Update, replace or transfer - biometric residence permit or card

Other Home Office applications

Coronavirus (COVID-19): UKVCAS and SSCs

The majority of UKVCAS appointment locations have now resumed. Check latest guidance on when you can book an appointment. UKVCAS customers whose biometrics can be reused will receive instructions via email and will be not be required to book an appointment.

Service and Support Centres are currently offering a reduced number of appointments because of coronavirus (COVID-19) and it may take longer than usual to get an appointment. UKVI will contact you by email to notify you when and how to book an appointment. Please check gov.uk for more information. SSC customers whose biometrics can be reused will receive instructions via email and will be not be required to book an appointment.

Do you currently have an application with the Home Office for leave to remain for which you have not yet received a decision?

Do not make an application for a replacement biometric residence permit (BRP) if you have recently made an application for leave to remain. If your application for leave is successful, you will be issued with a new BRP.

    Yes    No

Provide the reference number for this other application

Your location

Are you currently in the UK?

    Yes   No

You cannot use this form because you are not currently in the UK.

This form is only for people who are applying within the UK.

You must apply for a visa using the forms which can be found here.

Register an email

Enter an email address and password so you can save your answers. You will then be emailed a unique link to let you log back in to your application at a later point, if needed.

Throughout your application, you can select the option to 'Return to this application later' in order to re-send the link to your latest saved application.

Emails sent to this address may contain personal sensitive information. We will send a verification email to this email address. This email address must be verified by clicking the link in the verification email before the application can be submitted

Email address

Create a password

  Your password must be 8 characters or longer and include a letter and a number or symbol.

Repeat your password

A verification email has been sent

We have sent a verification email to:

This email address must be verified by clicking the link in the email before the application can be submitted.

Change email address

Resend verification email

Registration email address

Who does this email belong to?

  • The applicant
  • An immigration adviser based in the UK
  • Someone else

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Immigration adviser

Do you have an immigration adviser based in the UK?

Immigration advisers can advise you on matters relating to immigration and citizenship. For more information, click here.

    Yes   No

Category of application

Select what you are applying for:

  • To update, replace or transfer your BRP
  • To update or replace your BRC

Check your answers

Check the information below before you continue to the next section.

Your name

Enter your name, as shown in your current passport or travel document.

 Your given name is usually your first name. Your family name is the surname that is shared by your family. If you have middle names, include these with your given name. If your name has a suffix (e.g. Jr), include this with your given name. If you have a patronymic name include it with your given names. You must tell us all your given names.

Title:

  Mr

  Mrs

  Miss

  Ms

  Doctor

  Reverend

Given name(s)

Family name

Any other names

Are you now or have you ever been known by another name?

This includes your maiden name and other names you use or have used in the past.

    Yes   No

Contact Email

Can we use this email address to contact you?

If possible, we will use this email as your correspondence address. We will use this to contact you about your application and may use it to contact you about your immigration status after your application has been decided. If your application is successful, we may issue a biometric residence permit (BRP) to you. We will use this email address to make the arrangements to deliver the BRP to you. Emails may go to your spam, junk or trash folders.

You must notify us immediately if your email changes. Find out how to change your details here.

    Yes    No

Telephone Number

Provide your telephone number

Only include numbers, and for international numbers include the country code. We may contact you by telephone if we have any further questions about your application, or about your immigration status after your application has been decided. This may be a home, work or mobile number.

You must notify us immediately if the contact telephone number you provide as part of this application changes.Find out how to change your details here.

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  • I cannot be contacted by telephone

Where do you use this telephone number?

  You can select more than one option

  • For use whilst in the UK
  • For use whilst out of the UK

Postal Address

Provide your postal address

We may use this address to send sensitive personal information and important documents such as your biometric residence permit. If we can’t contact you by email, we will use this postal address. We may use this address for correspondence about your application and may use you to contact you about your immigration status after your application has been decided.

You must notify us immediately if your postal address changes. Find out how to update your details here

Enter a UK postcode

Enter address manually

Choose an address

Address (line 1 of 3)

Town/City

Is this where you live?
   Yes   No

When did you start living at this address?

  Enter the date format in MM/YYYY

Month

Year

Provide your living address

Enter a UK postcode

Enter address manually

When did you start living at this address?

  Enter the date format in MM/YYYY

Month

Year

Your gender and relationship status

What is your gender, as shown in your passport or travel document?

  Male

  Female

  Unspecified

What is your relationship status?:

  Single

  Married or a civil partner

  Unmarried partner

  Divorced or civil partnership dissolved

  Separated

  Widowed or a surviving civil partner

Your nationality, date and country of birth

Country of nationality

  Type the name of a country; use the arrow keys to navigate and 'enter' to select one.

If you have previous or additional nationalities, you will be able to add these later in the application.

Country of birth

  Type the name of a country; use the arrow keys to navigate and 'enter' to select one.

