eVisas

2024 - 12 - 4

Media factsheet: eVisas – Home Office in the media (Home Office in the media)

Since 31 October this year, successful visa applicants who would have received a biometric residence permit (BRP) in the past now get an eVisa. Since eVisa ...

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Visa holders should switch to an eVisa now (GOV.UK)

Home Office statistics published today show that over 3 million people have now made the switch from using physical immigration documents to an eVisa.

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Minister announces significant revision to eVisa rollout timetable (Electronic Immigration Network)

The validity of expiring BRPs will now be extended until at least 31 March 2025, with this date subject to ongoing review. While the Minister highlighted that ...

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Use expired ID to get to UK, says minister in charge of flawed eVisas (The Guardian)

People will be allowed to use expired identity documents amid 'real fear' of another Windrush-style scandal.

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Visas scandal: Rollout of eVisas set to be postponed after foreign ... (Evening Standard)

Campaigners warned that thousands of people with permanent British residency visas were unable to switch over to the Government's new eVisa system.

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UK introduces grace period for eVisa transition until March 2025 ... (The Tribune)

While the Home Office claims over 3.1 million people have already switched over to an eVisa, there are believed to be several others who have been unable to ...

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Home Office says 'use expired documents' to travel during eVisa ... (Mirror.co.uk)

The Home Office is set to transfer to a digital immigration system and do away with physical documentation but amid issues with the eVisa system and fears ...

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UK introduces grace period for transition to eVisa system until March ... (Business Standard)

The UK on Wednesday introduced a grace period until March 2025, during which time expired physical documentation will be accepted for international travel ...

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Everything we know about the new eVisa rules in the UK (AOL UK)

Seema Malhotra, the migration and citizenship minister, told the Guardian the government was delaying the switch to a fully digital immigration system amid ...

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