Travel documents – no time limit: caseworker guidance
Immigration staff guidance on travel document checks.
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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff on completing different travel document checks. It tells caseworkers about no time limit applications.
People who have indefinite leave in a legacy document, in a passport that is valid, lost, stolen or expired, or have no proof of their indefinite leave status, can have their indefinite leave transferred to a biometric residence permit by making a no time limit application.
Updates to this page
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Updated version - amendments made following a review, in particular to the section on open date stamps.
Update history
2025-10-21 14:21
The ‘no time limit’ guidance has been updated.
2025-05-14 15:31
Updated version – amendments made following a review, in particular to the section on open date stamps.
2024-10-31 00:01
Updated the guidance to reflect that BRPs will no longer be issued. Instead, a successful applicant will be able to access an eVisa. Changes have also been made to make the section on EEA nationals and their family members clearer.
2024-10-14 10:57
Updated guidance.
2024-09-26 00:01
This guidance has been amended to reflect changes to the BRP Replacement Service.
2024-07-09 11:03
Updated guidance to reflect the relationship between NTL and the Immigration Rules, and that applicants may leave the Common Travel Area while their application is being considered.
2022-04-06 01:30
Updated guidance to reflect the changed status of EEA nationals in the UK after 30 June 2021, to provide further instruction for adopting a ‘balance of probabilities’ approach, and to remove reference to the application fee for an NTL BRP from 6 April 2022.