Set up your eVisa with UK Visas & Immigration

What is an eVisa?

An eVisa is an online record of your immigration status and the conditions of your permission to enter or stay in the UK. You need to create a UKVI account to be able to access your eVisa.

Updating your physical document to an eVisa does not affect your immigration status or the conditions of your permission to enter or stay in the UK.

You can use an eVisa to travel to the UK together with your current passport which must be linked to your UKVI account. Until the end of 2024 you should continue to carry your physical document if you have it, for example your BRP, until it expires.

How to setup and access your eVisa

What you need before you start

• A smartphone (iPhone 7 or newer; android phone able to make contactless payments)
• An email address – make sure you use an address you will retain access to
• Your mobile phone number
• Your BRP card, or a valid passport and your BRP number.

The steps you need to take to get access to your eVisa

• Create an account on the UKVI website
• Confirm your identity using the UKVI app UK Immigration: ID Check
• Scan your BRP using the app
• Take a photo for your eVisa using the app
• Finish eVisa application on the UKVI website.

You can find further guidance about setting up your eVisa from Citizens Advice.

Share your eVisa with the Compliance Team

Once you’ve accessed your eVisa, you need to generate a share code. You can use the View and Prove service to do this. Make sure you generate a code that is suitable for study; we can’t accept codes for Right to Work or Right to Rent.

After generating your share code, you need to give this code to the Compliance Team by either:

• Adding it to MyRecord as a new visa in the ‘MyVisas’ section
  • Be sure to include your visa expiry date
• Emailing the share code to compliance@canterbury.ac.uk.

Once the team have viewed your immigration status using the UKVI’s portal, we’ll update your immigration status in MyRecord.

Making sure your eVisa is correct

If you notice an error on your eVisa, you can use this online form to have it corrected by the UKVI.

If you’re due to travel and want to ensure your eVisa is correct before you exit the UK, please follow the UKVI guidance published here.

Contact the team

If you’d like in-person support with your eVisa, please visit the Compliance Team in Augustine House, 1.26, Monday to Friday between the hours 10:00 to 16:00.

You can also reach the team by phone at 01227 92 3300 or by email at ukvi.compliance@canterbury.ac.uk.