Confirming someone’s identity: Who can confirm someone’s identity – Apply for a passport – GOV.UK
www.passport.service.gov.uk
accountant
airline pilot
articled clerk of a limited company
assurance agent of a recognised company
bank or building society official
barrister
chairman or director of a limited company
chiropodist
commissioner for oaths
councillor - local or county
civil servant - permanent
dentist
director, manager or personnel officer of a VAT-registered company
engineer with professional qualifications
financial services intermediary, for example a stockbroker or insurance broker
fire service official
funeral director
insurance agent of a recognised company - full time
journalist
Justice of the Peace
legal secretary - fellow or associate member of the Institute of Legal Secretaries and PAs
licensee of a public house
local government officer
manager or personnel officer of a limited company
member, associate or fellow of a professional body
Member of Parliament
Merchant Navy Officer
minister of a recognised religion including Christian Science
nurse - registered
officer of the armed services
optician
paralegal - certified, qualified or associate member of the Institute of Paralegals
person with honours - OBE or MBE
pharmacist
photographer - professional
police officer
Post Office official
president or secretary of a recognised organisation
Salvation Army Officer
social worker
solicitor
surveyor
teacher or lecturer
trade union officer
travel agent - qualified
valuer or auctioneer - fellow or associate member of the incorporated society
Warrant Officer or Chief Petty Officer
  • mox@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    16·
    5 hours ago

    What do these professions have in common? Requirement for a government-issued license?

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      25 minutes ago

      I was thinking of a law wording it as someone professional and/or respectable and they had to figure out a list so it wouldn’t be as arbitrary and up to whoever was judging the application

    • 200ok@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      4 hours ago

      I was wondering the same thing. Maybe they all have regulators that can revoke a license. So you’d be putting your job on the line.

    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      4 hours ago

      I guess they all require you to earn the trust of either clients (solicitor etc.) or a community (teacher, councillor, MP (lol), church minister)

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      8·
      5 hours ago

      I don’t think you need a government license to be a journalist or a minister. I’m sure you don’t to be a Salvation Army officer.