Original document : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/document-checks-and-charges-for-carriers

Change description : 2025-03-27 00:01:00: Updated the ‘Visa checks’ section as expired biometric residence permits and EUSS biometric residence cards can be used for 18 months from the date of expiry. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Document checks and charges for carriers

Guidance on the document checks that air, rail and sea carriers must make, and how they are charged for passengers without appropriate travel documents.

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UK Visas and Immigration
Published
1 September 2007
Last updated
2713 MarchDecember 20252024 — See all updates

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Charging procedures: a guide for carriers (accessible version)

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This document is for air, rail and sea carriers that need to understand the document checks they must make, and how they will be charged for passengers without appropriate travel documents.

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Published 1 September 2007

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    2. Updated the 'Visa checks' section as expired biometric residence permits and EUSS biometric residence cards can be used for 18 months from the date of expiry.

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Update history

2025-04-14 12:08
Updated section 2.3 on visa checks, specifically the bullets on UK-issued biometric residence permits and UK-issued EUSS biometric residence cards.

2025-04-03 11:32
Updated section 5.3 on approved gate check ports and no document cases.

2025-03-27 00:01
Updated the ‘Visa checks’ section as expired biometric residence permits and EUSS biometric residence cards can be used for 18 months from the date of expiry.

2024-12-13 14:29
Updated information on support for carriers.

2024-09-30 08:00
Updated with the following changes: references to digital eVisa rollout added; removal of CLS contact details; updated references to code 0A; updated visa checks section; removal of visa nationals and the EUSS; update to TWOV section; updated links to Part 52 – Appeals and Find a Court or Tribunal; updated how to make a payment details; updated link to AGC guidance; added new section on support for carriers; updates to Appendix A: Examples of when charges may be waived.

2023-01-04 12:30
Updated section referencing in Section 2.8.

2022-04-11 13:52
Updated Section 2.4 of ‘Charging procedures: a guide for carriers’. Updated revision date of ‘Charging procedures: a guide for carriers’ to ‘April 2022’.

2022-02-25 10:41
Guidance updated, new section 2.4 added.