commander

or those experienced enough to know its a waste of time right now. You carry on stressing through though

busybee2

agree i am sure that the deadline will be relaxed again, although it doesnt stop you trying to abide by the rules, but am not stressing over it, if it has to be done it will be all in good time. was talking to a guy who is best friends with the main man on this, and was telling him all my ideas about how they should have done it, hope it got passed on

Hello.Kitty

hehe, good work there, Blue Cat! Did you mention the word "free" and "no fingerprint database plx plx plx" at all?!

IndieG

Think the deadline will definitely be extended. A special office is going to opened by EIA to cater to our company staff and this is supposed to be open for 3 months (so well beyond announced deadline of 31/12).

And the online form doesn't seem to work most of the time.

lionheart

What has Blue Cat got to do with anything? It was BusyBee2 who posted.

MacScot

...last night on City 7 News, a UAE minister said that we will shortly be able to download the application form onto our computers and that a CD will also be available in the coming weeks...so alternative improved methods are likely...as intimated by The Commander.

busybee2

yep i have the form downloaded on my hubs work computer so its coming havent tried printing it off though so it may not work!

Grace O Malley

oh BB you do make me laugh! I will tell SAGEM that and Mr AL Zarouni that BB from BE has all your solutions to biometrics and smart card applications.

They will be calling you I am sure for an interview!

Grace O Malley

How can you have an ID card that doesn't prove your identity? Hence the biometrics.

MataHari

mabye her parents were cousins...

Hello.Kitty

gosh, sorry! My brain is addled.

Well done Busybee!

As for the biometrics... well, can't photo ID and a suitable watermark-type thing (like our passports) cover it? Part of me just completely opposes our governments having databases of fingerprints, etc...

Plus, you know the antenna in our British passports behing the chip? Well, they're strong enough to emit withing a mile or 2's radius...

And also... like iris recognition and all that... ever seen Gattaca?! Haha! Steal your eyeballs!

Grace O Malley

Your ID card will have a chip module as thats where yr data is stored! IE yr biometrics! and all your info.


I agree i totally hate the idea of me being on a database, but what can we do. TAX in another form!

Hello.Kitty

yeah, sure, but it's not like they won't have a back-up of the database on some laptop somewhere, possibly carefully stored in the boot of an unlocked car...

Anyhow, yes, as you say, it's not like we can refuse.

Grace O Malley

lol, like left on a train in the UK !!!!!!!!!

Hello.Kitty

yeah, you get the idea!