UK speeds up issuing of national identity cards
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13:04 28/09/2009
The UK Border Agency announced that it will start issuing national identity cards after the new year to Tier 2 skilled migrants, three months ahead of schedule. Theissuing of cards will also be...
Identity Cards and UK Immigration
10:56 11/02/2009
It is expected that even more immigrants from outside the EEA will be required to have identity cards. The card replaces the stickers or vignettes in passports. If approved by Parliament those...
ID cards to be issued to foreigners in the UK
15:15 27/11/2008
On 25 November the UK Home Office started the process of issuing compulsory identity cards to foreigners living in Britain. In a move that signals the first significant phase of the Government's £4...
UK Lords reject controversial ID card bill
16:07 07/03/2006
In the UK , Tony Blair's government was defeated by the House of Lords on March 6 over the controversial issue of national identity cards. The peers voted by a majority of 61 to overturn the...
Britain to have ID cards in two years
15:30 14/02/2006
Millions of British citizens will be required to hold an identity card and have their biometric details placed on a central database, after the government blocked an effort to stop the plan on Feb...
Plan for UK ID cards loses popularity
17:17 15/06/2005
Plans to introduce identity cards in the UK have suffered a serious setback with the publication of a poll that discovered increased public opposition to the scheme. Ministers argue that the measure...
