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Home Office visa fee increases from 6 April 2018

The Home Office have introduced a new set of fees for applications from the UK and abroad from 6 April 2018. Applications forms for visa applications have also been changed to reflect the changes in the Home Office fees.

Home Office Immigration & Nationality Charges 2018

Fees category

Fees Prior to 6 April 2018

New fee from 6 April 2018

Fee Change

Visas / applications made outside the UK

Visit visa < 6 months

£89

£93

£4

Visit visa < 2 years [note 1]

£337

£350

£13

Visit visa < 5 years

£612

£636

£24

Visit visa <10 years

£767

£798

£31

Visiting academic – more than 6 months but no more than 12 months

£179

£186

£7

Private medical treatment visa – more than 6 months but not more than 11 months

£179

£186

£7

Short term student visa (up to 6 months)

£93

£97

£4

Short term student child (up to 6 months)

£93

£97

£4

Short term student studying English language for more than 6 months but not more than 11 months

£179

£186

£7

Settlement

£1,464

£1,523

£59

Settlement – other dependant relative

£3,250

£3,250

£0

Settlement – refugee dependant relative

£423

£388

-£35

Indefinite leave to enter the UK as the dependant of a member of the armed forces under Appendix Armed Forces to the Immigration Rules.

£2,297

£2,389

£92

Transit visa – (direct airside transit)

£34

£35

£1

Transit visit visa (landside transit)

£62

£64

£2

Visa for the purpose of joining a ship or aircraft as a member of the crew of that ship or aircraft

£62

£64

£2

Representative of an overseas business

£587

£610

£23

Single-entry visa to replace a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP)

£169

£154

-£15

Other visa

£496

£516

£20

Electronic Visa Waiver

£15

£15

£0

Certificate of entitlement – (right of abode)

£423

£388

-£35

Transfer of Conditions (Vignette transfer)

£169

£154

-£15

Call out/ out of hours fee (per hour/part hour)

£137

£142

£5

Receiving, preparing and forwarding documents

£136

£141

£5

Points based system – applications made outside the UK

Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) [note 2]

£982

£1,021

£39

Tier 1 (Investor)

£1,561

£1,623

£62

Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) – initial application [note 2]

£293

£152

-£141

Approval letter from a competent body in respect of an initial application for Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent)

£292

£456

£164

Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) – subsequent application [note 2]

£585

£608

£23

Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) [note 2]

£349

£363

£14

Tier 1 (Post-study Work) – dependant

£581

£604

£23

Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) – dependant

£585

£608

£23

Tier 1 (General) – dependant

£982

£1,021

£39

Tier 2 (General), (Intra-Company Transfer) – Long Term Staff, (Sportsperson) & (Minister of Religion), where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less [note 2]

£587

£610

£23

Tier 2 (General), (Intra-Company Transfer) – Long Term Staff, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years [note 2]

£1,174

£1,220

£46

Tier 2 (General) shortage occupation where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less [note 2]

£446

£464

£18

Home Office Immigration & Nationality Charges 2018

Fees category

Current Fee

New fee from 6 April 2018

Fee Change

Points based system – applications made outside the UK (continued)

Tier 2 (General) shortage occupation where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years [note 2]

£892

£928

£36

Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) – Graduate Trainee, [note 2]

£463

£482

£19

Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer)Short Term Staff – dependant

£463

£482

£19

Tier 4

£335

£348

£13

Tier 5 [note 2]

£235

£244

£9

Optional Premium Services outside the UK

Priority visa service – settlement

£551

£573

£22

Priority visa service – non-settlement

£184

£212

£28

Super priority visa service

£919

£956

£37

User-pay visa application centre

£55

£55

£0

International Contact Centre – Email Service (per query)

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£5.48

£5.48

n/a

International Contact Centre – Telephone Helpline (per minute)

£1.37 per minute

£1.37 per minute

n/a

Optional Premium Services in the UK

Expedited processing of an application (premium service centre)

£490

£510

£20

Expedited processing of an application (premium service centre) – appointment booking fee

£100

£100

£0

Expedited processing of an application (premium service centre) – outside office hours fee

£75

£75

n/a

Provision of Immigration Officer at the border (hourly rate)

£53.08 per hour

£53.08 per hour

£0

Priority service

£459

£477

£18

Super premium service

£10,500

£10,500

£0

Application in person (super premium service)

£590

£610

£20

Premium status checks and advice (Administrative Officer) (per minute, per officer) [note 3]

£0.80

£0.80

n/a

Premium status checks, advice or training (Executive Officer) (inside office hours) (per minute, per officer) [note 3]

