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The first identity cards from the government's controversial national scheme are due to be revealed. | The first identity cards from the government's controversial national scheme are due to be revealed. |
The biometric card will be issued from November, initially to non-EU students and marriage visa holders. | The biometric card will be issued from November, initially to non-EU students and marriage visa holders. |
The design - containing a picture and digitally-stored fingerprints - is a precursor to the proposed national identity card scheme. | The design - containing a picture and digitally-stored fingerprints - is a precursor to the proposed national identity card scheme. |
Critics say the roll-out to some immigrants is a "softening up" exercise to win over a sceptical general public. | Critics say the roll-out to some immigrants is a "softening up" exercise to win over a sceptical general public. |
The card, to be unveiled by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, will also include information on holders' immigration status. | The card, to be unveiled by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, will also include information on holders' immigration status. |
FOREIGN NATIONAL ID CARDS Students and marriage applicants firstOthers to follow over coming decade50,000 cards by next April Costs £311m to 2018 Visa charges to cover costs | FOREIGN NATIONAL ID CARDS Students and marriage applicants firstOthers to follow over coming decade50,000 cards by next April Costs £311m to 2018 Visa charges to cover costs |
The UK Border Agency will begin issuing the biometric cards to the two categories of foreign nationals who officials say are most at risk of abusing immigration rules - students and those on a marriage or civil partnership visa. | |
Both types of migrants will be told they must have the new card when they ask to extend their stay in the country. | Both types of migrants will be told they must have the new card when they ask to extend their stay in the country. |
The cards partly replace a paper-based system of immigration stamps - but will now include the individual's name and picture, their nationality, immigration status and two fingerprints. | The cards partly replace a paper-based system of immigration stamps - but will now include the individual's name and picture, their nationality, immigration status and two fingerprints. |
Immigration officials will store the details centrally and, in time, they are expected to be merged into the proposed national identity register. | Immigration officials will store the details centrally and, in time, they are expected to be merged into the proposed national identity register. |
The Home Office is trying to salami slice the population to get this scheme going in any way they can Phil Booth, No2ID | The Home Office is trying to salami slice the population to get this scheme going in any way they can Phil Booth, No2ID |
The card cannot be issued to people from most parts of Europe because they have the right to move freely in and out of the UK. | The card cannot be issued to people from most parts of Europe because they have the right to move freely in and out of the UK. |
Ministers say the cards will combat illegal immigration and working because officials, employers and educational establishments will be able to check a migrant's entitlements more easily. | Ministers say the cards will combat illegal immigration and working because officials, employers and educational establishments will be able to check a migrant's entitlements more easily. |
The Conservatives say they support modern biometric cards for immigrants - but they say a national identity register remains unworkable. | The Conservatives say they support modern biometric cards for immigrants - but they say a national identity register remains unworkable. |
Phil Booth, head of the national No2ID campaign group, attacked the roll-out of the cards as a "softening-up exercise". | Phil Booth, head of the national No2ID campaign group, attacked the roll-out of the cards as a "softening-up exercise". |
"The Home Office is trying to salami slice the population to get this scheme going in any way they can," Mr Booth told the BBC. | "The Home Office is trying to salami slice the population to get this scheme going in any way they can," Mr Booth told the BBC. |
"Once they get some people to take the card it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. | "Once they get some people to take the card it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. |
"The volume of foreign nationals involved is minuscule so it won't do anything to tackle illegal immigration. | "The volume of foreign nationals involved is minuscule so it won't do anything to tackle illegal immigration. |
"They've basically picked on a group of people who have no possibility of objecting to the card - they either comply or they are out." | "They've basically picked on a group of people who have no possibility of objecting to the card - they either comply or they are out." |