Id cards for non eu nationals

[darren-b]

Maybe they say they taking them as a polite way to say they are checking them befoe granting FLR etc.

That straight away surely puts up the costs and means it cant be all done by post?

Going by the pilot I think that's the idea - they check your identity again before they issue you with the visa/identity card. And yes even if you apply by post at some point you'll have to go in to have your biometrics captured again.

[andypaul]

Going by the pilot I think that's the idea - they check your identity again before they issue you with the visa/identity card. And yes even if you apply by post at some point you'll have to go in to have your biometrics captured again.

So going by that people should budget just a little more for flr if going by the difference in ILR via post and walk in. Then you would need ID and Passport surely if you travel or need for proof of ID as most Phill passports untill very recently (i think they just changed colour to maroon my wife mentioned when her sister got a passport recently.) were not capable of storing any data. Or would they expect you to update your Phill passport as well?

[joebloggs]

http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sit...changeflrsflrm

We will not require biometrics for the main applicant or dependants for postal applications posted on or after 26 July. However, the requirement will continue for applications made at the Croydon public enquiry office until we start issuing identity cards to successful applicants from 25 November 2008.

why would they need to take biometrics again, it doesn't make sense .

anyway end of oct i'm applying for naturalisation for the misses, after her medicine exam, as her phils passport expires end of oct and might as well get her a brit on instead.

[andypaul]

http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sit...changeflrsflrm

We will not require biometrics for the main applicant or dependants for postal applications posted on or after 26 July. However, the requirement will continue for applications made at the Croydon public enquiry office until we start issuing identity cards to successful applicants from 25 November 2008.

why would they need to take biometrics again, it doesn't make sense .

anyway end of oct i'm applying for naturalisation for the misses, after her medicine exam, as her phils passport expires end of oct and might as well get her a brit on instead.

umm British goverment with data, what do they normally do with it?

Lose it or destroy it by accident

[5olidsnake]

Identity card plans

How much will ID cards cost?

The initial fee for a standalone ID card, in 2009 and 2010, will be £30 or less, the government has said. But that may increase over time.

[andypaul]

Identity card plans

I feel that may rise a little and /or be delayed

[joebloggs]

I feel that may rise a little and /or be delayed

yes but only if your'e british