BRP cards replaced with E-visas – important news

If your BRP card is expiring on 31st December 2024 you will need to have this replaced with an E-Visa by registering for an E-visa account with the Home Office.   This service is free. This link will take you to the  Government website where you can apply for your E-visa account. 

Please note that this does not mean that your leave to remain/visa is expiring. Please check your letter from the Home Office explaining your grant of leave to find out the date your leave to remain is expiring which may be different to 31st December 2024.

If you are having difficulty registering for the E-visa account yourself, the Home Office has published a list of organisations who are helping people to register for their E-Visa account for free.  If you live in England, you should contact Migrant Help at:

Migrant Help

Telephone: 07483 170100

Email: evisa@migranthelpuk.org

For those who may need further assistance, they can use the Home Office’s webchat here.

If you want legal advice about this, the Law Centre can provide one-off advice at the  immigration law evening advice clinic. We cannot register your E-Visa account for you at this session but we can advise you on how to do this. To book yourself onto a session please ring the Law Centre on 020 7538 4909.

We’ve been awarded a grant

We are delighted to announce we’ve been awarded a two year grant from the Access to Justice Foundation.

This will help us expand our evening clinics, which help people needing legal advice across the borough. As part of this, we are recruiting a new 2 days per week Pro Bono Development Worker. Head over to our Jobs page if you want to apply!

Former colleague passes away

Quader
We were saddened to hear of the death of our former colleague Quader Mahmud.
Quader was for many years a Caseworker and community worker for our Immigration Team. A dedicated and passionate defender of his clients’ rights, he never shied away from taking on difficult cases. In particular, he was instrumental in championing the rights of individuals forced into situations where they had to prove their entitlement to British nationality. 
He was also a poet, author and ex-journalist, and had many of his books published.  He leaves behind two daughters and a son. 
All his former colleagues at Tower Hamlets Law Centre remember Quader fondly and we send our deepest sympathy to his family