tt wrote,
I'm assuming the ILR sticker is the same thing as (or parallel to) the indefinite Residence Permit..
..or is this a new category? Superfluous? Or being phased in to take over the old ILR system?
With all due respect the issue of sticker transfer has been covered in some detail in your previous post and I believe we are now going round in circles. To summarise
1. You don't have to get a new ILR sticker in a new passport but it makes life easier for administrative tasks that require evidence of your immigration status in a valid/ non expired document.
2. Lack of a stamp/ failure to transfer a stamp has no bearing on your ILR - a prolonged absence from the UK does.
Moving on to the practicalities:
Proof of immigration status has historically been stamp based. For security reasons this has moved to stickers/ vignettes. It started off with visas issued abroad and now to any further leave to remain granted by the Home Office be it limited or indefinite.
The first ILR sticker is a green vignette with a handwritten signature of the issuing officer of size approximatley 70 x 50 mm = about half of a page in a standard B5 size passport.
The new ILR sticker is a combination of colours - blue/ violet, red, green with a photo of the bearer on the Left Hand Side on top of which (photo) is a silver embossment. It is approximatley 105 x 75 mm = about a page in a standard B5 size passport.
Anybody granted FLR/ ILR should get the new type sticker which says on the top " RESIDENCE PERMIT" with an accompanying serial number then
Name = Mr A
Valid Until = Dates for limited leave or "Indefinite"
Place, Date of Issue = Croydon, Liverpool etc and date.
Type of Permit = Limited/ Indefinite
Remarks = No recourse to public funds, register with police, employment prohibited etc.
In other words it mirrors the visa/ EC issued at British Diplomatic Posts which cover your period of stay in the UK and act as de facto 'residence permits' until you apply for FLR be it an extension or change of status when you will get the 'new type' RP sticker.
Hope that helps and do all have a 'sticker free'/good weekend.