Visas: Digital Technology
The 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.
Answered by Rushanara Ali
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 their local authority for a Voter Authority Certificate – an accepted form of identification available free of charge.
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