I am announcing proposals to change the fees for immigration and nationality applications made to the UK Border Agency. The Government review these fees on a regular basis and make appropriate changes as necessary. I will shortly lay regulations for fees that are set at levels above the normal administrative costs of the service. We have continued with our strategic approach to charging setting certain fees above cost on the basis of the value of the service.
These fees must be set out in regulations before both Houses of Parliament and are subject to the affirmative procedure. The fees allow us to generate revenue which is used to fund the UK immigration system and to set certain fees below cost recovery to support wider Government objectives. The revenue generated will contribute towards securing our borders and controlling migration for the benefit of the UK. I will lay another set of regulations in Parliament for the fees for immigration and nationality services that are set at/below the cost of the service.
A table with details of all the proposed increases is set out at annex A. The table includes indicative unit costs for each application for FY 11/12. The unit cost is the estimated average cost to UK Border Agency of processing each application. Although our unit costs are not fixed over the course of the financial year, we publish unit costs so it is clear which fees we set over cost and by how much. Further details of all fees changes will be outlined in the explanatory memoranda accompanying both the regulations.
Given the need to reduce public spending, we have had to carefully consider our fee levels, to ensure we can maintain good service levels to our customers and secure the border for the general public. In principle it is the right time to ask migrants to make a greater contribution to funding the UK Border Agency than was previously the case. Therefore we should continue to seek a shift in the funding provided by migrants to deliver the border and immigration system with a consequent reduction in the burden on UK taxpayers.
In developing these proposals, we have sought to limit increases so as to avoid any broader economic impact (particularly on the most economically sensitive route of all, short-term visit visas).
I believe these proposals continue to strike the right balance between maintaining secure and effective border controls, and ensuring that our fees structure does not inhibit the UK’s ability to attract those migrants and visitors who make a valued contribution. It is right that those who benefit directly from the immigration system should pay to meet the costs of securing the UK’s borders. This will help to support the immigration system, maintain public confidence, and ensure that migration is managed for the benefit of the UK.
Full details on how to apply for all of these services will be provided on our website, www.ukba.homeoffice. gov.uk.
| | Annex A |
| Out of Country |
| Visa – Non PBS (New Products (*) ) | Unit Costs April 2011 | Current Fees Oct/Nov 2010 | Proposed Fees April 2011 |
| Visit visa – short | £140 | £70 | £76 |
| Visit visa - long 2 year | £140 | £245 | £265 |
| Visit visa - long 5 year | £140 | £450 | £486 |
| Visit visa - long 10 year | £140 | £650 | £702 |
| Short Term Student <12 Months Visa | £140 | £70 | £140 |
| Settlement | £391 | £750 | £810 |
