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> but only immigrants are made to have ID card

Errm, that's not true.

I'm referring to the biometric residence permits. Who else is made to have ID cards?

I'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 :)

From 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?)

Yeah 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).

9 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.

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