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Local charity manager as professional referee
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 3:51 pm
by pochaco
When applying for British Citizenship I am considering the manager of the local Age UK centre as my professional referee. Age UK is a VAT registered charity, but when the list of acceptable professional persons mentions "Director/managaer of VAT registered Charity" do they mean local branch managers or managers on the national level? Obviously I have no connection to the national director of Age UK.
Thank you.
Re: Local charity manager as professional referee
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 6:11 pm
by noajthan
pochaco wrote:When applying for British Citizenship I am considering the manager of the local Age UK centre as my professional referee. Age UK is a VAT registered charity, but when the list of acceptable professional persons mentions "Director/managaer of VAT registered Charity" do they mean local branch managers or managers on the national level? Obviously I have no connection to the national director of Age UK.
Thank you.
There are two options on acceptable professions list:
- Director/Manager of a VAT registered Charity;
Director/Manager/Personnel Officer of a VAT registered Company ;
if HO object to your choice of referee they will invite you to nominate another.
Re: Local charity manager as professional referee
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 9:58 pm
by pochaco
Thank you. It is good to know that if HO objects to my referee I will be able to choose someone else and won't lose the application fee.
Re: Local charity manager as professional referee
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 10:25 pm
by noajthan
pochaco wrote:Thank you. It is good to know that if HO objects to my referee I will be able to choose someone else and won't lose the application fee.
Indeed. HO often get a bad press but they are not Philistines.
You can dig into such vital matters, here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... n-v6_0.pdf
- see 6.3.7 and in particular: 6.3.7.12