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How to create a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account and get access to your eVisa

September 18th, 2024

British immigration system is becoming digital. It will impact on how you prove your immigration status to exercise your rights and travel to the UK. 

If you hold EU Settled Status or Pre-Settled Status (EUSS/PSS), you don’t have to do anything to set up an online account and link your ID document. Your status is already digital. But you have responsibilities to maintain it: by updating your details and ensuring that your valid ID document is linked. 

Watch this video from Home Office on how to create a UKVI account and get access to your eVisa:

What you need to set up your UKVI account 

  1. Your biometric residence permit number (BRP) or your visa application number (UAN) 

  2. Your ID document: a passport or a BRP 

  3. Date of birth 

  4. Email address 

  5. Mobile number 

  6. Access to ‘UK Immigration ID check’ app that is a government mobile app 

Steps to create UKVI account and link your ID document 

  1. When you receive an email or letter asking you to create an UKVI account, go to https://www.gov.uk/guidance/online-immigration-status-evisa.  
    Currently not all immigration documents give an access to an eVisa yet - you can check if you can access your eVisa now by visiting https://www.gov.uk/get-access-evisa/check-access-your-evisa  

  2. Confirm your identity. 

  3. Link your account to your eVisa. 

  4. You will receive an email when your eVisa is ready to view – it may take a few days. 

Important things to remember 

  • Your eVisa is linked to your ID document that you have used to create an UKVI account – remember to update your account every time you change your ID 

  • Update your contact and personal details every time they change, for example you have changed a phone number or you’ve changed your name after getting married. 

Important links 

  • Using your UKVI account  

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