I got asked to verify the identity of one of my scout leaders so she could apply for a passport. I'm not one of the "recognised professions" on the Official List but looking into it, the .gov.uk website says
be ‘a person of good standing in their community’ or work in (or be retired from) a recognised profession
So if I'm of good standing, whatever that is, it should be fine. I then got an email from the passport service with a link to follow so that I could do all the identjty verification on line, as jf we're in the future.
Follow the link. Am I in one of these recognised professions? No option for being "of good standing", so I clicked yes anyway. If I get banged up or she doesn't get her passport I shall be a Bit Annoyed.
Add to the that I had to confirm my email address. The first box was prefilled and had a capital letter at the start. I typed the confirmation in all in lower case. Computer said they didn't match. Which technically they didn't but they do in email address terms.
Oh yes, another thing.I had to enter the name of my employer, which includes some brackets, to which the .gov computer said no.