I just got my ILR and BRP on my birth name. I am recently married but my passport expires in spring 2014 so I am planning to get a married name put on my new passport. My visa was expiring ahead of the passport renewal so I was advised to go for ILR first and deal with the name change down the line.
I am unsure as to how long it actually takes to get a replacement, but I see online that I have to submit both my new passport and old BRP. I travel often for work so that would be a huge inconvenience.
However I have a friend who is on a spouse visa, her visa is in her maiden name but her new passport is in her married name, and she says she just also carries around her expired passport and shows it to the officer at the airport. Claims she's never had a problem with that.
So the two questions are:
1) how long does it take to get a new BRP in the case of name change and is there any way to expedite it and/or travel without it while waiting?
2) is my friend breaking the rules with what she is doing? If so why has UKBA not done anything about it? She is a frequent traveller.
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