Need help with licensing (vic)

[u/HatWithAHandgun]

Just need some help with the identification referee part of my license I don’t know anyone on the list at all after trying for 4 months I can’t find a single person who will help so that’s completely off the table but I was calling around a few hunting stores last night and a couple of them mentioned a way to do it that involves getting a statutory declaration instead but they couldn’t really explain it very well wondering if anyone here has had any experience doing it this way and can point me in the right direction

[u/BadgerBadgerCat]

I hate to say it, but having absolutely no-one who can be an ID referee for you is likely to be a red flag when applying for a licence.

Still, assuming it's for a valid reason (eg just moved to area) then it might be worth contacting the Firearms Registry and asking them if it's possible to provide a statutory declaration or something from a JP certifying they've seen your ID documents and are satisfied you are who you say you are?

[u/HatWithAHandgun → u/BadgerBadgerCat]

100% on the same page about the red flag thing so I decided it would just be better to bite the bullet and call the LRD after a bit of time talking to the bloke he said it might be possible to make a “Frankensteins monster” type reference where I would be able to combine a few that don’t quite count like the enrolled nurse I have and then use a statutory declaration as a final bonus to just push me over the line so I’ve taken all this information he told me and sent it in a email to the LRD as per his request and now I’m waiting on a response I’ll let you guys know what happens at the end so hopefully I can help anyone else who finds themselves in this same strange and incredibly rare situation