Questions on Referees

[dng_131]

Dear All,

I hope you are keeping well in this testing times. I am in the process of applying for Naturalisation for myself and my wife. I have completed the form but have not paid for it yet. I am planning to submit it by the end of April 2020.

I wanted to check with all the experts here about three questions on Referee.

Question 1: I have two referees out of which 1st refree has got British Citizenship in Oct 2019 and got passport issued in Nov 2019. Is this ok to use this person as a referee in my application?

Question 2:Is there any legislation that refree should have hold their passport for at least 12 months or longer?

Second referee has got passport issued in april 2016.

Both my referees are managers,
1. Global Regulatory Affaris Manager
2. Project Manager in Finance Sector

Question 3: Would this be acceptable referee's as Managers?

Question 4: Do referee's have to sign at the back of the applicant's passport photos? Is there any gudance for referee which I can find online which is up to date by Gov.uk? I treid to look for more information but could not find it. I am aware of that once I submit the application I will get a link to download referee's forms.

Thanks for your time and support on this in advance.

Kind regards,

DG

[CR001]

1. Yes.

2. No.

3. You only need ONE professional referee of any nationality who is on the HO approved list. A project manager is likely not suitable as a professional referee. Note that not referees have to know each applicant for a minimum of 3 years.

4. No.

[dng_131]

Hi Char,

Many thanks for your reply. Thanks for your insight about the project manager title. Same referee is the director of the limited company so I will change that to Director than Project manager. I believe that would be acceptable?

I know both referees for more than 3 years.

Many thanks,

DG

[CR001]

Fine yes.

Are you using same referees for your spouse? The known for 3 years applies to spouse too.

[dng_131]

Hi Char,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I am going to use same referees for my wife's application and also for myself. We both know our referees for more than 3 years. Thanks for asking.

Kind regards,

DG

[dng_131]

Hello Char,

One of my referee is Engineer of a limited company? Does that count as a professional referee?

Thanks,

DG