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/Varagner → u/BadgerBadgerCat]

Its not that OP can't provide no one, it's that he can't provide anyone from a specific list.

The list of acceptable people is frankly a bit bizarre, police officers below the rank of Sergeant are excluded. Registered nurses ok but enrolled not ok. Physiotherapists not ok but a vet or a pharmacist is. Someone who has worked in a bank or insurance company for more then 5 years is okay, but a senior public servant isn't. Tax agent is not ok, but a CPA is.

Its super weird. I imagine some people really struggle with it, and its all just to attest that the person is who they say they are. Which the government dam well knows rather easily at this point.

[u/deathmetalmedic → u/Varagner]

It's not "bizzare", look at the requirements of all those positions. RNs, vets, and pharmacists all need to be registered to use S8 medications, for example. All the professions listed establish some sort of anchor within "the system."