Biometric residence permits (BRPs)
Replace an expiring BRP
What you need to do when your biometric residence permit (BRP) expires depends on why it’s expiring.
If your permission to stay in the UK (for example, your visa) is expiring
You must apply to extend your stay or get a new type of permission. For example, you can extend your visa or apply for a new visa.
If your application is successful, you’ll get a new BRP or you’ll prove your immigration status online instead.
If your permission to stay in the UK lasts longer than your BRP
BRPs are being replaced by eVisas, which are an online record of your immigration status.
You can set up access to your eVisa now.
You’ll then be able to get a share code to prove your immigration status online, without a BRP.
You can keep using your BRP until it expires.
If you have a biometric residence card instead of a BRP
BRPs are different from biometric residence cards (BRCs).
BRCs are also called ‘UK residence cards’. You might have a BRC and not a BRP if both of the following apply:
- you’re in the UK as a family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein
- you do not have a visa
BRCs have ‘residence card’ printed on them. Find out about replacing an expired BRC.