Lost/stolen passports or BRPs
If your passport or Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) has been lost or stolen, the procedures will differ depending on document type and whether they were lost/stolen inside the UK or overseas.
Lost/stolen passport or visa outside the UK
This section is for you if you have a vignette (visa) in your passport that covers the whole length of your permission to be in the UK
Where your passport has been lost/stolen outside the UK and contains your current UK visa you should:
- Report it to the local police and obtain a police report.
- Get a replacement passport from your country’s embassy (in the country where your passport was lost/stolen).
- Apply for a Vignette Transfer to get a replacement UK visa printed inside your new passport.
You should provide a student status certificate and the police report (translated to English) detailing the loss of your passport in your application.
You may be required to return to your home country to make this application, for example if your permission (visa) for the country you lost your passport in may expire before you receive the replacement visa, or if you cannot get a new passport in that country.
Lost/stolen passport or visa inside the UK
Where your passport has been lost/stolen inside the UK and contains your current UK visa you should:
1. Report it to the local police and obtain a police report.
2. Apply for a replacement passport from your country’s embassy.
3. Contact Student Registry to update your new passport details.
If your passport also contained a vignette (visa) covering the whole length of your permission to be in the UK, you should also do the following:
4. Replace your visa with an eVisa
Where your lost/stolen passport contains your 90 day entry clearance vignette, but your full length of visa is longer than this, you will have received instructions on how to access your e-visa when your visa was granted.
Lost/stolen BRP outside the UK
Where your Biometric Residence Permit has been lost/stolen outside the UK you should:
1. Report it to the local police and obtain a police report.
2. Report it to UKVI using their online form.
3. Activate your eVisa. If you are unable to activate your e-visa, the alternative UKVI gives is to apply for a replacement visa. Refer to the instructions for both these options here:
Lost/stolen BRP inside the UK
Where your Biometric Residence Permit has been lost/stolen inside the UK you should:
1. Report it to the local police.
2. Report it to UKVI using their online form.
3. Activate your eVisa: