List of Suggested Referees
If you are unable to provide a current or past employer as a referee, please see below a suggested list of people and their occupations that are suitable.
- accountant
- airline pilot
- articled clerk of a limited company
- assurance agent of recognised company
- bank/building society official
- barrister
- chairman/director of limited company
- chiropodist
- commissioner of oaths
- civil servant (permanent), but not someone who works for His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO)
- dentist
- director/manager/personnel officer of a VAT-registered company
- journalist
- justice of the Peace
- legal secretary - fellow or associate member of the Institute of Legal Secretaries and PAs
- licensee of public house
- local government officer
- manager/personnel officer of a limited company
- member, associate or fellow of a professional body
- member of Parliament
- merchant Navy officer
- minister of a recognised religion - including Christian Science
- nurse - RGN or RMN
- officer of the armed services
- optician
- paralegal - certified paralegal, qualified paralegal or associate member of the Institute of Paralegals
- person with honours, e.g. an OBE or MBE
- pharmacist
- 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 agent - qualified
- valuer or auctioneer - fellows and associate members of the incorporated society
- warrant Officers and Chief Petty Officers
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