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by davuinci 1704 days ago
Why is UK one of the few countries left to require such documents? I have been asked for those documents in several EU countries to prove residency.
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Most of the time if you're proving residency with such documents you're not a permanent resident and your ID is for foreign country under freedom of movement.

There's a huge difference for example between identity/residency checks in Poland for people who are in PESEL database and people who aren't - and if you're in PESEL, you're going to have polish ID card as well.