Bin the referee requirement in British citizenship applications
<p>What does having ‘professional standing’ mean?</p>
<p>It’s essentially means having a very middle-class job, like an accountant, teacher, or lawyer.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications/accepted-occupations-for-countersignatories" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">See the list of suggested professions on the GOV.UK website</a> (Note: this is a page for passport applications, but the citizenship guidance takes you to this list.)</p>
<p>On top of finding people in your life that meet those requirements, you need to make sure they are people who are okay telling you lots of their personal details for you to include in your citizenship application, like their:</p>
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