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Can I travel outside the UK while my TOC application is pending?

Post by itsnotlupus » Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:16 am

Hello everyone,

My wife applied in December to have her Ancestry visa transferred from her old passport to a BRP.

She used the new service so all of her documents were returned and nothing was kept by the UKVI, which means she still has her maiden name passport that hold her valid ancestry visa.

Question is: can she travel outside of the UK whilst the application is pending?

I know travel is not permitted when applying for a visa or ILR.

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Re: Can I travel outside the UK while my TOC application is pending?

Post by itsnotlupus » Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:37 pm

Anyone?

The guidance for TOC only mentions that the BRP has to be issued if all conditions are met, there is no "withdrawal" section just like on the Tier 2/IRL guidance.

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Re: Can I travel outside the UK while my TOC application is pending?

Post by CR001 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:11 pm

There was no need to apply for a BRP card. She could have simply travelled with both passports.
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Re: Can I travel outside the UK while my TOC application is pending?

Post by itsnotlupus » Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:04 pm

CR001 wrote:
Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:11 pm
There was no need to apply for a BRP card. She could have simply travelled with both passports.
She’s considering switching jobs and she cannot use the visa in the old passport with maiden name as proof is right to work :(.

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