UK e-visa rollout starts today for millions: no more physical immigration cards

The UK Home Office is rolling out e-visas to replace physical BRPs/BRCs, inviting millions of residents to create UKVI accounts in a phased 2024 transition toward a digital, contactless border, enabling real-time status checks and easier updates while advising travelers to carry physical documents until they expire. The report highlights benefits and risks—including reliance on online systems and outage concerns—notes redundancy measures, and references existing deployments via the EU Settlement Scheme and Electronic Travel Authorisation.