Quote Originally Posted by raynaputi View Post
In my opinion, you need to renew your BRP first then get a Schengen visa. Also, you need your BRP to show you are a resident of UK to get the Schengen visa (Others would correct me if I'm wrong). Under UKBA rules, when you change your documents (i.e. name in passport), you need to make an application to replace your BRP within 3 months after your passport has been changed. A member here has said that the date in your passport (validity date stated in the passport) is from the time you submitted the application and not when you received the new one. So for example, if the new passport would get to you a month after you applied the renewal, you would only have 2 months to get a new BRP, because UKBA would based it from the validity date in your passport. (I'm not really sure with this but a member here has told it would be the case. I would also renew my passport in August 2013 so I still have to find out.)

I am also gathering information about changing name on the passport as my passport runs out in 2015, a month after the validity of my BRP expires and I must say that this is going to be a big pain again as I hate filling up forms. Lets keep updating this thread as this can be very useful for others in future.