UK nationals who currently hold a National ID Card - a valid travel document for use throughout the EEA and Switzerland (and others) - for which they may have paid £30 and made a special trip to an office of the IPS for an interview, may be in for some disappointing news if their travel document - valid for ten years - is soon to be cancelled..
Both Parties that now form the new Government stated in their manifestos that they will cancel Identity Cards and the National Identity Register. We will announce in due course how this will be achieved. Applications can continue to be made for ID cards but we would advise anyone thinking of applying to wait for further announcements.
Until Parliament agrees otherwise, identity cards remain valid and as such can still be used as an identity document and for travel within Europe. We will update you with further information as soon as we have it.
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