markjosmith Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 My brother in law has offered to be my referee for my SGC. I know it says that you cannot have a relation as your referee but We are not directly related, we are both married into the same family ie are wives Are sisters. So my question is, are we too closely related for me to use him as my Reference? He is a SGC holder if that makes any difference. Any guidance on this matter will greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Pretty certain that still counts as family. You do know that the reference doesnt need to be of an official type (solicitor/bank manager ect) ? Just a friend who has known you for some years and preferably does not have a criminal record and is a upstanding type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Give your firearms dep a call & ask them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 From the "Guidance"............. 11.8 Members of the applicant’s family may not act as a referee. In the absence of a court ruling, ‘family’ is taken to mean the following: wife, husband, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, grandparent and mother/father/sister/brother/son/daughterin-law. Cousins are not regarded as immediate family, but co-habiting or civil partners or partners in a same sex marriage should be considered as ‘family’ for these purposes and should not be accepted. Referees for shotgun certificate applications may be from the following professions: members of Parliament, justice of the peace, minister of religion, doctor, lawyer, established civil servant, bank officer or person of similar standing. So the simple answer is NO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrowningB525 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 "Referees for shotgun certificate applications may be from the following professions: members of Parliament, justice of the peace, minister of religion, doctor, lawyer, established civil servant, bank officer or person of similar standing." This is now our if date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 .i get a works manager to sign mine,next time it will be a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasechicken Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 I had a good friend as my reference and they didn't even get in touch with them! Not sure if it's just a backup if the doctors check brings something up or maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimny(off-road) Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Iam with West Yorkshire been 9 weeks now not got in touch with my referee but it's in the feo hands when I phoned them last week so can anybody tell me next step thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimny(off-road) Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 For got to say on phone she said bowt ten week waiting list and was in hands of feo as above post but not phoned any of my referees does westyorshine have a number on website for feo can't see anything . Thanks for any comment For got to say on phone she said bowt ten week waiting list and was in hands of feo as above post but not phoned any of my referees does westyorshine have a number on website for feo can't see anything . Thanks for any comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimny(off-road) Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Sorry posted twice for some reason lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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