United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 50242
Visas: Digital Technology
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6 May 2025
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14 May 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the introduction of e-visas on voters reliant on physical immigration documentation as voter ID.
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6 May 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the introduction of e-visas on voters reliant on physical immigration documentation as voter ID.
Source: Commons
14 May 2025
Answer
An e-Visa is accepted as a form of identification at the polling station, as a digital version of ‘a biometric immigration document issued in accordance with regulations under section 5 of the UK Borders Act 2007’. All electors may also choose to apply to...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-05-06/50242
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1799876
- uk · wq-1799876 · source updated 14 May 2025