Quick Update - Finally relieved to receive the new BRP 9 (took ~ 12 weeks) valid till December 24 with a generic email instructing to open an UKVI account and set up e-visa. UKVI account already done and can see e-visa. Updated UKVI/evisa account to link it to passport. Got approved very quick as w...

First of all, thank you to everyone who has shared information in this chat. I have IRL and an expired BRP card (expired in May). When I came back into the UK recently, the border guard noticed my card had expired and mentioned something about eVisas and just let me in. He told me to just go online...

Just to add some new experience. I had another trip and this time when returning home I was asked to show the BRP card at the UK custom. I said last time the officer told me I don't need to show it as I have evisa. His reply is something like this: yes, the BRP is phasing out but still better to sho...

Thanks a lot for your first-hand experience. Were you boarding from an EU coutry or a Non-EU country? I ask it because I heard it may be more relexed from an EU country and hence a print-out of the evisa may do the trick for boarding instead of BRP? My daughter will have a school trip in October to...

Thanks again. Exactly!! These are permuations and combinations we have pondered over and been dreading to countenance. Thought along similar lines. Then realized that for BA at least though their long haul tickets especially for bus/ club world and even economy too are often significantly cheaper t...

Thanks all, I have also got my evisa now. There are confusing messages about when we can use evisa for travelling: some say as soon as one gets evisa, whereas others say at the end of this year or even 2025 :cry: . It would be great if anyone knows a certain/ authoritative answer about it, or even ...

You are welcome. Pleasure to discuss with you. Just draw your attention to one thing. Suppose you are going to fly from country X to UK. Then at the airport of X, you will have to show a valid BRP for boarding. So the BRP is still necessary for now, before the eVisa is fully implemented and shared w...

On your part, sorry to hear you still wait for the new BRP. Based on my experience, you should expect to get it anytime soon. No need to panic (though I understand the stress - I very much experience it a lot). Have a good weekend.

Some further information and thoughts. In the past few days until today, I made numerous calls to the help centre, and also message-chat using the eVisa Webchat. I must say that they are all helpful and kind. Perhaps partly due to the difference in their functions/roles/responsibilities, and partly ...

Good afternoon. Thanks for your message and communication. First to answer your question, yes, we indeed log in using the passport number (rather than the BRP). In my understanding, there are two advantages of using passport instead of BRP. Advantage 1: The BRP will expire anyway by the end of this ...

Now I also got confused by the evisa registration process. Let me first summarise my confusion and question, and then I will explain the story and experience. My confusion and questions: 1. Is it really NECESSARY to update our UKVI account with the most recent BRP card number? 2. In case yes, then t...

Totally agree. The absence of a fast track process for the renewal of BRP for those with ILR is a real pain compounded by the lack of update in the process. FYI, the number I called is UK Visas and Immigration contact centre Telephone: +44 (0)300 790 6268 - select option 3 Telephone: +44 (0)203 875...

Good to know you find it is useful. Like many others who have gone through this process, almost all have felt helpless and a lot of anxiety. In the past there used to be a priority service by which we could get the renewal done within a few days after paying a high premium fee, which I found fair an...

Got your invitation to share my thoughts/experience here. Just take it for purely information purpose and not really as advice. 1. This is indeed confusing and I know it happens to many. I surely do not have any official idea. But I GUESS that it is a generic email sent to those who have the ILR/NTL...

Just to give an update so that those who are in a similar situation may find it helpful, as I benefitted from other posts, at least information-wise. Last week I received the notification email telling me that the renewal application has been approved. Then a few days (about 5) later I got the new B...

Thanks for your message. That is appreciated. You are certainly right that each case is unique. I agree and I think we all understand this. But it is always good to hear others' experience and such information can be useful. As said in my original post, I do have a major concern regarding the renewa...

Hello, hope you are all well. I like to discuss a question that has made many people anxious and hope the communication will be helpful. Firstly, I want to thank all those who contribute to the thread https://www.immigrationboards.com/general-uk-immigration-forum/alternate-for-ilr-brp-card-t343694.h...