uk home secretary announced few weeks back that Apple promised to enable the Brexit e-passport App finally to work with iOS in late 2019 .( More and more people will grow accustomed to use their passport with NFC due to looming brexit btw. ) https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/29/android-brexit-app-for-eu-citizens-to-work-on-iphones-says-sajid-javid