My GP refuses to countersignature my first passport?

Question

i registerd with my gp since august 2005,

i hate visiting my GP`s, any way..he refuses to sign it ,sayin he cant really remember my face,and am wondering if i re-visit him in bout a month time ( pretending am ill) ,will my GP be able to countersignature my passport? ( surely he cant refuse to).

and is a nurse or nurse carer will be qualified?

Answer 1

its illegal for him to countersign your passport unless he can say he knows you and has done for at least 3 years

i have the capacity to countersign passports and have been asked to do so by people i hardley know

and i will not do it

so he is right to stand his ground

there is a big fine if he did countersign it and it turned out not to be true.

so you need to find some one else

Answer 2

Nurses CAN countersign....I've done plenty

As can any of the following, as long as you've known them over 2 years.........

Accountant

Airline Pilots

Articled clerk of a limited company

Assurance agent of recognised company

Bank/building society official

Barrister

British Computer Society (BCS) - Professional grades which are Associate (AMBCS), Member (MBCS), Fellow (FBCS) (PN 25/2003)

Broker

Chairman/director of limited company

Chemist

Chiropodist

Christian Science practitioner

Commissioner of oaths

Councillor: local or county

Civil servant (permanent)

Dentist

Designated Premises Supervisors

Director/Manager of a VAT registered Charity

Director/Manager/Personnel Officer of a VAT registered Company

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 (RGN and RMN)

Officer of the armed services (active or retired)

Optician

Person with honours (e.g. OBE MBE etc.)

Personal Licensee Holders

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

EDITED...Please don't use up a valuable doctors appointment by pretending to be ill. Someone will genuinley need that appointment. There is plenty of other people listed above that could sign for you.

Answer 3

my gp charged me £25 to sign mine

Answer 4

He doesn't have to sign if he doesn't want to. His reason is a perfectly good one.

Visiting again won't help because he has to sign that he has known you for two years, so a month won't change anything.

Answer 5

You obviously haven't been ill enough for your doctor to get to know you.

Find someone else. Even if he knew you well,he is under no obligation to sign.

Sleepystar1975 has the list for you.

Answer 6

There's plenty of other people you can ask to sign apart from your GP. And if I were you I'd change to another GP.

Answer 7

I cannot believe a GP ..or any professional ..would charge for signing??? Mad!

And yes, a nurse is a valid countersignature.

Answer 8

Unfortunately it's up to him whether he wants to countersign your passport.  He most certainly can refuse to do so.  If he refuses again try someone like your dentist or a longstanding family friend with a reasonably responsible job

Answer 9

well he did refuse didn't he.  

So he will refuse again. A doctor has to know someone well for like a 2 year period or longer, not a few weeks.

Answer 10

My GP countersigned mine without really knowing me as we were new to the area. It cost me 25 pounds ! I don't think nurses are allowed.