eVisas

Last modified: 06 August 2024

The Home Office is changing the way in which individuals will be able to view evidence of their UK immigration permission. This will affect how you check your own permission and also how you prove what permission you have to other organisations. 

Physical documents such as BRPs, and vignettes placed in your passport, are eventually going to be replaced by a digital immigration permission known as an ‘eVisa’. Eventually, all holders of immigration permission will need to register for a UKVI account to access their eVisa. After you have registered for a UKVI account your immigration permission (your eVisa) can be viewed through this account. You will also be able to share that permission with other organisations, such as your educational institution or your accommodation landlord. The part of the UKVI account where you can access your permission and learn how to share it with others is called ‘View and prove’. 

The Home Office aims to replace most physical documents with eVisas by the start of 2025. It aims to do this for holders of existing permission and, soon, for all newly-granted immigration permission. However, it is likely that some of the Home Office scheduling will vary or be amended. 

You can read further details from the Home Office about its roll-out of eVisas at Guidance Online immigration status (eVisa) - Information on eVisas and why you need one. It is possible to register with that gov.uk webpage for notifications of updates.

BRP holders

Last modified: 06 August 2024

My BRP ends on 31 December 2024 but my immigration permission ends after this date  

I need to make a new immigration application in the UK before the end of this year 

My BRP was issued before 2020 and ends after 31 December 2024 

Other forms of documentation

Last modified: 18 July 2024

I already have an eVisa 

My immigration permission is in the form of a passport endorsement (a ‘wet ink stamp’) or a passport vignette sticker 

 

Problems with your eVisa

Last modified: 18 July 2024

If you detect an error with your eVisa concerning your permission start or end date, your work conditions, the incorrect details concerning your institution's sponsor licence number, or errors relating to matching your details with your dependent, please discuss this with your institution. There is a temporary eVisa correction process in place, in which your institution can raise the details of the error on your behalf. Please note that you will not be permitted to raise the error yourself, and it must be raised by your institution only.

If you wish to raise an issue with your eVisa yourself which does not fall into the above categories, please note that you are able to do so by using a reporting tool that has been devised by the 3million, in conjunction with ILPA and the Open Rights Group.  


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