UK Id Card For Thai Wife

[micky44]

hi there chaps, the thai wife is here in the UK on further leave to remain visa, expires 2010, whats this about the new UK id card ? biometric, does she need to apply for one now or at the end of FLR ? thanks for any help, micky.

[Eff1n2ret]

No, it's not something she has to apply for as a separate item. The card is being issued to certain categories of foreign applicants for LTR, starting last November with spouses and students, and recently to other categories. The stated intention is to have over 90% of foreign residents holding i/d cards over the next few years, instead of the sticker in their passports.

Therefore if she's applying for ILR next year and they've started issuing cards to ILR applicants by then, she will get one, otherwise, it'll be another sticker in her passport.

I think they'll probably continue with this programme, as it's already under way, but the intention to make all us Brits have one looks doomed, thank God.

[micky44]

thanks for that reply eff1n2ret.