The e-Visa will be used to demonstrate someone’s ability to enter the UK, to prove their right to work and to access banking, mortgages and secure housing rental agreements.| Open Rights Group
What's the problem? Until recently, migrants from outside the EU had physical documents to prove that they and their families could live, work or study in the UK. These could be physical cards or stamps or stickers in their passports. The Home Office wants to replace these physical documents with e-Visas by the end of December 2024. This will affect four million people in the UK. This scheme could lead to a second Windrush scandal, where people who have the right to be in the UK can no longer...| Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK’s largest grassroots digital rights campaigning organisation, fighting to protect everyone’s rights to privacy and free speech online.| Open Rights Group