{"id":168,"date":"2012-03-20T10:10:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T10:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/?p=168"},"modified":"2012-04-18T14:00:05","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T14:00:05","slug":"brpsrollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/2012\/03\/20\/brpsrollout\/","title":{"rendered":"Biometric Residence Permit rollout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UKBA has announced that, with effect from 29 February 2012, all applicants from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) applying to stay in the UK for more than 6 months will have to register their biometric information (fingerprints and digital facial image). Successful applicants will be issued a Biometric Residence Permit as evidence of their immigration status and entitlements in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The following guidance may also be helpful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UKBA <a href=\"https:\/\/workspace.imperial.ac.uk\/hr\/Public\/Procedures\/Immigration%20-%20Blog\/2199-Biometric%20Residence%20Permits%20Information%20Feb%202012%20-%20V%201%200.pdf\">information sheet <\/a>\u00a0about the rollout<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk\/visas-immigration\/while-in-uk\/do-i-need-brp\/\">How to apply for a Biometric Residence Permit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk\/aboutus\/contact\/enrol-biometric\/biometricenrolment\/\">Where to enrol biometric information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk\/contact\/enrol-biometric\/book-appointment\/\">How to book an appointment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">How to check Biometric <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk\/business-sponsors\/preventing-illegal-working\/checking-brp\/\">Residence<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> Permits <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nFrom 31 May 2012, a new automated online checking service will be launched which will allow quick and easy checks on permits, the holder&#8217;s identity and their right to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UKBA has announced that, with effect from 29 February 2012, all applicants from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) applying to stay in the UK for more than 6 months will have to register their biometric information (fingerprints and digital facial image). Successful applicants will be issued a Biometric Residence Permit as evidence of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4327],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/hr-notices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}