Who can Countersign a Turks and Caicos Islands Passport Application?
Check when you need to get someone else to sign your application and photo, who can and can’t sign - and what they have to do. Some passport applications and photos must be signed by someone else (the ‘countersignatory’) to prove the identity of the person applying.
When You Need Someone Else to Sign Your Form and Photo
You must get your form and one photo signed if you’re applying for:
- your first adult or child passport
- a replacement for a lost, stolen or damaged passport
- a renewal of a passport for a child aged 11 or under
- a renewal of a passport if your appearance has changed and you can’t be recognised from your existing passport
Who Can Sign Forms and Photos
Personal relationship
The countersignatory must:
- have known the person applying for at least 2 years
- be able to identify the person applying, eg they’re a friend, neighbour or colleague (not just someone who knows them professionally)
They can’t be closely related or involved with the person applying, eg:
- related by birth or marriage
- be in a relationship or live at the same address as the person applying
Occupations of Those Who Are Eligible To Countersign
Countersignatories must work in (or be retired from) a recognised profession or be 'a person of good standing in their community', eg:.
| Accountant | Member, associate or fellow of a professional body |
| Airline pilot | Member of Parliament |
| Articled clerk of a limited company | Minister of a recognised religion |
| Assurance agent of recognised company | Nurse - RGN or RMN |
| Senior Bank Official | Officer of the Prison or Police Force |
| Lawyer | Optician |
| Chairman/director of limited company | Paralegal - certified paralegal, qualified paralegal or associate member of the Institute of Paralegals |
| Chiropodist | Person with honours, eg an OBE or MBE |
| Notary Public | Pharmacist |
| District Commissioner | Photographer - professional |
| Senior Civil servant (permanent) | Police officer |
| Dentist | Post Office official |
| Engineer - with professional qualifications | President/secretary of a recognised organisation |
| Financial services intermediary, eg a stockbroker or insurance broker | Salvation Army officer |
| Senior Fire service official | Social worker |
| Funeral director | Solicitor |
| Insurance agent (full time) of a recognised company | Surveyor |
| Journalist | Teacher, lecturer |
| Justice of the Peace | Trade union officer |
| Legal secretary | Travel agent - qualified |
| Manager/personnel officer of a limited company |
Please Note : Individuals who work for the Turks and Caicos Islands Passport Office cannot be counter signatories.