Lost BRP card or passport?

You will need to have your passport to apply for a replacement UK visa outside of the UK. For a replacement, please contact the embassy of your country. Once you submit an application for a replacement BRP card online, you automatically cancel the existing BRP card. The old visa cannot be re-activated if found and will need to be replaced before travelling.

Replacement visa application times vary considerably between countries so please ask for the estimated time before submitting your application. Premium applications are often available with a shorter turnaround time. On occasions, students prefer to return to their home country and apply for a replacement Tier 4 visa there.

On your return to the UK you will need to apply for a replacement BRP card within one month. We can help you with it - just book an appointment with our international student adviser by email: internationalsupport@solent.ac.uk

Try to locate your card before reporting is as lost or stolen to the Home Office online, as once it has been cancelled it cannot be reinstated.

It is a good idea to retrace your steps - think about where you have been and where you may have lost your BRP card - for example were you at the train station, in a shop, at university? If you had been travelling by train for example, it would be worth contacting the train station to see if your BRP card has been found and handed in - this is sometimes the case and would save you the job of applying and paying for a new one.

However, if you come to the conclusion that you will not be, or are unlikely to be, reunited with your BRP card, you should take the following steps:

• Contact the local police station to report the loss of your BRP card (if you are unsure where the nearest police station is, we can help you with that).
• Please also report your BRP card as lost on the Home Office website.

We can help you with the application for a replacement visa - you will need to book an appointment with our international student adviser by email: internationalsupport@solent.ac.uk

Before you attend your appointment with the international student adviser, it would be very useful for you to have made a start on the application. The link to the online application is here. We recommend that you try to complete it up to the 'Document' section. Then stop the application and you can finish the rest during your appointment with the international student adviser.

Please bring the following documents with you when you have your appointment, as you will need these to submit your application:

• Proof of address letter (this can be a letter from your bank, utility bill, council tax bill)
• Your Crime Reference Number from the Police (if you have one)
• Your passport (if you have one)

During your appointment we will check your application and correct any mistakes before you submit it. If you would like, we can also act as the correspondence address, which will mean that your BRP card will be delivered to the University and you can collect it from the international student adviser.