Question about re-entering UK without valid BRP

[BrunoK1441]

Hi Guys,

I wasn't exactly sure where to post this so please move if I've got it wrong.

I'm Australian and have been living in Scotland on an Ancestry visa for the past 9 years and have just made the application for UK Settlement as a non-EU spouse. I will be flying to Poland and France over the next few months and am concerned that my new settled status will be granted while I'm out of the country and my current Ancestry BMP card (expires 2022) won't be valid anymore when I re-enter Scotland.

Can I ask if anyone knows what would most likely happen at the UK immigration point without my new Settled status BRC?

Also, could I *technically* re-enter through Dublin for a short vacation (I would have my Ancestry BMP on me showing an expiry date for 2022) then fly from Belfast to Scotland to avoid having my UK BMP checked?

Just trying to figure out what my options are.

Thanks so much!

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