£0.88

£0.88

n/a

Premium status checks, advice or training (Executive Officer) (outside office hours) [note 3]

£1.10

£1.10

n/a

Premium status checks, advice or training (Higher Executive Officer) (inside office hours) [note 3]

£0.97

£0.97

n/a

Premium status checks, advice or training (Higher Executive Officer) (outside office hours) [note 3]

£1.23

£1.23

n/a

Optional Premium Services at the Border

Registered Traveller Service – yearly subscription

£50

£50

£0

Registered traveller Service child – yearly subscription

£24

£24

£0

Registered Traveller Service – registration of documents

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£20

£20

£0

Fast Track – Heathrow terminals 2, 3 and 4

£3.90

£3.90

£0

Fast Track – Other

£3

£3

£0

Applications made in the UK

Indefinite leave to remain

£2,297

£2,389

£92

Leave to remain – Other

£993

£1,033

£40

Leave to enter for persons in the UK who are liable to immigration detention

£993

£1,033

£40

Leave to remain as a visitor

£993

£993

£0

Home Office Immigration & Nationality Charges 2018

Fees category

Current Fee

New fee from 6 April 2018

Fee Change

Applications made in the UK (continued)

Retired person of independent means

£1,874

£1,949

£75

Representative of an overseas business

£677

£704

£27

Transfer of Conditions (TOC) or Application for a document confirming identity and immigration or nationality status – limited leave to remain

£168

£161

-£7

TOC or Application for a document confirming identity and immigration or nationality status – indefinite leave to remain

£237

£229

-£8

Biometric residence permit (BRP) / replacement BRP

£56

£56

£0

Biometric enrolment

£19.20

£19.20

£0

European residence document (registration certificate, document certifying permanent residence, residence card, accession resident card, derivative residence card, permanent residence card)

£65

£65

£0

Administrative review

£80

£80

£0

Processing an application which is subsequently rejected

£25

£25

n/a

Certificate of travel – adult

£267

£280

£13

Certificate of travel – child

£134

£141

£7

Convention travel document – adult

£72

£75

£3

Convention travel document – child

£46

£49

£3

Naturalisation fee to include citizenship ceremeont fee as per [note 4]

£1,282

£1,330

£48

Naturalisation British overseas territory citizens

£962

£1,000

£38

Nationality registration as a British citizen – adult [note 4]

£1,163

£1,206

£43

Nationality registration as a British citizen – child [note 5]

£973

£1,012

£39

The arrangement of a citizenship ceremony (including the administration of a citizenship oath and pledge at the ceremony).

£80

£80

£0

The administration of a citizenship oath, or oath and pledge where the oath, or oath and pledge, are not administered at a citizenship ceremony or by a justice of the peace.

£5

£5

£0

Nationality registration – British overseas territory citizen, Britishoverseas citizens, British Subjects, British protected persons – adult

£866

£901

£35

Nationality registration – British overseas territory citizen, British overseas citizens, British Subjects, British protected persons – child

£779

£810

£31

Renunciation of nationality

£321

£372

£51

Certificate of entitlement – (right of abode)

£321

£372

£51

Nationality review

£321

£372

£51

Status letter

£234

£250

£16

Non-acquisition letter

£234

£250

£16

Nationality correction to certificate

£234

£250

£16

Life in the UK test

£50

£50

£0

Nationality – supply of a certified copy of a notice, certificate, order or declaration

£234

£250

£16

Points based system – applications made in the UK

Tier 1 (General) – dependant

£1,806

£1,878

£72

Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) [note 2]

£1,228

£1,277

£49

Tier 1 (Investor)

£1,561

£1,623

£62

Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) [note 2]

£474

£493

£19

Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) – initial application [note 2]

£293

£152

-£141

Approval letter from a competent body in respect of an initial application for Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent)

£292

£456

£164

Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) – extension [note 2]

£585

£608

£23

Home Office Immigration & Nationality Charges 2018

Fees category

Current Fee

New fee from 6 April 2018

Fee Change

Points based system – applications made in the UK (continued)

Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) – dependant

£585

£608

£23

Tier 2 (General), (Intra-Company Transfer) – Long Term Staff, (Sportsperson) & (Minister of Religion), where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less [note 2]

£677

£704

£27

Tier 2 (General), (Intra-Company Transfer) – Long Term Staff, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years [note 2]

£1,354

£1,408

£54

Tier 2 (General) shortage occupation where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less [note 2]

£446

£464

£18

Tier 2 (General) shortage occupation where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years [note 2]

