Apply for an HM Armed Forces Veteran Card

An HM Armed Forces Veteran Card is a way to prove that you served in the UK armed forces. The card can make it quicker and easier to apply for support as a veteran.

Start page on GOV.UK

About this service

• Organisations: Office for Veterans’ Affairs, Ministry of Defence
• Topic: Citizenship and living in the UK
• Status: Beta
  Uses GOV.UK One Login
• Source code: Not found

Service history

Service starts issuing cards to personnel as they leave the military

18 February 2019

• News story: New veterans ID cards rolled out to service leavers

Assessed as amber at beta assessment

3 October 2022

• Service standard assessment

Passed alpha reassessment

3 October 2022

• Service standard assessment

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