Increase in Immigration & Nationality Fees
In their continuing effort to profit from immigration, the UK Border Agency has today announced an increase in almost all immigration and nationality application fees starting 1 October 2010. Fees in some categories are increasing significantly and so far little if any justificiation has been published for this further sudden increase. It may seem to some that we have entered a phase of regular increases in the fees and costs of these applications for no apparent reason at all
| Fees to be Implemented from 01 October 2010 Non PBS Visas | ||||||||||
| Current Fees | New Proposal | |||||||||
| Products | Unit Cost | Main applicant | Main applicant | |||||||
| Visit visa – short | £140 | £68 | £70 | |||||||
| Certificate of Entitlement | £245 | £220 | £245 | |||||||
| Transit Visa | £94 | £47 | £47 | |||||||
| Vignette Transfer Fee | £93 | £75 | £93 | |||||||
| Call Out/Out of Hours Fee | 134/hr | £130/Hr up to Max £939/day | £130/Hr up to Max £939/day | |||||||
| PBS Visas | ||||||||||
| Current Fees | New Proposal | |||||||||
| Products | Unit Cost | Main applicant | Main applicant | |||||||
| Tier 1 (Transition) | £332 | £256 | £332 | |||||||
| Tier 1 (Transition) CESC | £332 | £235 | £300 | |||||||
| Tier 1 Post Study | £344 | £315 | £344 | |||||||
| Tier 4 | £242 | £199 | £220 | |||||||
| Tier 5 | £173 | £128 | £130 | |||||||
| Tier 5 CESC | £173 | £112 | £120 | |||||||
| Nationality Applications – Migrants In UK | ||||||||||
| Current Fees | New Proposal | |||||||||
| Products | Unit Cost | Main applicant | Dependant | Main applicant | Dependant | |||||
| Renunciation of Nationality | £208 | £208 | N/A | £208 | N/A | |||||
| Nationality Right of Abode | £150 | £143 | N/A | £150 | N/A | |||||
| Nationality Reissued Certificate | £178 | £76 | N/A | £80 | N/A | |||||
| Nationality Reconsiderations | £100 | £100 | N/A | £100 | N/A | |||||
| Status Letter (Nationality) | £107 | £76 | N/A | £80 | N/A | |||||
| Non-Acquisition Letter (Nationality) | £107 | £76 | N/A | £80 | N/A | |||||
| Non PBS Routes – Migrants In UK | ||||||||||
| Current Fees | New Proposal | |||||||||
| Products | Unit Cost | Main applicant | Dependant | Main applicant | Dependant | |||||
| Transfer of Conditions Postal | £381 | £169 | £16 | £200 | £50 | |||||
| Travel Documents Adult (CoT) | £246 | £220 | N/A | £220 | N/A | |||||
| Travel Documents Adult CTD | £246 | £77.50 | N/A | £77.50 | N/A | |||||
| Travel Documents Child (CoT) | £231 | £138 | N/A | £138 | N/A | |||||
| Travel Documents Child CTD | £255 | £49 | N/A | £49 | N/A | |||||
| Replacement BRP | £35 | £30 | N/A | £30 | N/A | |||||
| Call Out/Out of Hours Fee | 134/hr | £130/Hr up to Max £939/day | N/A | £130/Hr up to Max £939/day | N/A | |||||
| Work Permit Technical Changes | £116 | £20 | N/A | £20 | N/A | |||||
| PBS Routes – Migrants In UK | ||||||||||
| Current Fees | New Proposal | |||||||||
| Products | Unit Cost | Main applicant | Dependant | Main applicant | Dependant | |||||
| Tier 4 – Postal | £357 | £357 | £80 | £357 | £100 | |||||
| Tier 5 – Postal | £359 | £128 | £12 | £130 | £30 | |||||
| Tier 5 – Postal CESC | £380 | £112 | £11 | £120 | £30 | |||||
| PBS Sponsorship Products | |||
| Products | Unit Cost | Current Fees | New Proposal |
| Tier 2 Small Sponsor Licence | £880 | £300 | £300 |
| Tier 4 Sponsor Licence | £950 | £400 | £400 |
| Tier 5 Sponsor Licence | £880 | £400 | £400 |
| Tiers 2 & 4 Small Sponsor | £950 | £400 | £400 |
| Tiers 2 & 5 Small Sponsor | £880 | £400 | £400 |
| Tiers 4 & 5 Sponsor Licence | £950 | £400 | £400 |
| Tiers 2 & 4 & 5 Small Sponsor | £950 | £400 | £400 |
| Tier 2 Medium /Large Sponsor Licence, where they already hold Tier 4 &/or 5 Licence | £950 | £600 | £600 |
| Tier 4 &/or 5 Sponsor Licence, where they already hold Tier 2 Small Sponsor Licence | £950 | £100 | £100 |
| Tier 4 Highly Trusted Sponsor Licence | £950 | £400 | £400 |
| Sponsor Action Plan | £1,100 | £600 | £1,000 |
| Tier 5 COS | £25 | £10 | £10 |
| Tier 4 CAS | £25 | £10 | £10 |
| CESC = Council of Europe Social Charter Nationals | |||
