'm starting to get really upset about this now :(
 
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That didn't need that kind of reply either..

I could find someone in a heartbeat but they wouldn't actually know her, trying to keep in the realms of the law.

I already said she has a very small circle of friends and lives out in the sticks. Most of the friends she knows have never traveled abroad so have no passport.

Her doctor (who he has used for 20+ years) retired a little over a year ago and moved away. She went to her local surgery last night and none of them were willing to sign for her as they've known her less than 2 years.

She has little contact with people due to reasons I won't go into on a public forum. She does what she can online and this has left her fairly isolated.

I could easily find someone to sign it for her but we were trying to do it legally and within the bounds of the law. She doesn't known many people I do due to living a long distance away.

Anyway, it's all moot now as she has found out at the doctors last night she has something which means she isn't allowed to fly anyway. This started as frustration she couldn't get a PP, it's turned out into something much more severe.

MrMoonX said:
I fail to see why she can't use the doctor or the bank, it's not hard everyone uses these services even if they don't actually know you, they just charge a fee for signing your application
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She banks online.

dowie said:
@OP has she actually tried the GP's or the bank... just go in and ask them to sign it - no point stressing if you've not even asked them yet....
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Yup, as mentioned above, there isn't an individual doctor willing to sign it as she's known them personally less than 2 years. It's a very small practice, only 3 doctors, she lives near a town of about 1500 people.

Guys...I appreciate all the suggestions i've been at this for weeks trying to find people to do it for her. It seems really easy but it's not. She's isolated, doesn't go out much, has lost a lot of friends as she's got older due to either moving away or death. The internet has made it easier for her to become isolated as she can do virtually everything online these days. She even has the shopping delivered. Anyway, as I said above, it doesn't matter now, there is something far worse to worry about.
 
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