CR001 wrote:You renew the BRP, in the same way you renew your drivers license, passport or bank cards. Appearances change that is why the BRP CARD needs to be updated.
ILR does not 'expire' or you don't 'lose' it unless you leave the UK for 2 years or more.
Have you read the
renewal application form? It says,
If you were granted Indefinite Leave to Remain more than 2 years ago please provide
evidence of continuous residency in the United Kingdom, such as:
and then goes on to list all sorts of things other than passports. That's going to be rather a lot if you were granted ILR 60 years ago.
Also, unlike passports, you can't renew a BRP until it has expired. That'll be no fun if it expires while you're overseas for 6 months. One then has to get a BRP replacement visa in order to travel to the UK.
ram14esh wrote:Great so once ILR done then it is done forever. Thats a big relief. Hopefully at-least no more hefty visa fees, no more document preparation and sleepless nights before PEO appointments checking the documents n-times.
You will still face the document preparation. That will be there even if the request is toned down so that one only has to produce evidence of continued residence beyond that in the passport or implied by the grant of the previous BRP. It's not for nothing that advancing to citizenship is recommended.
And, of course, there is no appeal against the refusal to grant a new BRP. The lack of a mechanism to return a cancelled BRP like a cancelled passport has already been noted.
