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Your referees must have known you for 3 years, so if you have regular personal contact with your bank (manager?) then maybe they will help. Or maybe you/your family have friends or neighbours who fit the requirements? A referee can be a government employee except if they work for the Home Office.dewdrops1420 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:03 pmSo from where can I find such a professional referee? Can I goto bank and check?
Anyone I know and who knows me has no govt job. yes - they can have a government job (except Home Office employees).
OP confirmed it was actually for her application, not child.Londoner007 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:29 pmYou can ask your pharmacist, health visitor, nursery / school teacher, Minister of religion?
The "known the person for 3 years" is the adult AN requirement. For MN1, the child, the referee must have engaged with the child at a professional capacity at some point.
From Home office:
"For child applicants at least one of the referees must be a person who has dealt with the child in a professional role such as a teacher, doctor, health visitor or social worker. Where a child cannot provide a referee who has dealt with them in a professional capacity and has provided documents to show that they have attempted to do so, you can accept 2 referees who meet the criteria for referees on adult applications"
alterhase58 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:25 pmYour referees must have known you for 3 years, so if you have regular personal contact with your bank (manager?) then maybe they will help. Or maybe you/your family have friends or neighbours who fit the requirements? A referee can be a government employee except if they work for the Home Office.dewdrops1420 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:03 pmSo from where can I find such a professional referee? Can I goto bank and check?
Anyone I know and who knows me has no govt job. yes - they can have a government job (except Home Office employees).
Because it's written, 'For an adult application, one referee should be a person of any nationality who has
alterhase58 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:20 amA referee must know the child.
The examples of professions is only a sample from the full list of accepted professions.
See page 34 for the full list: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... als_v4.pdf