| Settlement - Dependant Relative | £458 | £1,680 | £1,814 |
| Certificate of Entitlement | £355 | £245 | £265 |
| Other Visa | £163 | £245 | £265 |
| Transit Visa | £73 | £47 | £51 |
| Vignette Transfer Fee | £163 | £93 | £100 |
| Call Out/Out of Hours Fee | £134/hr | 130/hr max £939/day | £130/hr |
| (*)Forwarding documents to Commonwealth Countries/Overseas Territories (additional fee) | n/a | £65 | £70 |
| (*)Handling applications on behalf of Commonwealth Countries/Overseas Territories | n/a | £48 | £50 |
| (*)Single entry visa to Replace Biometric Residence Permit Overseas | £70 | n/a | £70 |
| Visa – PBS (New Produc ts (*) ) | Unit Costs April 2011 | Current Fees Oct/Nov 2010 | Proposed Fees April 2011 |
| Tier 1 (Entrepreneur, Investor, Exceptional Talent) - Main Apps | £432 | £750 | £800 |
| Tier 1 (Entrepreneur, Investor, Exceptional Talent) - Dependants | £432 | £750 | £800 |
| Tier 1 CESC - Main Apps | £432 | £700 | £720 |
| Tier 1 CESC - Dependants | £432 | £700 | £800 |
| Tier 1 (Transition) | n/a | £332 | £332 |
| Tier 1 (Transition) CESC | n/a | £300 | £300 |
| Tier 1 Post Study - Main | £459 | £344 | £474 |
| Tier 1 Post Study - Dependants | £459 | £344 | £474 |
| Tier 2 Gen, Sport & MOR - Main Apps | £250 | £350 | £400 |
| Tier 2 Gen, Sport & MOR - Dependants | £250 | £350 | £400 |
| (*)Tier 2 ICT <12Mths - Main Apps & Dependants | £227 | n/a | £350 |
| (*)Tier 2 ICT <12Mths - CESC Main Applicant | £227 | n/a | £315 |
| Tier 2 CESC - Main Apps | £250 | £300 | £360 |
| Tier 2 CESC - Dependants | £250 | £300 | £400 |
| Tier 4 - Main Apps | £289 | £220 | £255 |
| Tier 4 - Dependants | £289 | £220 | £255 |
| Tier 5 Temp Work & YM | £206 | £130 | £190 |
| Tier 5 CESC | £206 | £120 | £171 |
| Tier 5 CESC - Dependants | £206 | £130 | £190 |
| N.B. CESC = Council of Europe Social Charter reduction |
| Applications to the Channel Islands under Employment and Study routes attract Tier 2 & Tier 4 fees and costs respectively. |
| In Country |
| Nationality (New Products (*) ) | Unit Costs April 2011 | Current Fees Oct/Nov 2010 | Proposed Fees April 2011 |
| Naturalisation (UK Citizenship) Single(1) | £238 | £780 | £836 |
| Naturalisation (UK Citizenship) Joint (1) | £319 | £1,010 | £1,294 |
| Naturalisation (UK Citizenship) Spouse (1) | £238 | £780 | £836 |
| Nationality Registration Adult (1) | £238 | £580 | £620 |
| Nationality Registration Minor(2) | £238 | £500 | £540 |
| Nationality Registration Multiple Minor Main (2) | £319 | £600 | £810 |
| Nationality Registration Multiple Minor Dependant (2) | £238 | £150 | £270 |
| Renunciation of Nationality | £238 | £208 | £225 |
| Nationality Reissued Certificate | £88 | £80 | £86 |
| Nationality Right of Abode | £162 | £150 | £162 |
| Nationality Reconsiderations | £88 | £100 | £80 |
| Status Letter (Nationality) | £88 | £80 | £86 |
| Non-Acquisition Letter (Nationality) | £88 | £80 | £86 |
| (*)Nationality Correction to Certificate | £88 | n/a | £86 |
| (1)Additional £80 per applicant is included to cover the ceremony fee. |
| (2)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. |
| In UK - Non PBS (New product s (*) ) | Unit Costs April 2011 | Current Fees Oct/Nov 2010 | Proposed Fees April 2011 |
| ILR Postal Main | £243 | £900 | £972 |
| 1 ILR Postal Dependant | £243 | £250 | £486 |
| ILR Postal CESC Main | £243 | £850 | £875 |
| ILR Postal CESC Dependant | £243 | £250 | £486 |
