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UK Visa Application Fees 2025: Important Changes and Updates
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

If you are applying for a UK visa from overseas, seeking to extend your stay in the UK, or pursuing indefinite leave to remain, it is important to be aware that payment of a Home Office UK visa application fee is...

 a mandatory requirement of the application process. The precise amount payable will depend on several factors, including the type of visa or immigration route you are applying under, whether the application...

UK Government Announces Increase in Immigration Health Surcharge and Visa Fees
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

On 13 July 2023, the UK Government announced that the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) will increase by 66%, from £624 to £1,035 per person per year for most main applicants. UK visa application fees are also...

 set to increase by at least 15%. The Government has not yet announced when the substantial increase in the cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge will come into effect.  However, the Government has...

UK Visa Application Fees 2022
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

If you are applying for a UK visa from outside the UK, you will need to pay a visa application fee as part of your UK visa application.  If you are applying for an extension of stay or indefinite leave to remain,...

 you will also need to pay a Home Office application fee. The exact amount you will need to pay by way of a visa application fee will depend on the type of visa or immigration application you are making,...

UK Visa Fees 2021 - Work & Business Immigration Routes
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The UK offers a range of immigration routes for overseas nationals seeking to work or conduct business in the UK.  As part of any application for a UK work or business visa, applicants will need to pay a UK visa...

 fee to the UK Home Office.  Each immigration route has its own UK visa application fee and these are regularly reviewed, with the latest update (at the date of this article) having been published on 26...

UK Visa Fees for Entry Clearance Applications
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

Entry clearance is a procedure used by Entry Clearance Officers (ECOs) at British overseas missions to check, before a person arrives in the UK, if an applicant qualifies under the Immigration Rules for entry to...

 the UK.  In most cases a mandatory visa application fee is payable. UK Visa Application Fees UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) maintains a comprehensive list of the visa application fees that it charges for...

UK Visa Application Fees for 2019/2020
By Richmond Chambers -

UK Visa Application fees can be both expensive and confusing for someone going through the applications process. The UK has one of the highest visa fee rates in the world and many applicants are at risk of losing...

 their money because of small mistakes in their application. The Home Office makes a sizeable profit on these fees. The charge for an application for indefinite leave to remain is £2389 with the cost of...

Scrapping visa fees for Commonwealth veterans
By Richmond Chambers -

To remain or not to remain Soldiers from across the Commonwealth are feeling the financial pinch of choosing to remain in the UK after their service has ended. There are currently over 6,000 recruits from countries...

 including India, Canada, and Australia; they are not subject to immigration controls while serving in the UK Forces, but this exemption ends once they are discharged. Commonwealth veterans who have served...

UK visa application fees continue to shoot up with latest hikes
By Richmond Chambers -

New fees for visa applications in the UK came into effect earlier in the month (April 6).  With a 4% increase across a wide range of categories, needless to say, there are some unhappy people about.  The...

 main gripe is that the 4% increase is way above the rate of inflation, raising concerns about the profits which the Home Office is making from visa application fees. A naturalisation application has now risen to...

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