Traveling outside of UK before receiving new BRP

[Jessica90]

Hi there,

I have sent off an application and biotmerics for ILR(Set M) on 17/06/2022 and am still waiting on a decision. Unfortunately I lost my BRP (expired in August anyway) just before I submitted my application so had to report it as lost and expected to get a new one once I received ILR.

If I theoretically get my application approved but there is a delay in receiving my new BRP would I be able to travel outside the UK without the physical BRP? My previous experience traveling in and out of the UK I rarely had to actually show my physical BRP at border control so I assumed they had all my details on their system.

We have a family holiday booked away and I was quite naive to think when I had sent my ILR application it would actually take this long to process, lesson learned!

[Ticktack]

Hi there,

I have sent off an application and biotmerics for ILR(Set M) on 17/06/2022 and am still waiting on a decision. Unfortunately I lost my BRP (expired in August anyway) just before I submitted my application so had to report it as lost and expected to get a new one once I received ILR.

If I theoretically get my application approved but there is a delay in receiving my new BRP would I be able to travel outside the UK without the physical BRP? My previous experience traveling in and out of the UK I rarely had to actually show my physical BRP at border control so I assumed they had all my details on their system. Not advisable. In theory you can as you can board a plane back to the UK, but this might be the one time you get stopped at the boarder again.

We have a family holiday booked away and I was quite naive to think when I had sent my ILR application it would actually take this long to process, lesson learned!Not sure it makes any difference as your BRP was expiring anyway.