| ILR PEO Main | £243 | £1,250 | £1,350 |
| ILR PEO Dependant | £243 | £350 | £675 |
| ILR PEO CESC Main | £243 | £1,100 | £1,215 |
| ILR PEO CESC Dependant | £243 | £300 | £675 |
| ILR Dependant Relative Postal | £299 | £1,680 | £1,814 |
| ILR Dependant Relative PEO | £299 | £2,050 | £2,214 |
| LTR Non Student Postal Main | £418 | £500 | £550 |
| LTR Non Student Postal Dependant | £418 | £150 | £275 |
| LTR Non Student PEO Main | £419 | £800 | £850 |
| LTR Non Student PEO Dependant | £419 | £200 | £425 |
| Transfer of Conditions Postal Main | £219 | £200 | £216 |
| Transfer of Conditions Postal Dependant | £219 | £50 | £108 |
| Transfer of Conditions PEO Main | £219 | £600 | £648 |
| Transfer of Conditions PEO Dependant | £219 | £150 | £324 |
| Travel Documents Adult (CoT) | £241 | £220 | £238 |
| Travel Documents Adult CTD | £241 | £77.50 | £77.50 |
| Travel Documents Child (CoT) | £152 | £138 | £149 |
| Travel Documents Child CTD | £152 | £49 | £49 |
| Replacement Biometric Residence Permit | £37 | £30 | £37 |
| Mobile Case working (Premium+) | £2,211 | £15,000 | £6,000 + PEO Fee |
| Call Out/Out of Hours Fee | £134/hr | £130/hr max £939/day | £130/hr |
| Work Permit Technical Changes | £123 | £20 | £22 |
| Residual FLR IED Postal - Main | £246 | £500 | £550 |
| Residual FLR IED Postal - Dependants | £238 | £150 | £275 |
| Residual FLR IED PEO-Main | £148 | £800 | £850 |
| Residual FLR IED PEO - Dependants | £148 | £200 | £425 |
| Residual FLR BUS Postal - Main | £148 | £850 | £1,000 |
| Residual FLR BUS Postal - Dependants | £148 | £250 | £500 |
| Employment LTR outside PBS Postal | £362 | £500 | £550 |
| Employment LTR outside PBS Postal Dependant | £362 | £150 | £275 |
| Employment LTR outside PBS PEO | £303 | £800 | £850 |
| Employment LTR outside PBS PEO Dependant | £303 | £200 | £425 |
| (*)Additional Out of Hours Caseworking(1) - PEO Main | n/a | n/a | £300 |
| (*)Additional Out of Hours Caseworking(1) - PEO Dependant | n/a | n/a | £150 |
| (*)EEA Applications at PEO (per person) | n/a | n/a | £300 |
| (1)Out of hours caseworking fee payable on top of standard PEO fee |
| CESC = Council of Europe Social Charter reduction | LTR = Leave to Remain |
| PEO = Public Enquiry Office | ILR = Indefinite Leave to Remain |
| In UK - PBS(New products (*) ) | Unit Costs April 2011 | Current Fees Oct/Nov 2010 | Proposed Fees April 2011 |
| Tier 1 - Postal Main | £269 | £850 | £1,000 |
| Tier 1 - Postal Dependant | £269 | £250 | £500 |
| Tier 1 - Postal CESC Main | £269 | £770 | £900 |
| Tier 1 - Postal CESC Dependant | £269 | £250 | £500 |
| Tier 1 - PEO Main | £253 | £1,150 | £1,300 |
| Tier 1 - PEO Dependant | £253 | £300 | £650 |
| Tier 1 - PEO CESC Main | £253 | £1,000 | £1,170 |
| Tier 1 - PEO CESC Dependant | £253 | £300 | £650 |
| Tier 1 - (Post Study) - Postal Main | £337 | £550 | £594 |
| Tier 1 - (Post Study) - Postal Dependant | £337 | £150 | £297 |
| Tier 1 - (Post Study) - PEO Main | £337 | £850 | £918 |
| Tier 1 - (Post Study) - PEO Dependant | £337 | £250 | £459 |
| Tier 1 - Transition Postal Main | n/a | £500 | £500 |
| Tier 1 - Transition Postal Dependant | n/a | £150 | £250 |
| Tier 1 - Transition PEO Main | n/a | £700 | £700 |
| Tier 1 - Transition PEO Dependant | n/a | £200 | £350 |
| Tier 2 - Postal Main | £169 | £500 | £550 |
| Tier 2 - Postal Dependant | £169 | £150 | £275 |
