Re: Over 70s Driving Licence
LT
renewed my licence a couple of years ago when I reached 70 and because I don't have a passport I had a big problem getting anyone to witness my photograph .
I have been retired for many years and don't use/know sufficiently well any of the following deemed appropriate witnesses....
Accountant
Articled Clerk of a Limited Company
Assurance Agent of Recognised Company
Bank/Building Society Official
Barrister
Broker
Chairman/Director of Limited Company
Chemist
Chiropodist
Christian Science Practitioner
Commissioner of Oaths
Councillor: Local or County
Civil Servant (permanent)
Dentist
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 (SRN and SEN)
Officer of the armed services (Active or Retired)
Optician
Person with Honours (e.g. OBE MBE etc)
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.
...also I don't like asking anyone for anything.
I was not allowed to ask the one person who knows me well my GP, my dentist was on extended sick leave so in the end I asked my neighbour who was a Warden in a home for the elderly, the application came back saying she was 'an unsuitable person '' to witness the application.
I then asked another neighbour a retired accountant who filled in the application incorrectly putting his birth date instead of the days date so I expected the application to be returned for a second time but it wasn't. I am hoping next time will be easier.