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

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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.

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