Physical BRPs expired at the end of 2024; status is proven with an eVisa through your UKVI account, generating 90-day share codes for right-to-work and right-to-rent checks. Set the account up before anyone asks for a code, because everyone will.
Landing Month One — United Kingdom
The Skilled Worker sequence. The UK's quirks run the other way from the US: the health surcharge is already paid, GP registration needs no papers, and the single most valuable credit-file step is one most Indian arrivals wrongly assume is closed to them.
You can start work before the NIno arrives if you can prove your right to work (your share code does that). Apply online; identity is proven digitally or at a biometric appointment. Do not let a missing NIno delay a start date — gov.uk itself says it need not.
GP registration is free and NHS guidance is explicit: you do not need ID, proof of address or proof of immigration status to register, and a surgery cannot refuse you for lacking them. The health surcharge you paid with the visa already covers NHS use.
The nine largest current-account providers are legally required to offer fee-free basic bank accounts, and passport plus your share code typically serves as ID with a tenancy agreement or employer letter for address. Exact document lists vary by bank — check the branch's list before the appointment.
India is a Commonwealth country, and a qualifying Commonwealth citizen with any grant of permission to stay can register to vote — which most Indian arrivals assume is closed to them. The electoral roll is one of the strongest identity-and-address signals a UK credit file can get, typically visible within a month.
Landlords in England must check your right to rent — your 90-day share code proves it (the scheme does not operate in Wales, Scotland or NI). Council tax normally attaches from tenancy start — confirm your council's page, as this sweep did not verify that clause.
A licence from a non-designated country (India is one) is valid for driving in Great Britain for 12 months from becoming resident. After that: provisional licence, theory test, practical test. An Indian licence can never be directly exchanged, so book the tests before month nine — waits are real.
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