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In that case good folks, may I point you in the direction of..
https://www.death-clock.org/
https://www.death-clock.org/
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Applied for mine but told ‘we’ve reached the limit for applications’. Apparently I’ll get a chance to apply again later…
I should have received one automatically having retired within the last 5 years but alas…
I should have received one automatically having retired within the last 5 years but alas…
I got the same reply at first, but a few days later received an 'invitation to apply' e-mail and it all went through. Not sure if that's typical.
Visiting the government websites to find out how to apply for a card only provides "jam tomorrow" links,
https://www.veteransgateway.org.uk/b...ervice-update/
https://www.veteransgateway.org.uk/t...d-out-in-2023/
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/h...nd-data-office
The last one contains a circular link that takes you to another page that then takes you back to the first page.
https://www.veteransgateway.org.uk/b...ervice-update/
https://www.veteransgateway.org.uk/t...d-out-in-2023/
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/h...nd-data-office
The last one contains a circular link that takes you to another page that then takes you back to the first page.
The online application site appears not to exist yet, did you just cold email your personal details to [email protected]?
The online application site appears not to exist yet, did you just cold email your personal details to [email protected]?
That is not what the current website would have you believe:
My understanding the email address was for a trial of 600 applications.
The Ministry of Defence has been working closely with the Office for Veterans’ Affairs and Government Digital Services to develop a new digital service to enable veterans who left the Armed Forces prior to December 2018 to verify their veteran status and receive a Veteran Card in the post.
Veteran Cards have two primary functions: to ensure that veterans can quickly verify their status to access public and charitable sector support if they need it and to provide a recognition of service in the Armed Forces.
The service will officially launch by the end of January 2024 following a successful assessment from the Central Digital and Data Office, with updates on this to follow.
Further details of the application process will be available soon.
Veteran Cards have two primary functions: to ensure that veterans can quickly verify their status to access public and charitable sector support if they need it and to provide a recognition of service in the Armed Forces.
The service will officially launch by the end of January 2024 following a successful assessment from the Central Digital and Data Office, with updates on this to follow.
Further details of the application process will be available soon.
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No second chance email received so far, perhaps I shouldn’t have sent them an angry email regarding their failure to automatically send me one on my (relatively) recent retirement..!!
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Just wrote this morning to the email address quoted above ( [email protected]) and got this reply:
So it seems that those who have got them already must have been part of the "testing", and the rest of us will have to wait 'til next week.
Thank you for contacting the HM Armed Forces Veteran Card Team. If you’re interested in applying for a veteran card, please note that our full online application service will be available at GOV.UKduring w/c 29th January. Please search for ‘apply for a veteran card’ on GOV.UK from then.
If your enquiry relates to an existing application during testing, then one of the team will be in touch soon.
Kind regards,
HM Armed Forces Veteran Card Team
If your enquiry relates to an existing application during testing, then one of the team will be in touch soon.
Kind regards,
HM Armed Forces Veteran Card Team