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Expired BRP/BRC deadline moved to 1 June 2025

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Published on: 28 February 2025

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LNB News 28/02/2025

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Issue Date: 28 February 2025

Published Date: 28 February 2025

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Home Office has announced that it will be extending the date until which people can continue to use a biometric residence permit (BRP) or EUSS biometric residence card (BRC) that expired on 31 December 2024, for international travel, assuming they have continuing leave. The previous end date was 31 March 2025, and this has now been pushed to 1 June 2025. The extension has been added further to feedback, and to ensure a smooth transition to the new digital system. In the same announcement, the Minister for Migration and Citizenship, Seema Malhotra MP confirmed that the Home Office has been reviewing its methodology for estimating the number of BRP holders who still need to create a UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) account, in order to access an eVisa. They now anticipate that this number is around 600,000. The number of visa holders who have switched to an eVisa is estimated to be over...

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