You need 2 people — who’ve known you for a while, who work in a certain job, and who are okay giving you their personal information — to verify your identity if you want to apply for British citizenship. It’s an absurd and exclusionary requirement that needs to be scrapped. — What the referee requirement is As with my previous posts, when I speak about the citizenship process, I’ll be referring to how I applied, which is as someone who had indefinite leave to remain for at least a year.