Place of birth

  Enter your place of birth (for example, the city or province), as shown on your passport or travel document.

Date of birth

  For example, 31 3 2020

Day

Month

Year

Your passport

Do you have your passport, or a copy of the information on the photo page?

    Yes    No

Your passport

Passport number or travel document reference number

Issuing authority

  On your passport or travel document this could also be referred to as 'country of issue' or 'place of issue'.

Issue date

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

Expiry date

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

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Your National Insurance number

What is your current National Insurance number?

  Example QQ 12 34 56 C

I do not have a National Insurance number

Convictions and other penalties

At any time have you ever had any of the following, in the UK or in another country?

Only select one answer at a time. If you need to give more than one answer, you can do so on another page.

  • A criminal conviction
  • A penalty for a driving offence, for example disqualification for speeding or no motor insurance
  • An arrest or charge for which you are currently on, or awaiting trial
  • A caution, warning, reprimand or other penalty
  • A civil court judgment against you, for example for non payment of debt, bankruptcy proceedings or anti-social behaviour
  • A civil penalty issued under UK immigration law
  • No, I have never had any of these

You must tell us about spent as well as unspent convictions.

War crimes

In either peace or war time have you ever been involved in, or suspected of involvement in, war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide?

War Crimes are grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions committed during an armed conflict. This includes an internal armed conflict and an international armed conflict.

  • The types of acts that may constitute a war crime include:
  • wilful killing
  • torture
  • extensive destruction of property not justified by military necessity
  • unlawful deportation
  • the intentional targeting of civilians
  • the taking of hostages
  • Crimes against humanity
  • Acts committed at any time (not just during armed conflict) as part of a widespread or systematic attack, directed against any civilian population with knowledge of the attack. This would include offences such as murder, torture, rape, severe deprivation of liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law and enforced disappearance of persons
  • Genocide
  • Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group

This guidance is not exhaustive. The full definitions of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide can be found in Schedule 8 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 at legislation.gov.uk. It is your responsibility to satisfy yourself that you are familiar with the definitions and can answer the questions accurately.

    Yes  No

More information about your involvement

Terrorist activities

Have you ever been involved in, supported or encouraged terrorist activities in any country?

Terrorist activities are any act committed, or the threat of action designed to influence a government or intimidate the public and made for the purposes of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause and that:

  • involves serious violence against a person
  • may endanger another person’s life
  • creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public
  • involves serious damage to property
  • is designed to seriously disrupt or interfere with an electronic system

Yes   No

Terrorist organisations

Have you ever been a member of, or given support to, an organisation which has been concerned in terrorism?

An organisation is concerned with terrorism if it:

  • commits or participates in acts of terrorism
  • prepares for terrorism
  • promotes or encourages terrorism (including the unlawful glorification of terrorism)
  • or is otherwise concerned in terrorism

  Yes   No

Terrorist views

Have you, by any means or medium, expressed views that justify or glorify terrorist violence or that may encourage others to commit terrorist or other serious criminal acts?

    Yes   No

More information about your terrorist views

Indefinite leave to remain

Have you obtained settlement or been given indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK?

This means you have been given the right to live in the UK permanently. You would have been given indefinite leave to remain or indefinite leave to enter. You may also have a 'no time limit' stamp or documents confirming there are no time limits on your residency in the UK.

    Yes    No

Date settlement obtained (you will need to enter the month and year)

  Enter date in the format DD MM YYYY

Day

Month

Year

Application

What type of visa, leave to enter or remain or other permission do you have to be in the UK?
You can find out this information on the document which shows you are allowed to be in the UK

Visit

Study

Work

Family

Turkish Businessperson or Worker

Other

Refugee or humanitarian protection

Are you recognised as a refugee in the UK or have you been granted humanitarian protection by the UK?

    Yes   No

Dependant of a refugee or someone with Humanitarian Protection

Are you dependant on someone who is recognised as a refugee in the UK or who has been granted humanitarian protection by the UK?

    Yes  No

Time lived in the UK

How long have you lived in the UK?

Year(s)

Month(s)

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Absences from the UK

Have you spent more than 6 continuous months outside the UK since being given leave to enter or remain?

     Yes   No

Home Office travel document

Have you ever held a Home Office travel document?

A Home Office travel document allows you to travel outside the UK if you are not British and cannot use or get a passport from your country

    Yes   No

Are you able to send all current or expired Home Office travel documents?

    Yes    No

Change of personal details

Have any of your personal details changed since receiving your most recent biometric residence permit or immigration document?

This includes changes to your name, nationality, facial appearance, date of birth, or gender.

    Yes   No

Your Home Office reference number

Do you have any Home Office reference numbers?

If you have previously made an application to remain in the UK, you can find a reference number on letters from the Home Office, called 'Our Ref' or 'Case ID'. If not known, select 'No'.

