Biometric Residence Permit
June 24, 2018
Finally! An easy one!
Getting your Biometric Residence Permit sorted out is definitely one of the easiest steps on this list. All you need is your passport with its visa vignette and the letter that came with your completed visa application.
When you submitted your visa application, it would have given you a choice of places to get your BRP – probably post offices close to where you said you’d be staying on arrival to the UK. Your chosen location should be on the letter that arrived with your completed visa.
You will need to go to that location before your vignette expires or within 10 days of arriving in the UK, whichever is later. I would get this one sorted ASAP, both because it’s easy and because your BRP is essential if you want to do any international travel (or, you know, remain in the country you actually applied for a visa for, but international travel as well).
Give yourself plenty of time for collection, because your post office could be dead quiet or the bustling centre of the universe depending on the day. And once you’ve got your card, please, whatever you do, don’t lose it! You will need your BRP along with your passport if you’re planning to do any international travel – give them both to the border agents on leaving/returning. Some (if not most) workplaces will require you to at least present your BRP in order to work there. And, again, it’s another piece of documentation that gives you a footprint – one more step away from being a ghost.
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