On Oct 31, 9:45 am, wrote:

Does anyone know when this rule came into play-that countersignatories
on passport applications must supply their own passport number?

Also does anyone have an 'older' passport form from 2005/2006 that
they could scan section 10 (countersignatory section) into and upload
it to see if it was a requirement then?

Presumably the relevant rules and regulations are made as prerogative
instruments, which buggers anyone's chance of finding them online, and
might well prove a permanent obstruction to all but the most
determined person trying to find out what they have to say. However,
I was rather intrigued to discover a statement on the Identity &
Passport Service's passports website that *Irish* passport nos. are
also acceptable. Hmm! So the implication is either that there's a
weird hole in the system, or that the UK and RoI give each other full
access to their passport records. I'm not sure I'm too impressed with
either possibility!


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AGw.