Report a change of circumstances if you have a visa or expired BRP

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1. You're in the UK and have an expired BRP

You must report any changes in your circumstances if you鈥檙e in the UK and have a biometric residence permit (BRP), even if it has expired.

How you do this depends on whether you have an eVisa or not.

If you have an eVisa

Sign in to your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account to update any of these details online:

  • name, for example if you鈥檝e got married
  • address or phone number
  • nationality
  • facial appearance
  • date of birth, for example if it was wrong
  • gender

If you do not have an eVisa

You can no longer apply for a new聽BRP. You need to聽set up access to your eVisa.

An eVisa is an online record of your immigration status. You can use it to prove your status, instead of using your聽BRP.

You can then聽sign in to your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account聽to update your details online.

If you cannot access your eVisa and update your UKVI account

Contact UK Visas and Immigration to get help with your UKVI account or guidance about how to access your eVisa.

You can still update your address if you do not have an eVisa yet, either:

Changes you cannot report in your UKVI account

You must report any other changes to the details you gave in your BRP application, including if:

  • you get a criminal conviction
  • you separate from your partner
  • any of your children stop living permanently with you

Fill in the change of circumstances form and send it to the address on the form.

2. You're in the UK and have a visa

You must report any changes if you鈥檙e in the UK and have either:

  • got a visa
  • applied for a visa but haven鈥檛 had a decision yet

How you do this depends on what you鈥檙e reporting.

Changes to your name or personal details

You must replace your visa with an eVisa if your overall stay in the UK is longer than 6 months and any of these details on your visa document change:

  • name
  • nationality
  • facial appearance
  • date of birth
  • gender

You鈥檒l need to pay a fee.

You do not need to report these changes or transfer your visa if your stay in the UK is less than 6 months.

Fill in a change of circumstances form if you鈥檝e applied for a visa but haven鈥檛 had a decision.

Report all other changes

Fill in the change of circumstances form to report any other changes of circumstances including:

  • your contact details
  • your legal representative鈥檚 details
  • dependent family members鈥� details
  • if you separate from your partner
  • if you get a criminal conviction
  • if any of your children stop living with you

Report a change of address only

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3. You're outside the UK

How you report a change of circumstances depends on how you applied and the status of your application.

If you have a UK Visas and Immigration account

You will have a UK Visas and Immigration account if you used the 鈥楿K Immigration: ID Check鈥� smartphone app to scan your identity document on your phone.

You鈥檙e still waiting for a decision about your application

You can change your email address or phone number by updating your account details. You cannot update your identity document, name or address if you鈥檙e still waiting for a decision.

You have a decision about your application

You can update your account details.

If you applied through a visa application centre

Contact the visa application centre where you applied if you鈥檙e outside the UK and there鈥檚 a change to your:

  • reason for going to the UK
  • address
  • personal details, for example your name, because you got married

You may need to make another visa application at your local visa application centre.