E Visa’s

The Home Office and the UK border and immigration system is becoming digital in 2025. For more information have a look at the attached eVisa briefing.

eVisa briefing

People who do not have British or Irish nationality may need to apply for an eVisa and should check now.

Leeds City Council has developed a local comms campaign to spread the word. Please share this information with colleagues, partners and communities.

There are three elements to the campaign message:

1. Raise awareness to all who need an eVisa and their friends, families and colleagues

2. Encourage people to apply as soon as possible to avoid being unable to prove their immigration status

3. Ensure people know about the View and Prove service and how to use it

We have produced an eVisa comms toolkit – https://bit.ly/evisa_toolkit which contains:

Please share this toolkit widely with your contacts.

 Support

• The Home Office have produced videos to guide people through the process and have a webchat if people are facing difficulties

• The Home Office have funded Migrant Help to provide face to face and remote support nationally to vulnerable people. There are further details in the comms materials.

• A local organisation, RETAS has also received Home Office funding to work with vulnerable applicants across West Yorkshire.

• Community Hubs in Leeds have self-access PCs and free Wi-Fi for anyone needing this service.

• A couple of local partners working in the migrant third sector are also supporting their service users working in partnership with Community Hubs and the migration team.

Thank you for your assistance in sharing this important information.

Leeds City Council Migration Team