{"id":4672,"date":"2024-10-01T15:21:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement-new\/?p=4672"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:05:39","slug":"evisas-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/evisas-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"eVisas &#8211; what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UK Visas and Immigration (<abbr title=\"UK Visas and Immigration\">UKVI<\/abbr>) are developing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/online-immigration-status-evisa#full-publication-update-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital immigration system<\/a>. This means they are replacing physical documents with an online record of people&#8217;s immigration status. This is known as an &#8220;eVisa.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The documents being replaced are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/biometric-residence-permits\" rel=\"noopener\">biometric residence permits (<abbr title=\"Biometric residence permit\">BRP<\/abbr>)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/uk-residence-card\" rel=\"noopener\">biometric residence cards (<abbr title=\"Biometric residence card\">BRC<\/abbr>)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>passport endorsements, such as indefinite leave to enter wet ink stamps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>vignette stickers in passports, such as entry clearance or visa vignettes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/online-immigration-status-evisa#full-publication-update-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for information on eVisas,<\/a> including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>how eVisas work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setting up an eVisa and UKVI account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to use a UKVI account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to get further help.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) are developing a digital immigration system. This means they are replacing physical documents with an online record of people&#8217;s immigration status. This is known as an &#8220;eVisa.&#8221; The documents being replaced are: Click here for information on eVisas, including:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2535,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 21:13:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2535"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4672"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5504,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions\/5504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}