Reply to post: Re: And the NHS is doomed

Re: And the NHS is doomed

Did you read the official documents? "The letter you get from the Home Office which confirms your status will include a link to an online service. You can use this service to view and prove your status."

Yes, I did, but you didn't:

"In the future, you’ll also be able to prove your rights to others online.

You will not get a paper document to prove your status and rights, as these documents can be open to fraud, or be lost or stolen. Help will be available if you have difficulties using the online service."

This was before Patel decided that FoM would end on the 31st of October of this year instead of the 31st of December 2020. If the date is brought forward, the online check won't be ready.

Employers have to check ID themselves and if they get it wrong five years in prison or an unlimited fine. Landlords also have to check and risk the same punishment.

The result is employees and landlords refuse non-British and even British citizens in case the Home Office later decides they're wrong. Not even the government themselves can get it right This really should be the purview of the Home Office where all this information should be checked by them and then some documentation should be given which employers and landlords can trust.

Well, they have a head start since they already have all their own citizens on an ID card database. It's easier to track the foreigners when you're already tracking all your own citizens.

ID cards are non-existent or optional in 19 EEA countries, so not "already tracking all their own citizens" is not a bar to a working residency database.