What do you think will happen to those on ILR and without a BRP when a new employer takes over the business? Do you think he'll take a risk with a transferred employee because the old employer didn't have any problems? Those with only an ILR stamp in an expired passport are liable to have to fork out £827-20 to get a BRP in short order (PEO + TOC + enrolment). Those whose BRP wasn't replaced are in trouble. There is no appeal against a refusal to renew a BRP - it's "not an immigration decision".Casa wrote:That's an extreme and rather pessimistic view (dismissal/homelessness)!
Perhaps someone who never had an ILR stamp or sticker and now lacks a BRP can wing it with a current driving licence and a letter from a local chemist. But otherwise...
...If one's rents one's home and the freehold is sold, will the new landlord inherit the old landlord's statutory excuses? Perhaps I'm wrong and he will, but otherwise, the new landlord will have no statutory excuse. The tenor of the Immigration Act 2015 is towards eviction, but perhaps it isn't quite as bad as I fear.
Is this why we can lose our driving licenses if the SS thinks we are illegal immigrants?
If ILR BRPs were renewed the same way as driving licenses, there ought to be no problem, as the process is pleasantly simple. And, of course, there are only a few million driving licences that are out of date in some way. When one gets too old to drive, one doesn't need to bother having a driving licence.Casa wrote:10 year renewal of the BRP is in line with British passport and photo card driving licence renewal and we all seem to manage that without any problem.
As with a driving licence, all changes of address have to be notified.
There is a strong tendency only to renew passports when needed. However, I must admit I am now too nervous to use a photo booth and paid extra to have my photo taken professionally. Renewing passports is now generally easy - one gets new photos, fills in the form, and submits the old passport. They'll even accept the last passport but one if one's latest passport has gone missing. It seems that BRP holders are required to have a current passport when renewing their BRP - or have I misread the renewal form?
For women, name synchronisation is going to be fun if they marry. First, foreign passport, and then BRP. I wonder where bank accounts and driving licence come in that sequence.
However, every time one renews a BRP evidencing ILR, one has to provide evidence of continued residence in the UK since one was granted ILR. Note - since one was granted ILR, not since the last application for a BRP evidencing it. A recommended form of evidence is not passports, but utility bills. As I say, 60 years worth of utility bills is a lot to retain.