Yes    No

Enter any Home Office reference numbers

Your biometric residence permit (BRP)

Are you able to provide a biometric residence permit (BRP) card with this application?

Read guidance about what a BRP is and see examples of what they look like and where to find the BRP number.

  • Yes
  • No, my BRP is lost or stolen
  • No, I have already sent my BRP to the Home Office
  • No, I do not have a BRP for my most recent leave

Check your answers

Check the information below before you continue to the next section.

Verification consent

The Home Office will check that the information and supporting documentation from a bank or utility company that you supply as part of this application is correct. You must download, sign and return the following declaration to confirm that you consent for the Home Office to request verification checks:

Declaration of consent for the Home Office to request verification checks

You should download and print this declaration now. A copy will also be available to download once you have paid for your application.

  • I will provide a declaration signed by me to confirm my consent for the Home Office to request verification checks

Consent for the Home Office to request verification checks for joint accounts or third party support

Is the account with a bank or utility company for which you have supplied information and supporting documentation held jointly by you and other people?

    Yes   No

Each of those others should download, sign and return the following declaration:

Declaration of third party consent for joint bank or utility account holders

You should download and print this declaration now. A copy will also be available to download once you have paid for your application.

If we do not have their consent then we may not be able to take that evidence into account when considering your application, and so your application may be refused.

  • I understand that by ticking this check box I am giving consent to verification checks. I will provide a declaration signed by each of the other joint customers on an account with a bank or utility company

Does the account with the bank or utility company for which you have supplied information and supporting documentation relate to another person who is to provide you financial support?

    Yes   No

That person (or, if the account is a joint account, all customers) should download, sign and return the following declaration:

Declaration of third party consent for any person who is to provide you with financial support

You should download and print this declaration now. A copy will also be available to download once you have paid for your application.

If we do not have their consent then we may not be able to take that evidence into account when considering your application, and so your application may be refused.

  • I understand that by ticking this check box I am giving consent to verification checks. I will provide a declaration signed by each of the customers on an account with a bank or utility company relating to another person who is to provide me with financial support

Documents

Mandatory documents

These documents are mandatory and you must provide them as part of your application. Tick the box to agree that you will provide each document:

  • Proof of address

You must include proof of your identity in the form of documents confirming your name and address, such as:

  • your UK driving licence
  • a council tax statement
  • a utility bill
  • a bank statement
  • a letter from a GP containing your full name and address

Other documents

If you do not provide these documents, your application may be delayed or refused.

  • Consent form for the Home Office to undertake checks on Mr Jules Smith

Providing your documents

  • You must provide your documents after you submit your application, these can be originals or copies. Any passports provided must be originals.
  • You will be able to upload copies of your documents on our commercial partner's website, or you can take your documents to your biometrics appointment to be scanned and uploaded by our commercial partner for a fee. You'll be told how to book an appointment and upload your documents after you submit your application.
  • You do not need to send any physical documents to the Home Office or UK Visas & Immigration unless you are advised to do so.
  • Your application may be rejected if you do not provide all mandatory documents. If your application is rejected due to documents not being provided, it will not be considered and an administration fee for each person included in the application will be deducted from your refund

Check your answers

Check the information below before you continue to the next section.

Declaration

By sending this application, you confirm that to the best of your knowledge and belief the following is correct:

  • the information relating to the application
  • the supporting evidence

Also, the application will be processed according to the privacy policy and terms and conditions.

If false information is given, the application will be refused and the applicant may be banned from the UK and prosecuted.

I confirm that:

  • I am the applicant
  • I am a representative of the applicant and have been authorised to act on their behalf and have discussed and confirmed the contents of this application with them

Choose a service

Select a service from the options below. You will not be able to change this after you have submitted your application.

Standard service : pay 75.20 GBP, most people get a decision within 8 weeks of submitting their on-line application

The amount you pay for each service option includes the 19.20 GBP biometrics enrolment fee for each applicable person on this application.

UK Visas and Immigration will contact you if it will take longer to process your application.

Your payment provider

You are paying

75.20 GBP - Mr Jules Smith's application for BRP RC

75.20 GBP in total

Choose your card provider

  Visa

  MasterCard

  American Express

  Maestro

  Diners Club International

Before you continue

You should only move to the next page if you have checked your answers and you are ready to submit your application. Once you select ‘Continue to Worldpay’ you will not be able to return and edit your application.

Continue to Worldpay to make a secure payment. You will be able to download a copy of your application form after payment has been taken.

Worldpay

 Order summary

Reference:

Description:    BRP RC

Amount (GBP):

£75.20

Payment details

*Indicates a required field

Card number *

Enter a valid card number

Cardholder's name *

Jules Smith

Expiry date *

MM  /  YY

Security code *

3 digits on the back of the card or 4 digits on the front of card