BRP cards and the move to digital visas ('eVisas')

Over the coming months, the Home Office will email all visa-holders who need to take action, to ask them to sign up and create their UKVI account and get access to their eVisa.

Visa-holders should wait until they have been contacted before attempting to set up a digital account.

The University is not involved in this process, so please keep an eye on GOV.UK/evisa for updates and information. You can read about the process in more detail in this Home Office information pack.

We will also be updating this page with information as we receive it, and have created a guide to setting up an eVisa.

Meanwhile, don't forget that you can check your immigration status, including the expiry date of your Student visa, by looking at the visa approval letter that would have been sent to you when your visa was approved. Remember that regardless of your visa expiry date, if you have a physical BRP card, you must create a digital UKVI account.

New students due to start studying in the UK this September on a Student visa may be issued with a BRP card, which will have an expiry date of 31 December 2024. Any new students who receive a BRP card will also need to create a UKVI account on arrival in the UK: we will update this page with more information as we receive it.

Remember to keep an eye on the Government's eVisa page, and contact our team by completing our self-referral form if you have any questions.