Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) Collection and eVisas
When you apply for your visa outside of the UK, for a programme longer than 6 months, you will either be issued with a 90-day vignette in your passport to allow you to enter the UK, or you may be given an e Visa which you can access through the UKVI View and Prove your immigration status web pages.
If you are issued with a 90-day vignette, you will also be issued with a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) card, which you should collect on your arrival in the UK.
You should collect your BRP card as soon as you can on your arrival in Newcastle.
If you are under 18 you and you are not accompanied by an adult, you may not collect a BRP card from the Post Office. Please contact the Visa Support Team at Compliance@ncl.ac.uk for further guidance
The University is required to check that your immigration permission permits you to study in the UK. You must also provide any new immigration documents you receive, if:
you extend or change your UK immigration permission
you obtain a new passport
you receive a replacement BRP card
you receive an eVisa to update your immigration permission
You can provide the required documents/details by completing our Right to Study form.
Alternatively, you can also provide these documents by attending a Right to Study check between 11am and 1pm Monday to Friday on Level 2, King’s Gate (no appointment required). If you have an enquiry about your Right to Study check please send an e-mail, including your student number, to compliance@ncl.ac.uk.
2. A copy of your visa with an entry stamp, or a copy of your boarding pass or ticket giving the date of your entry to the UK if you do not have an entry stamp.
3. A copy of your BRP card (both sides), if you have one.
If you collect your BRP card from the University, we will complete your right to study check during your appointment to collect your BRP card.
Please note, if you have an BRP and e-visa, please provide a share code and a copy of your BRP card – Please see ‘If you have an e-Visa’ for instructions on how to generate a share code.
If you have recently made an application for leave to remain in the UK, but your new visa has not yet been granted, please send evidence of your visa application showing the type of application and the date that the application was submitted to compliance@ncl.ac.uk
If you have been granted leave to remain in the UK and have received an e-Visa and/or a BRP card, please send a share code or a copy of both sides of your BRP card.
Examples of other immigration permission which may prove your right to study include the following categories (but not limited to these categories): Dependant visa, BNO visa, Visitor visa (even if you did not have to apply for this visa in advance of travelling to the UK), EUSS Pre-settled and Settled status, Skilled Worker visa, Global Talent visa, Indefinite leave to remain, leave outside the immigration rules such as humanitarian protection and asylum routes.
It is very important that you provide documents which prove your right to study. If you fail to do so, your registration is at risk. If you have any queries about what you should provide for your right to study check, please e-mail compliance@ncl.ac.uk
If you have any queries or concerns about your immigration status, please contact the Visa Support Team at visa@ncl.ac.uk as soon as possible.
The UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) are developing a digital immigration system (e-Visa), and they are currently contacting BRP card holders with instructions on how to create their UKVI account and access their eVisa. Your eVisa will enable you to view and prove your continuing right to study in the UK.
When you receive your e-mail from UKVI with your instructions on how to access your eVisa, you should follow the steps to complete your Right to Study with an e-Visa.
Please make sure you still collect your BRP upon arrival in the UK and keep your details in your UKVI account up to date.
You should read the details on your eVisa carefully and let the Visa Support Team know of there are any errors on your eVisa instructions on ‘correcting errors’. Please note that your eVisa may not have all of the details listed on your BRP card, such as the sponsor licence number (CKTK52NU0) and your work conditions. These can be found on the UKVI decision notice your received when your visa was granted.
If there is a error on your visa, please follow the steps below to get the visa corrected.
You can report errors relating to:
Personal details, work permission, visa expiry date and other remarks on the BRP, Vignette and E-Visa.
Your BRP card may expire on 31.12.2024, even if you have been granted a longer visa. UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) are currently contacting all BRP card holders with instructions on how to access their eVisa. Your eVisa will replace your BRP card as evidence of your leave to remain in the UK.
Please look out for the e-mail from UKVI and follow their instructions to access your eVisa. The e-mail from UKVI could be sent to any e-mail address you have used in a UKVI visa application.
When you have accessed your eVisa, you must follow the instructions to update your Right to Study as soon as possible.
If the error on your visa is on the vignette inside your passport, you should report this to the UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) within 3 months of arriving in the UK.
In order to do this, you should follow the instructions for reporting an error on your BRP card (for visa applications made outside of the UK).
When completing the form, you should enter your 'GWF' number.
If it has been over 3 months since you arrive in the UK, you are still encouraged to follow the steps above and contact the Visa Support Team if the UKVI will not amend the error.
Please provide an explanation of the error and include your CAS number where applicable.
If you are expecting a BRP card because your visa was granted for a period of over 6 months, but a BRP card was not issued (either through technical errors by UKVI or a mistake on the vignette), please also use this online form to request a BRP card.
If there is an error with the visa expiry date or the permission to work on the BRP card, you have to submit an administration review to have this corrected.
Administrative review can only be done within 14 days of receiving your new visa.
You can submit an administrative review on the UKVI website. If you are not sure how to do this, please contact the Visa Support Team.
If there is an error on your e-Visa with the expiry date or type of permission, you will need to contact the Visa Support Team on Compliance@ncl.ac.uk.
You should include all of your details in this email (including your name and student number) along with your visa application reference number, CAS Number, an up to date share code and details about the error.