📌 What You Need to Know About eVisas (Not BRP Cards)
🛂 Goodbye BRP, Hello eVisa, The old BRP card is gone. Now, you use an eVisa—a digital way to show you have the right to live and work in the UK.
✅ What You Can Do with Your eVisa
Your eVisa proves you have the right to:
- Study or work in the UK 👩🎓👷♂️
- Use public services or get benefits you’re allowed to use 💷🏥
🌐 How to Get Access to Your eVisa
An eVisa is a record online of your immigration status.
👤 If You Have a Passport:
- You set up your own UKVI account online.
- After that, you can check your immigration status anytime.
📄 If You Do Not Have a Passport:
- Within 14 days of your refugee decision, the Home Office will set up your UKVI account for you.
- You will get a letter in the mail with your UKVI customer number.
- Your number looks like: KX12345678 (starts with KX and 8 numbers).
🎯 How to Use Your UKVI Number
- Go to Create a UKVI account to get access to your eVisa (online immigration status)
- When it asks for a “passport number,” enter your UKVI number (e.g., KX12345678)
- This lets you create your UKVI account and see your digital eVisa
📞 If You Don’t Get Your UKVI Letter
🔴 Contact the UKVI Resolution Centre:
- Use the webchat on the gov.uk website
- Or call +44 (0)300 790 6268, choose option 3
✅ If you need extra help, contact Migrant Help:
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 07483 170100
🔐 Proving Your Status with a Share Code
Once you have your UKVI account, go to View your eVisa and get a share code to prove your immigration status online. You can give this code when you need to:
- Open a bank account 🏦
- Rent a house or flat 🏠
- Get a job 👔
- Apply for a training course 🎓
