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Thank you, yes, I was wondering about approaching the officer overseeing the egates. I’m pretty sure the egate will let me through, I’m actually concerned that it *will* but will give me visitor status because it doesn’t link my new passport number to my existing BRP/ILR status. Then in 6 months time maybe they’ll come for me as an overstayer.alterhase58 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 4:13 pmI'm sure you can join the queue (which will take longer of course) - also there is or should normally be at least one officer overseeing the egates operation and who would process you if you won't be passed through. Happened to me once but that was because for some reason my passport was not recognised (didn't need ILR at the time).
If you have this concern you may want to explore the earlier solution from @alterhase58 to use the queue for other passports or approach the person who is overseeing the e-gate.dandm wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:06 pmYes, legally I don’t think they are linked, but from a practical perspective I understand the passport number and BRP number are linked in the border system.
The whole thing would be more straight forward if they required us to update our passport numbers as they do for EU settled status. Although I read that isn’t mandatory either so presumably there are some EU passport holders entering via the egates with new passports in the same situation as me.
Perhaps the egates are able to identify us ILR holders via biometric matching or something. But that sounds too sophisticated!