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> but only immigrants are made to have ID card Errm, that's not true.
by dev_north_east 7y ago
> but only immigrants are made to have ID card
Errm, that's not true.
- pjc50 7y agoI'm referring to the biometric residence permits. Who else is made to have ID cards?
- dev_north_east 7y agoI'm an immigrant living in the UK, I have no such ID card. I have a driving licence and that's about it from stuff issued to me by the British government :)
- pjc50 7y agoFrom the EU? (I should probably have written "some immigrants", because the situation is tediously complicated. Anyway, presumably you get to use the license as proof of right to work/rent etc?)
- dev_north_east 7y agoYeah it is horrendously complicated for different nationalities! I've only ever had to provide a scan of my passport to employers in order to prove I have a right to work. Never had to do that when renting. I bought a house recently, so proper ID checks were part and parcel of that (but that was the same for my British wife).
- heavenlyblue 7y ago9 years ago you would not even be accepted into a pub in the UK if you only had a EU ID card with you. Not so sure about today as I’ve got a UK driver’s license not to bring my passport with me.