When I needed one recently my GP ws able to do it for me.
Make sure that the form of words on the copy - e.g. 'I confirm that this is a certified copy of the passport of Fred Bloggs, and that I have compared both original and copy....yada yada yda' is correct.
Again, varies form organisation to organisation. If there's any doubt ring 'em up and get clarification.
__________________ "I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud." - CG Jung
My homepage : http://www.joep.communityhost.org.uk
Ther courts will probably charge a fee. Unless married or otherwise related to you, I think a fairly complete and comprehensive list of those people who are acceptable countersignatures for passport applications is as follows:
Accountant
Articled clerk of a limited company
Assurance agent of recognised company
Bank/building society official
Barrister
Broker
Chairman/director of limited company
Chemist
Chiropodist
Christian Science practitioner
Commissioner of oaths
Councillor: local or county
Civil servant (permanent)
Dentist
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.)
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 Officers
As a footnote to the above, some GPs/medical practitioners may consider it is not within their terms and conditions of working to countersign passport applications in which case they may decline or charge at their discretion.
I feel so important when someone asks me to sign their passport... Its a nice feeling - I wish people would ask me more often!
__________________
Coming soon... *Stardust* party duo available for gigs, parties and weddings. Top tunes from Take That to Girls Aloud, Kaiser Chiefs to Rhianna!
I've signed one or two passport *applications* as a doctor (of philosophy, not medicine!), but not sure about certified copies. As Joe says, I'd suggest checking with the company in question - I did recently sign something that was rejected as they had a very particular list. Stupid really, as he's never met his bank manager or GP, and has no accountant - and those were the only people allowed to say "yes, I know Mr Smith, this really is him"!
Hmm, reading down that list above, there's some odd ones on there. I could also qualify as a "professional photographer" - well, I have sold about a dozen photographs and got paid for them!
__________________
www.picturefix.co.uk Cheap, local photo scanning and restoration/retouching.
Cheap web hosting available, free setup of photo galleries etc. PM for more info.
Ther courts will probably charge a fee. Unless married or otherwise related to you, I think a fairly complete and comprehensive list of those people who are acceptable countersignatures for passport applications is as follows:
Accountant
Articled clerk of a limited company
Assurance agent of recognised company
Bank/building society official
Barrister
Broker
Chairman/director of limited company
Chemist
Chiropodist
Christian Science practitioner
Commissioner of oaths
Councillor: local or county
Civil servant (permanent)
Dentist
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.)
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 Officers
As a footnote to the above, some GPs/medical practitioners may consider it is not within their terms and conditions of working to countersign passport applications in which case they may decline or charge at their discretion.
you'd be surprised how many civil servants you know. I get loads of friends asking me to sign theirs. I pretend it's an autograph hunter, sigh a little but sign in the end before my security usher them away.
If you want a certified copy, for a visa application, for example, most solicitors can help - and there's a standard charge, either £5 or £10, can't remember which.
I just phoned up the solicitors on High Street - 'cos they were the most convenient for my bus stop - made an appointment and it was done and dusted in minutes.
__________________ I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitute. Rebecca West.
Any professional can sign. I have signed for several.
Even professional plonkers!!! Wow, I am surprised.
__________________ I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitute. Rebecca West.
I hope the OP has found somebody to do the necessary within the last 3 years!
Incidentally they wanted a copy of a passport certified as an accurate copy of the original, rather than an application countersigning, so they would need a solicitor or magistrate to do that or one or two other 'professionals', but the list is much shorter than the countersignatory one.
I hope the OP has found somebody to do the necessary within the last 3 years!
Incidentally they wanted a copy of a passport certified as an accurate copy of the original, rather than an application countersigning, so they would need a solicitor or magistrate to do that.