| Fees to be Implemented from November 2010 Non PBS Visas | |||
| Current Fees | New Proposal | ||
| Products | Unit Cost | Main applicant | Main applicant |
| Visit visa – long 2 year | £140 | £230 | £245 |
| Visit visa – long 5 year | £141 | £420 | £450 |
| Visit visa – long 10 year | £155 | £610 | £650 |
| Settlement | £249 | £644 | £750 |
| Settlement – Dependant Relative | £272 | £1,680 | £1,680 |
| Other Visa | £115 | £230 | £245 |
| PBS Visas | |||
| Current Fees | New Proposal | ||
| Products | Unit Cost | Main applicant | Main applicant |
| Tier 1 (Gen, Investor, Ent) | £332 | £690 | £750 |
| Tier 1 (Gen & Ent) CESC | £332 | £629 | £700 |
| Tier 2 | £197 | £270 | £350 |
| Tier 2 CESC | £196 | £250 | £300 |
| Nationality Applications – Migrants In UK | |||||
| Current Fees | New Proposal | ||||
| Products | Unit Cost | Main applicant | Dependant | Main applicant | Dependant |
| Naturalisation 6 (1) Single * | £208 | £735 | N/A | £780 | N/A |
| Naturalisation 6 (1) Joint * | £231 | £930 | N/A | £1010 | N/A |
| Naturalisation 6 (2) * | £208 | £735 | N/A | £780 | N/A |
| Nationality Registration Adult * | £208 | £550 | N/A | £580 | N/A |
| Nationality Registration Single Minor | £208 | £470 | N/A | £500 | N/A |
| Nationality Registration Multiple Minors | £255 | £567 | £97 | £600 | £150 |
| *£80 per person for the Citizenship Ceremony is included in these fees. | |||||
| Non PBS Routes – Migrants In UK | |||||
| Current Fees | New Proposal | ||||
| Products | Unit Cost | Main applicant | Dependant | Main applicant | Dependant |
| ILR Postal | £341 | £840 | £129 | £900 | £250 |
| ILR PEO | £256 | £1,095 | £154 | £1,250 | £350 |
| ILR Postal CESC | £341 | £767 | £121 | £850 | £250 |
| ILR PEO CESC | £256 | £992 | £144 | £1,100 | £300 |
| ILR Dependant Relative Postal | £341 | £1,680 | N/A | £1,680 | N/A |
| ILR Dependant Relative PEO | £256 | £1,930 | N/A | £2,050 | N/A |
| LTR Non Student Postal Main | £419 | £475 | £92 | £500 | £150 |
| LTR Non Student PEO Main | £348 | £730 | £118 | £800 | £200 |
| FLR (IED) (Postal) | £210 | £400 | £85 | £500 | £150 |
| FLR (IED) (PEO) | £210 | £650 | £110 | £800 | £200 |
| FLR (BUS) (Postal) | £210 | £800 | £125 | £850 | £250 |
| Transfer of Conditions PEO | £341 | £578 | £57 | £600 | £150 |
| Mobile Case working (Premium+) | £1,982 | £15,000 | N/A | £15,000 | N/A |
| Employment LTR outside PBS Postal | £419 | £475 | £92 | £500 | £150 |
| Employment LTR outside PBS PEO | £348 | £730 | £118 | £800 | £200 |
| PBS Routes – Migrants In UK | ||||||
| Current Fees | New Proposal | |||||
| Products | Unit Cost | Main applicant | Dependant | Main applicant | Dependant | |
| Tier 1 General, Investor & Ent – Postal | £317 | £840 | £129 | £850 | £250 | |
| Tier 1 General, Investor & Ent PEO | £288 | £1,095 | £154 | £1,150 | £300 | |
| Tier 1 General/Ent – Postal CESC | £317 | £767 | £121 | £770 | £250 | |
| Tier 1 General/Ent PEO CESC | £288 | £992 | £144 | £1,000 | £300 | |
| Tier 1 (Post Study) – Postal | £317 | £550 | £100 | £550 | £150 | |
| Tier 1 (Post Study) – PEO | £325 | £800 | £125 | £850 | £250 | |
| Tier 1 Transition Postal | £259 | £408 | £85 | £500 | £150 | |
| Tier 1 Transition PEO | £275 | £663 | £111 | £700 | £200 | |
| Tier 2 – Postal | £344 | £475 | £92 | £500 | £150 | |
| Tier 2 – PEO | £330 | £730 | £118 | £800 | £200 | |
| Tier 2 – Postal CESC | £344 | £434 | £88 | £450 | £150 | |
| Tier 2 – PEO CESC | £330 | £669 | £111 | £700 | £200 | |
| Tier 4 – PEO | £374 | £628 | £107 | £650 | £150 | |
| Tier 5 – PEO | £369 | £578 | £57 | £600 | £150 | |
| Tier 5 – PEO CESC | £380 | £521 | £52 | £550 | £150 | |
| PBS Sponsorship Products | |||
| Products | Unit Cost | Current Fees | New Proposal |
| Tier 2 Medium /Large Sponsor Licence | £880 | £1,000 | £1,000 |
| Tiers 2 & 5 Medium /Large Sponsor | £880 | £1,000 | £1,000 |
| Tiers 2 & 5 Medium /Large Sponsor | £880 | £1,000 | £1,000 |
| Tiers 2 &4 & 5 Medium /Large Sponsor | £950 | £1,000 | £1,000 |
| Tier 2 COS | £25 | £170 | £170 |
| CESC = Council of Europe Social Charter Nationals | |||