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<p>The EU Settlement Scheme provides a streamlined, user-friendly, digital application
system, with multiple service options to meet the needs of a varied customer base,
including additional support for applicants who may need it.</p><p>In the initial
pilot phase (Private Beta 1) applications could be made using a range of ID documents.
The second pilot phase, which started on 1 November, aims to test the full digital
end-to-end application process, of which the chip checker application is a key component.
It allows applicants to prove their identity and the validity of their identity document
remotely. We therefore require applicants to use this app when making an application
and at this stage they can only do so using a chipped biometric passport.</p><p>Non-EU
citizen family members must use a biometric residence card issued by the Home Office
in order to prove their identity via the app.</p><p>The second pilot phase will also
include some vulnerable individuals being supported by a small number of local authorities
and civil society organisations.</p><p>When the Scheme opens more widely, the ID verification
app will be only one of three options that applicants can use to verify their identity,
along with posting their ID document to us or going to a face-to-face location.</p>
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