Latest Information about BRP from Home Office

Some of you may already know this, but I hadn't seen this information before:

I was approved for my FLR-M last Thursday and was told in the email that my leave to remain was extended to June 2025.  Today (in a Christmas miracle of timing -- less than 2 business days!) my BRP arrived by courier. The card had an expiration date of 31 Dec 2024.

Naturally, I was concerned (since I'm not then edible to apply for ILR) until I read this in the accompanying letter:

"If the expiry date of your BRP is 31st December 2024 but your permission to stay ends later than that date, you do not need to report this as an error. Your immigration status, entitlement to work,access to services or benefits, or to travel are unaffected. You can also prove your right to work or right to rent using the online checking services referred to at the top of this letter. These services will display the correct expiry date of your leave, rather than 31st
December 2024.

The Home Office is developing a border and immigration system which will be digital by default. The ambition is to phase out physical documents before the end of 2024 as we move towards a system of online evidence of immigration status (eVisas). UKVI will update their information on the future of BRPs in early 2024."

So it appears the Home Office is making all physical BRP expire at the end of 2024, in anticipation of a new digital system.  Wanted to alert everyone if you didn't already know.

So it appears the Home Office is making all physical BRP expire at the end of 2024, in anticipation of a new digital system.  Wanted to alert everyone if you didn't already know.

Yes, this has been the case for a few years - all ILR BRP cards (and any relevant FLR BRP cards) expire on Dec 31st 2024, regardless of the visa expiry date.

Initially this was because the EU is introducing new style BRP cards on 1st Jan 2025, so all the UK-issued BRPs were going to have to change to be in line with EU laws.

However, now that Brexit has happened, we don’t need to conform to EU law anymore, so UKVI announced in May 2022 that they would be moving to a digital system on Jan 1st 2025 and that BRP cards would no longer be issued past that date.


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Thanks! Glad to know more about this. All the best for the holidays and for 2023!