You can submit a No Time Limit (NTL) application if you have an old-style immigration document confirming you have Indefinite Leave to Enter or Remain in the UK. A No Time Limit application (NTL) allows those who have old-style immigration documents or those who have lost them to upgrade to a biometric residence permit (BRP) which can be used to confirm their existing UK immigration status.
The Home Office UKVI has announced that from 6 April 2022, it will be free for those with indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK to make a No Time Limit (NTL) application.
NTL is an administrative process by which a person with indefinite leave to enter (ILE) or indefinite leave to remain (ILR) can apply for confirmation of this status on a BRP. A person with ILE or ILR is free of immigration time restrictions and considered to be ‘settled’ in the UK (if ordinarily resident).
Free Immigration Advice For NTL For BRP Card
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide one-off free immigration advice online regarding your NTL application for a BRP card. Ask a question online to our specialist team of immigration solicitors for free immigration advice online, or book an appointment online for detailed immigration advice and consultation with one of our immigration solicitors regarding your NTL application for a BRP card.
Why You Need To Apply For NTL?
A person may apply for NTL:
- to ‘upgrade’ their non-digital proof of ILR or ILE, for example, if they have a vignette in their passport, they can exchange this for digital confirmation of their status in the form of an NTL BRP
- if their passport containing an ILE, ILR or NTL endorsement has been lost, stolen or has expired
- where they are settled in the UK, but they do not have any documentary evidence confirming this (for example because they were deemed settled in the UK on 1 January 1973 in line with section 1(2) of the Immigration Act 1971)
- where they have legitimately changed their identity since being granted indefinite leave and want this confirmed on a BRP
It is not mandatory for a person to apply for an NTL BRP but there are benefits to doing so, for example, an NTL BRP:
- has enhanced security features which cannot be found on an old-style vignette (sticker) which means there is less chance of it being used fraudulently by another person
- is evidence that a person has the right to stay permanently in the UK and has a right to work and access certain benefits
- it enables individuals to prove their right to work or rent using the Home Office online checking services, which are simple and secure and will need to be used by BRP holders from 6 April 2022
- will facilitate travel to and from the UK
How Can We Help?
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on a fixed fee basis in relation to your NTL application. Our fixed fee for your NTL application will cover all the work of our immigration solicitors on your NTL application until a decision is made by the Home Office UKVI on your application. The casework to be carried out by our immigration solicitors in relation to your NTL application will entail the following:
Advice on requirements: Our immigration solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for your NTL application to succeed.
Advised on documents: Our immigration lawyers will prepare and email you a comprehensive list of supporting documents to be submitted in support of your NTL application;
Assessment of documents: Our immigration lawyers will assess your documents to ensure that all the documents you provide in support of your NTL application comply with the requirements of the immigration rules.
Completing application form: Our immigration lawyers will complete the relevant NTL application form for your application.
Submitting an application online: Where possible, our immigration lawyers will submit your online immigration application.
Booking an appointment with the application centre: After you submit your NTL application online, our immigration lawyers will book an appointment with the application centre for you to enrol your biometrics.
Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist immigration solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the NTL application to explain all the relevant legal requirements and how the applicant has satisfied such requirements with the documents submitted with the NTL application.
Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrolment date, our immigration lawyers will upload all the documents that will be considered to support the NTL application.
Follow-up work: Our immigration lawyers will carry out all the follow-up work until the Home Office UKVI decides on the NTL application.
Our Fixed Fees For NTL Application
Our immigration solicitors will charge a fixed fee ranging from £500 + VAT to £800 + VAT for your NTL application. The agreed fixed will depend on the complexity of the application and the volume of work involved.
