Immigration: EU Nationals

(asked on 29th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether chipped identity cards will be accepted as a form of identification in the private beta testing phase of the EU Settlement Scheme.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 20th November 2018

The EU Settlement Scheme provides a streamlined, user-friendly, digital application system, with multiple service options to meet the needs of a varied customer base, including additional support for applicants who may need it.

In the initial pilot phase (Private Beta 1) applications could be made using a range of ID documents. The second pilot phase, which started on 1 November, aims to test the full digital end-to-end application process, of which the chip checker application is a key component. It allows applicants to prove their identity and the validity of their identity document remotely. We therefore require applicants to use this app when making an application and at this stage they can only do so using a chipped biometric passport.

Non-EU citizen family members must use a biometric residence card issued by the Home Office in order to prove their identity via the app.

The second pilot phase will also include some vulnerable individuals being supported by a small number of local authorities and civil society organisations.

When the Scheme opens more widely, the ID verification app will be only one of three options that applicants can use to verify their identity, along with posting their ID document to us or going to a face-to-face location.

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