Your iPhone's NFC will suddenly be able to do more because... Brexit

The app only asks the downtrodden expats with a British mortgage but not British citizenship to fill a request form, take a picture, and scan their EU passport with the NFC chip on their phone. The thing is, however, that those who only have iPhones handy, won't be able to read the smart passports' NFC-scannable details, as Apple only supports the NDEF data format at launch. Back in March, the UK home secretary Sajid Javid went on record for the Guardian to promise that:

Whew, and now NFC World is reporting that the UK government's negotiation process with Apple is indeed finished, and the EU passport data format that can be scanned with NFC will be added to iPhones young and old. Thank you, EU Exit: ID Document Check app, for being at the forefront of mobile technology. 

Mr David was quick to point out that even though the Home Office app excluded nearly half of all phone-owning expats by only providing a way to scan it on an Android phone, there are 50 locations to go and get your passport scanned, or you can get assistance over the phone. "Our EU Settlement Scheme is now up and running and after a successful launch, over 280,000 EU citizens have applied so that they can continue to live their lives as they do now," he added, assuring exactly nobody just yet on the hot topic of Brexit.