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Originally Posted by GeoffC;
in the UK, plans are still moving slowly forward for introduction of id cards - but the timetable keeps changing as does the contents of the id cards as does the modus operandi of how it will all happen ...
immigrants, I believe, have had to have an id card for the past 12-18 months. Airside workers at some airports are to be some of the first to be issued. We can voluntarily apply (for £30) in a couple of years, with the plan being for them to become compulsory and issued simultaneously with passports (unless we have a change of government).
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I am all for the UK to have ID cards, I don't see what the problem is against (apart from the excessive cost).
As an 'immigrant' here in Spain I have at the moment to carry a Spanish 'Residencia', (ID card by another name), but the EU ruled that it was not legal under EU regs. so when it expires I will have to carry my passport at all times instead of the credit card size 'Residencia'