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used wrong referee details when applied for British citizenship

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:38 pm
by sardarge
I applied for British citizenship online for my children (4 and 2 year olds) but I mistakenly put the wrong referee. I should have put a professional person but I used a friends details who is a British citizen.

The application has been sent and I am unable to edit the referee details.

Now i need a referee to sign the declaration form but I cannot used my friend as a referee as it must be a teacher/health visitor etc.

What should I do in this situation?

thanks

Re: used wrong referee details when applied for British citizenship

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:08 am
by zimba
Get a professional referee to sign the form. Write a cover letter with the details of the new referee and explain that you are using this new referee

Re: used wrong referee details when applied for British citizenship

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:55 am
by sardarge
thanks you vary much .. do I need to post this with the case reference number or I can upload online because I did not uploads the document yet and my appointment is on 27 AUG 2019

Re: used wrong referee details when applied for British citizenship

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:59 am
by sardarge
sorry an other question
do we need to write teacher and health visiter passport number/date of birth and address .

Re: used wrong referee details when applied for British citizenship

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:00 pm
by zimba
sardarge wrote:
Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:55 am
thanks you vary much .. do I need to post this with the case reference number or I can upload online because I did not uploads the document yet and my appointment is on 27 AUG 2019
Upload like the other documents
sardarge wrote:
Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:59 am
sorry an other question
do we need to write teacher and health visiter passport number/date of birth and address .
Yes, all the details on the letter

Re: used wrong referee details when applied for British citizenship

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:38 pm
by sardarge
thanks you very much

Re: used wrong referee details when applied for British citizenship

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 3:35 pm
by sardarge
I have tried to approach for referee to my son's school but its closed now a days..

I have called my daughters health visitor for sign but she refused to do that as she said your daughters not even 2 and requirement is you must know the person since 2 years..

for both kids a professional govt employee is hard to find for me at the minute..

please suggest me to whom I should approach? or what else I can do to approach the referee..

as I already put name of referee who is manager of a hotel.. can he sign the form?

thank you

Re: used wrong referee details when applied for British citizenship

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 3:44 pm
by zimba
If you cannot find a referee who dealt with the child in his/her professional capacity, you must demonstrate that you tried and the professional were not willing to give their details and instead you can use a normal professional