UK Visas and Immigration Status Account (eVisa)
As a Ukrainian refugee, if you use the ‘UK Immigration: ID Check’ identity app when you apply for your visa, you are also creating an online UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account that can be used to view and prove your immigration status digitally in the future. For example, you can share details of your immigration status with employers, landlords, DVLA etc, proving your rights and entitlements in the UK.
Details of how to access your UKVI immigration account are given in your Permission to Travel letter. You can view and share your immigration status online using the following link: View and prove your immigration status – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you set up your eVisa, you will also be creating a UKVI account.
Your immigration status
When you access your UKVI account, your status will show: ” Ukraine Scheme”. (It will not show the detail of whether this is Homes for Ukraine, Family, Extension or Permission Extension visa).
Proving your rights in the UK using your UKVI account
Your immigration account is used to generate ‘share codes’ which prove the rights that you have to work, rent etc in the UK.
You can access your UKVI account and generate share codes following this link: https://www.gov.uk/view-prove-immigration-status.
- To prove your right to work, see: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work/get-a-share-code-online.
- To prove your right to rent (in England), see: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-rent/get-a-share-code-online.
Travelling with an eVisa
Make sure you have linked your passport to your eVisa by adding it as an identity document. If your passport details change, then make sure you update your UKVI account with the new document.
Do this before you travel outside of the UK.
Keeping your details up to date
It is important to check your details are up to date and that you can continue to access your account, throughout your stay in the UK. You can update your account if you change your travel documents or address by visiting your account at this link: https://www.gov.uk/update-uk-visas-immigration-account-details.
If any of your details are incorrect, then you must report this: https://www.gov.uk/report-error-evisa.
If you are experiencing any issues, you can call the UKVI Resolution Centre on 0300 790 6268 or 0203 875 4669.
BRP card expiry after 31 December 2024
Your right to remain in the UK depends on your visa status, not on the BRP expiry date. The physical BRP cards that have been issued will no longer be required after this date to prove your right to remain in the UK. All BRP card holders should set up access to their eVisa instead. See https://ukrainianrefugeehelp.co.uk/biometric-residence-permit/#physical-brp-expiry for more information on this.
