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The UK Immigration: ID Check app lets you confirm your identity online when:
• applying for a visa
• updating your personal details on your UKVI account
• setting up access to your online immigration status (eVisa)


Before you start

You must follow the steps in the online application form, account update or eVisa form before using the app.

You will need to be in a well-lit area, so you can take a good quality photograph of yourself.

You need to use:
• an iPhone 8 or newer
• iOS 16 or later


If you are applying for a visa

If you use this app when you apply for a visa, you will not have to attend an appointment to confirm your identity.

You can use this app if you are:
• an EU, European Economic Area (EEA) or Swiss citizen
• a British national (overseas) visa (BNO) applicant with a BNO or Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passport
• a graduate visa applicant with a UK biometric residence permit (BRP)

You will need either:
• a passport that has a chip (also called a ‘biometric passport’)
• a biometric residence permit (BRP)

If you’re applying for a graduate visa and are not from the EU, European Economic Area (EEA) or a Swiss citizen, you must use your BRP.

If you use a BRP, it must not have expired more than 18 months ago.


If you are setting up access to your eVisa

You will need either a biometric residence permit (BRP) or a passport.

If you use a BRP, it must not have expired more than 18 months ago.


If you are updating the personal details on your UKVI account

You will need a passport or other identity document with your new details. Your document must have a biometric chip.


What happens next

The app only helps confirm your identity. You must still complete the rest of your application. We will tell you how to do this when you finish using the app.


Privacy and security

The app is safe and secure. Your personal information will not be stored in the app or on the phone when you finish using it.

For information on staying safe online please visit the UK Cyber Aware website.


Accessibility

Our Accessibility Statement can be found at:

https://confirm-your-identity.homeoffice.gov.uk/register/app-accessibility

UK Immigration: ID Check App Comments & Reviews

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Could be clearerI managed to scan my BRP chip the third time I tried. Take your phone case off, place the TOP of the PHONE halfway down the brp, not the other way around (I messed this up once, as this is how my phone prefers contactless payments). I found it didn’t like to be touching the brp, so I laid the card on the ground and spaced the phone away with my pinky. Hold your breath so you won’t move a millimeter, then scan. Maybe the instructions have been updated, but when I followed them carefully it wasn’t too much of an issue..Version: 3.0.277

It‘s fine.There‘s a lot of doom and gloom in these reviews and I don‘t want to discount everyone‘s bad experiences but do I wanna balance them out with mine if it can lessen your anyiety about this process. My use of this app was easy and completely uneventful. The BRP chip reading worked on the second try, once I had removed my phone case. good luck chat.Version: 2.0.198

App seems fine nowI know a lot of people have had an issue with the app but I was able upload and scan in one go. Maybe they have updated it.Version: 3.0.277

It worked!Ok, tips for iPhone 13 Pro users with US Passports: 1) the NFC chip reader is near to top of the rear part of the phone 2) the NFC chip in the passport seems to be easier to read by opening the BACK cover and scanning that SLOWLY 3) once it picks up the signal, the app will display a green progress bar - once that starts showing DON’T move either the phone nor the passport until it tells you it’s completed This is what we did and it worked on our first session (4th attempt with the first two scans on the front cover, 3rd moving too fast)..Version: 2.0.198

QR codeCómo puedo obtener el código QR?.Version: 1.83.8431

Scan is tough but possibleI tried 10 times to get the scan to work. Finally, I realized the chip in the US passports is in the BACK cover. Open up your passport and hold the top of your iPhone near the top of the back cover. The app will show green. Hold it steady for a couple seconds and it finally works. I was about to give up and try an Android, but I did get it to work. I hope this helps!.Version: 3.0.250

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