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Are you able to provide a biometric residence permit (BRP) card with this application?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 8:42 pm
by ColorfulS
Hi, i am applying for British citizenship, it has been 6 years for me living in UK , first 5 years I held tier 2 general work visa BRP and last year after 5 years this time I applied and got my ILR settlement, so now to answer to this question, should i say Yes? Because ILR is a BRP? Or say no because i cut my BRP card last year and posted to home office?
Appreciate any advice.
Thanks
Re: Are you able to provide a biometric residence permit (BRP) card with this application?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 8:46 pm
by CR001
Presumably you got a brp card when your ilr was approved??
Referee
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 8:46 pm
by ColorfulS
Hi, i am choosing 2 friends for referee: 1 is a marketing manager and working in a corporate and she has been a referee for many people so far, is that a negative point?
Secondly a friend who is a software developer and also employed in a corporate job,
Are these professions OK?
How can I know?
Re: Are you able to provide a biometric residence permit (BRP) card with this application?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:06 pm
by ColorfulS
CR001 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 8:46 pm
Presumably you got a brp card when your ilr was approved??
When I applied for ILR last year i cut my previous tier 2 general BRP card and send back to home office and yes I received a new card which is a resistance permit with indefinite leave to remain status , is that considered as a BRP?
Re: Referee
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:09 pm
by CR001
An ilr brp card is a brp card. Not sure why you are finding this question confusing if it asks do you have a
brp??
Re: Are you able to provide a biometric residence permit (BRP) card with this application?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 9:34 am
by contorted_svy
ColorfulS wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:06 pm
CR001 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 8:46 pm
Presumably you got a brp card when your ilr was approved??
When I applied for ILR last year i cut my previous tier 2 general BRP card and send back to home office and yes I received a new card which is a resistance permit with indefinite leave to remain status , is that considered as a BRP?
That is your ILR BRP.
Re: Referee
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 9:37 am
by ColorfulS
CR001 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:09 pm
An ilr brp card is a brp card. Not sure why you are finding this question confusing if it asks do you have a
brp??
Ok thanks, so if i have a ILR BRP card i must answer yes to this question right?
I think i got confused because my tier 2 generic resistance permit called BRP and the SETTLEMENT Resident permit card was called ILR so i thought maybe it is not a BRP
Re: Referee
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 10:47 am
by contorted_svy
You must answer Yes to the BRP question.
Re: Referee
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 11:52 am
by lolo2
ColorfulS wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2024 9:37 am
I think i got confused because my tier 2 generic resistance permit called BRP and the SETTLEMENT Resident permit card was called ILR so i thought maybe it is not a BRP
BRP means Biometric Residence Permit which is the card you received every time you applied to stay in the UK.
ILR means Indefinite Leave to Remain which is your current status, it's not the card. Once you were granted ILR you received a BRP card corresponding to this status. Hence you have a BRP card and should answer "yes".
Referees
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 7:55 am
by ColorfulS
Hi, i am choosing 2 friends for referee: 1 is a marketing manager and working in a corporate and she has been a referee for many people so far, is that a negative point?
Secondly a friend who is a software developer and also employed in a corporate job,
Are these professions OK?
How can I know?
They both have British citizenship.
Re: Referees
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 8:54 am
by contorted_svy
There is an official list on the gov.uk website. Yes of course your friend who has been a referee before can be one for you again - why would it count against you?Second referee also fine provided they are over 25.
Re: Referees
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 10:43 am
by ColorfulS
contorted_svy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2024 8:54 am
There is an official list on the gov.uk website. Yes of course your friend who has been a referee before can be one for you again - why would it count against you?Second referee also fine provided they are over 25.
I read somewhere if your referee has been referee for so many people it might be a negative point?
I am not sure if their professions are acceptable? Is a software developer considered as a professional?
Re: Referees
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:08 am
by CR001
I read somewhere if your referee has been referee for so many people it might be a negative point?
If kot on an official ukvi website or document, don't belive everything you read on random websites.
I am not sure if their professions are acceptable? Is a software developer considered as a professional?
No it is not. You only need ONE professional referee, not two!!
Re: Referees
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:32 am
by contorted_svy
ColorfulS wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2024 10:43 am
contorted_svy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2024 8:54 am
There is an official list on the gov.uk website. Yes of course your friend who has been a referee before can be one for you again - why would it count against you?Second referee also fine provided they are over 25.
I read somewhere if your referee has been referee for so many people it might be a negative point?
I am not sure if their professions are acceptable? Is a software developer considered as a professional?
Why would it be a negative point. Unless she has been a referee for someone that wasn't eligible, then she would have received a conviction for that and become ineligible. My professional referee had also been a referee before and no issue at all. She has a corporate job so that means she is eligible as a professional referee, the second referee has to be British and over 25, but not necessarily a professional on the list.