The Home Office currently issues BRPs for all immigration
applications made from within the UK. BRPs are credit-card sized
standalone documents which an applicant carries with their original
passport as evidence of their UK visa.
To fully comply with European Regulations, the Home Office will
be rolling out the use of BRPs to non-EEA nationals who are making
their applications from overseas for UK visas for a period in
excess of 6 months. This will be completed country by country in
phases over a four month period, expected to commence in March
2015. Some key points include:
- The applicant will apply for their visa from overseas as usual.
Once the application is approved, the applicant's passport will
be endorsed with a 30 day short validity multientry vignette /
sticker. The start date of the 30 day visa will be the travel date
as indicated on the online application form
