Originally Posted by
Tobias-UK
If the OP's friend is airside and his biometrics somehow fall out of the system, because he will have mingled with passengers who have not cleared the UK border, he may need to establish his right to be in the UK. If a driving licence indicated the holder was born in the UK/EU it is no problem, but the OP's friend (if he has a licence) as a visa national his licence will show he was born in another country.
We are told there is no passport available, so to avoid a possible delay in making his flight (in the very unlikely event his biometrics fall off of the system) he may be required to establish both his identity and his right to enter/remain in the UK.
Em, isn't that not supposed to happen? Proper separation of uncleared international pax with domestic pax. Even BA does not require a UKPP/UKDL/BRP on their website.
https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...-visas-and-api
In any case, your example of being born in the UK/EU is wrong. I am not born in the UK and my UKDL confirms that. However I am also BC, therefore I am a non-visa national born in another country with a UKPP that I do not carry with me on domestics. Also, being born in the UK does not means the person is a BC, there are rules and conditions that make a person a BC.
Going off topic a bit, I once tried to enter the UK with a non-UKPP and a CoN and the immigration officer refused to stamp my non-UKPP as a stamp will imply I am subjected to immigration control (visa national), which as a BC, I am not.