Lost my BRP ins the country

[ZainUlllah07]

Hi all

I have lost my BRP recently and cannot find it anywhere. I have reported it to the Home Office on 08/08/2021 and I have not received any email HO. Can someone advise me what do I need to do? If someone can share recent experience from inside the UK.

Thank you!

[sah10406]

Get advice from the international student adviser at your university. They can liaise with their contact at the Home Office on your behalf, if necessary.

[ZainUlllah07]

oh sorry I didn't mention my status, I am not a student. I am on tier 2 visa and I need to go back home to visit. Do I need to submit a new application? If yes, how long it normally takes any idea?

Thank you for your reply.

[CR001]

You posted your question in the student visa sub forum!!

Topic moved to the General Immigration sub forum.

[ZainUlllah07]

You posted your question in the student visa sub forum!!

Topic moved to the General Immigration sub forum.

My apologies, I am new here so don't know much about the website.

[sah10406]

I am on tier 2 visa and I need to go back home to visit. Do I need to submit a new application?

If you need to travel before you have received your new BRP, it is logistically awkward but possible.

You would need to declare it lost and apply for a single-use BRP visa in order to re-enter the UK. See https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence- ... en-damaged > "If you're outside the UK".

Then when you get back to the UK, you will need to apply again for another replacement BRP.

If your new BRP arrives while you are away, and it is feasible for someone to sign for it and forward it to you, that would solve the problem too.

[ZainUlllah07]

I am on tier 2 visa and I need to go back home to visit. Do I need to submit a new application?

If you need to travel before you have received your new BRP, it is logistically awkward but possible.

You would need to declare it lost and apply for a single-use BRP visa in order to re-enter the UK. See https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence- ... en-damaged > "If you're outside the UK".

Then when you get back to the UK, you will need to apply again for another replacement BRP.

If your new BRP arrives while you are away, and it is feasible for someone to sign for it and forward it to you, that would solve the problem too.

Thank you replying to my question. I have reported it as lost/stolen already from inside the UK and the Home Office has not contacted me yet neither have I received any email/acknowledgment from them and I have not yet submitted application for replacement from inside the UK, do you think if I go back home and apply from outside the country for a single-use BRP visa to enter the UK again, will it be ok if I reported it from inside the UK and applying for a single-use BRP visa from outside the UK?

I will appreciate if you can answer my question.

Thank you

[sah10406]

do you think if I go back home and apply from outside the country for a single-use BRP visa to enter the UK again, will it be ok if I reported it from inside the UK and applying for a single-use BRP visa from outside the UK?

Probably, but you will need to check what the single-use BRP application says.