£892

£928

£36

Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) – Graduate Trainee [note 2]

£463

£482

£19

Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) – Short Term Staff – dependant

£463

£482

£19

Tier 4

£457

£475

£18

Tier 5 [note 2]

£235

£244

£9

Points based system – sponsorship

Premium sponsor scheme – Tiers 2 & 5 (large sponsor)

£25,000

£25,000

£0

Premium sponsor scheme – Tiers 2 & 5 (small sponsor)

£8,000

£8,000

£0

Premium sponsor scheme – Tiers 2 & 5 (large sponsor) for a period of 3 months

£6,250

£6,250

£0

Premium sponsor scheme – Tiers 2 & 5 (small sponsor) for a period of 3 months

£2,000

£2,000

£0

Premium sponsor scheme – Tier 4

£8,000

£8,000

£0

Premium Change of Circumstances

£200

£200

£0

Tier 2 large sponsor licence (may also include Tier 4 and/or Tier 5)

£1,476

£1,476

£0

Tier 2 small sponsor licence (may also include Tier 4 and/or Tier 5 )

£536

£536

£0

Tier 4 sponsor licence

£536

£536

£0

Tier 5 sponsor licence

£536

£536

£0

Add Tier 2 to an existing Tier 4 &/or Tier 5 licence (large sponsor)

£940

£940

£0

Basic compliance assessment (previously ‘Tier 4 Sponsor status’)

£536

£536

£0

Sponsor action plan

£1,476

£1,476

£0

Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS)

£199

£199

£0

Tier 5 Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS)

£21

£21

£0

Tier 4 Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS)

£21

£21

£0

Note 1: Application fee of £93 where the applicant is a Chinese national applying in mainland China under the Chinese visa scheme

Note 2: a Council of Europe Social Charter (CESC) discount of £55 applies for main applicant.

Note 3: Administrative Officer, Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer are Civil Service staff grades.

Note 4: the citizenship ceremony fee of £80 has been added to the application fee

Note 5: Additional £80 per applicant is required to cover the ceremony fee should the minor turn 18 during the application process. This will be requested at point of decision.

Family Migration Changes Announced

Family Migration Changes Announced

11 June 2012

Today (11 June 2012) the Government has announced changes to the Immigration Rules for non-European Economic Area (non-EEA) nationals applying to enter or remain in the UK on the family migration route. The new Immigration Rules will also unify consideration under the rules and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, by defining the basis on which a person can enter or remain in the UK on the basis of their family or private life.

Most of these changes will apply to new applicants from 9 July 2012.

The changes are part of the Government’s programme of reform of the immigration routes and follow wide consultation and expert advice from the Migration Advisory Committee. The changes include:

introducing a new minimum income threshold of £18,600 for sponsoring the settlement in the UK of a spouse or partner, fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner, of non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationality, with a higher threshold for any children also sponsored; £22,400 for one child and an additional £2,400 for each further child;
publishing, in casework guidance, a list of factors associated with genuine and non-genuine relationships, to help UK Border Agency caseworkers to focus on these issues;
extending the minimum probationary period for settlement for non-EEA spouses and partners from two years to five years, to test the genuineness of the relationship;
abolishing immediate settlement for migrant spouses and partners where a couple have been living together overseas for at least four years;
from October 2013, requiring all applicants for settlement to pass the Life in the UK Test and present an English language speaking and listening qualification at B1 level or above of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages unless they are exempt;
allowing adult and elderly dependants to settle in the UK only where they can demonstrate that, as a result of age, illness or disability, they require a level of long-term personal care that can only be provided by a relative in the UK, and requiring them to apply from overseas rather than switch in the UK from another category, for example as a visitor; and
restricting family visit visa appeals, initially by narrowing the current definitions of family and sponsor for appeal purposes, and then, subject to the passage of the Crime and Courts Bill, which was published on 11 May 2012, removing the full right of appeal against refusal of a family visit visa.

Removing full right of appeal for family visitors

A clause in the Crime and Courts Bill, published today, will remove the full right of appeal for those applying to enter the UK as a family visitor. Subject to Parliamentary approval and Royal Assent, this change is expected to come into force by 2014. Refused applicants will still be able to appeal on limited grounds of human rights or race discrimination.
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New rules on overseas students ‘will cost universities billions’

Universities stand to lose billions of pounds unless the coalition urgently abandons new rules for overseas students, campuses across the UK have warned.

Universities UK, which represents 134 higher education institutions, is writing to the prime minister urging him to rethink recent changes to the student visa system.
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