Registering with the police

Procedure

You only have to register with the police if that requirement is stamped in your passport. You must register within seven days of arriving in the United Kingdom, or within seven days of being granted a visa extension. There is a registration fee of £34. You have to complete a Police Registration form.

If you are staying in the Metropolitan Police area, you should take the completed Police Registration form and your passport to:

Overseas Visitors Records Office
Ground Floor
Brandon House
180 Borough High Street
London SE1 1LH

between 9am and 4pm, Monday to Friday.

The telephone number is +44 (0)20 7230 1208 and the nearest tube station is Borough (on the Northern line).

If you are registering during the first weeks in October, we suggest that you arrive well before the opening hours as the queues can be very long.

Change of address

If you registered with the police and subsequently moved house, you must report your change of address. You can do this at your local police station.

Useful links

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• UK Border Agency - a joint Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office unit which runs the UK's visa service through British diplomatic posts overseas
  
• UKCISA - UK Council for International Student Affairs - an independent, not-for-profit organisation committed to promoting educational mobility and providing support to international students and the professionals who work with them
   

   

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