Visa in expired passport

[egoode]

Hoping someone can help me here.

My HSMP is due to be renewed in August and as my passport will only have 1 year validity left on it I've decided to renew my passport before I apply for the extension.

However I have a trip planned between getting the new passport and applying for the extension.

Will I have any problems getting back into the country if I don't transfer my visa which would be expiring in a month to my new passport which I will have only received a couple of weeks earlier? Can I just show them my new and old passport?

If you have actually done this did they tell you off for doing it?

Thanks,
Emma

[paulp]

It's perfectly fine to present bold old and new passports, with the visa in the old passport.

[egoode]

Good to hear. I had someone else tell me it might be a problem but I couldn't see the point in paying to transfer the visa across when I'm going to be applying for the extension just a few weeks later.