It will include providing additional proof of residency and entitlement such as a copy of a visa, where relevant, and a passport number.

Under the scheme, all appointment letters are sent with clear instructions telling patients they must take their passport, visa or other proof of residency with them to hospital.

A resident of a riding eligible but not registered to vote may register on the spot by presenting a proof of residency.

In response, four years later deputy sheriffs were stationed at polling places and challenged voters to provide proof of residency and identity.

Those individuals who could not provide proof of residency prior to 1958 were adjudged to be illegal immigrants.