OK todays troubles have topped it all off.I need a replacement passport and had an appointment for tomorrow to go with my completed application and a countersigned photo by someone professionally qualified and i would have my passport in time no problem.Such people who can sign it are ..doctorslawyerspolicepostmastersetcFirst i went to my local postmaster who was happy to do it and filled in the form etc then it asks for her passport number which she didnt have at hand and cant get either as someone is holding her passport to do with some financial deal.undeterred i go to a lawyer who has known me for 14 years (you have to have known the person for 2 years+) because i hadnt seen him in the last couple of years (which is completely irrelevant as he just has to have known me) he wouldnt sign it.Off i pop to another lawyer ive dealt with and he said he didnt know me well enough which was fair enough as he didnt it was the first lawyer who should have signed it.My uncle is in the police but he cant sign it because he is my uncle.I have another couple of people i can ask as a last resort but with my appointment being tomorrow morning time is not on my side.Then i got a telephone call from my uncle who i had asked to look into wether the usa border patrols would have access to uk criminal records etc and he had called someone he knows in the uk ports authorities who told him the do have access and would turn me back if they discovered anything and i would be banned from future travel to the usa as id filled out the visa waiver form incorrectly.Also the usa are trying to make it everyone needs a full visa for travel to the usa and if this ever gets passed into law i wouldnt be able to travel to the usa as i would be refused a visa for filling out a visa waiver form incorrectly in the past (even if id got passed border patrol on that occasion).So i think its time to ask PR nicely if they can switch my buy in to some other event of equal value at a later date as it mentions in the contract(even if its in the usa as i will have time to get a full proper visa etc)I never for one moment forseen any of these problems due to a minor driving conviction from 4 years ago