Update on eVisa roll out

In line with the roll out of eVisa, as of 31 October 2024, the Home Office has stopped issuing Biometric Residence Permits to visa holders. 

The Home Office has updated and published guidance as follows:

• Report an error with your eVisa
  
  This new form can be used to request a correction if there are errors on an eVisa. This includes corrections to the visa holder’s name, sponsor reference, photo, national insurance number, visa conditions, immigration status and valid until date. It can also be used to make corrections if the UKVI account was set up using an email address or phone number that the visa holder does not have access to.
  
  
• Check your eVisa is correct before you travel - GOV.UK
  
  Guidance is provided encouraging visa holders to check that they can access their eVisa before they travel overseas and to check that the passport saved to the eVisa account is their current passport. This will help to avoid delays and difficulties when returning to the UK
  
  
• Travel documents – no time limit: caseworker guidance
  
  Caseworker guidance has been updated to confirm that an NTL (no time limit) application will result in an eVisa being set up rather than a BRP being issued. NTL applications are used to upgrade non-digital proof of indefinite leave to remain, such as a passport stamp or BRP to an e-visa. It can also be used if a person has a BRP and applied for indefinite leave to remain, but failed the video verification and video knowledge-based questions, or where they have tried to register for an eVisa customer account but their details cannot be found on HO systems and so they need to enrol biometrics.
  
  
• Biometric information: caseworker guidance
  
  This guidance has been updated to confirm that BRPs and BRCs are no longer being issued and to explain that entry clearance granted for six months will continue to be issued as a 90-day vignette or sticker in the visa holder’s passport until at least early to mid-2025. Rather than collect a BRP on arrival in the UK, the visa holder will be advised to create their UKVI account once they arrive in the UK to access their eVisa.
  
  
• Transfer of conditions: caseworker guidance
  
  Updated guidance confirms that the TOC (transfer of conditions) application process can be used by migrants with limited leave but without an identity document to apply for an eVisa. They will currently still need to attend a Visa Application Centre appointment to complete this process.

We are currently in a transition period as the Home Office moves from physical immigration documents (vignettes, BRPs, BRCs etc.) to digital only immigration status. We will continue to provide updates on Home Office guidance during this period.