| Tier 2 - Postal CESC Main | £155 | £450 | £495 |
| Tier 2 - Postal CESC Dependant | £155 | £150 | £275 |
| Tier 2 - PEO Main | £169 | £800 | £850 |
| Tier 2 - PEO Dependant | £169 | £200 | £425 |
| Tier 2 - PEO CESC Main | £169 | £700 | £765 |
| Tier 2 - PEO CESC Dependant | £169 | £200 | £425 |
| (*)Tier 2 - Postal Main (ICT <12 months) | £169 | n/a | £350 |
| (*)Tier 2 - Postal Dependants (ICT <12 months) | £169 | n/a | £175 |
| (*)Tier 2 - PEO Main (ICT <12 months) | £169 | n/a | £650 |
| (*)Tier 2 - PEO Dependants (ICT <12 months) | £169 | n/a | £325 |
| (*)Tier 2 - Postal CESC Main (ICT <12 months) | £155 | n/a | £315 |
| (*)Tier 2 - PEO CESC Main (ICT <12 months) | £169 | n/a | £585 |
| Tier 4 - Postal Main | £316 | £357 | £386 |
| Tier 4 - Postal Dependant | £316 | £100 | £193 |
| Tier 4 - PEO Main | £316 | £650 | £702 |
| Tier 4 - PEO Dependant | £316 | £150 | £351 |
| Tier 5 - Postal Main | £235 | £130 | £190 |
| Tier 5 - Postal Dependant | £235 | £30 | £95 |
| Tier 5 - Postal CESC Main | £235 | £120 | £171 |
| Tier 5 - Postal CESC Dependant | £235 | £30 | £95 |
| Tier 5 - PEO Main | £240 | £600 | £648 |
| Tier 5 - PEO Dependant | £240 | £150 | £324 |
| Tier 5 - PEO CESC Main | £240 | £550 | £583 |
| Tier 5 - PEO CESC Dependant | £240 | £150 | £324 |
| PBS Dependants Applying Separately - Postal | £418 | £500 | £550 |
| PBS Dependants Applying Separately - PEO | £419 | £800 | £850 |
| (*)Tier 4 - Permission to Change Course(1) | £160 | n/a | £160 |
| N.B. CESC - Council of Europe Social Charter reduction |
| (1)Only for migrants that applied to UKBA for permission to study between 31 March and 4 October 2009 |
| PBS Sponsorship | Unit Costs April 2011 | Current Fees Nov 2010 | Proposed Fees April 2011 |
| Tier 2 Large Sponsor Licence | £1,007 | £1,000 | £1,025 |
| Tier 2 Small Sponsor Licence | £1,007 | £300 | £310 |
| Tier 4 Sponsor Licence | £1,007 | £400 | £410 |
| Tier 5 Sponsor Licence | £1,007 | £400 | £410 |
| Tier 2, Tier 4 &/or Tier 5 Licence (where sponsor currently holds T4 or T5 licence) | £1,007 | £600 | £615 |
| Highly Trusted Sponsor Licence | £1,007 | £400 | £410 |
| Sponsor Action Plan | £1,007 | £1,000 | £1,000 |
| Tier 2 COS | £172 | £170 | £175 |
| Tier 5 COS | £15 | £10 | £10 |
| Tier 4 CAS | £15 | £10 | £10 |
Damian Green
The Minister for Immigration
Annotations
Jim Mortoza
Posted on 1 Mar 2011 12:33 pm (Report this annotation)
Why is the registration for children of British mothers again been put up when last November 22 the government waived this fee in order to bring into a sense of equality to children of British mothers. The fee was waived and has now again been reintroduced and I do not see why after having made the amended changes through affirmative resolution in both houses and announced it was to bring in fairness in treatment that the fees are now again being raised ?
Michael Turberville
Posted on 1 Mar 2011 2:08 pm (Report this annotation)
Damian, tell me this is a typo?
I spend over two decades of my life trying to get full PARITY between the children of British Father's and children of British Mother's.
Birtish Women are NOT the property of their husbands or fathers in citizenship and Nationality matter's!
Sex discrimination is not only wrong it is illegal in the UK!
You should really be focusing on trying to end the last vestiges where the children of British Mother's do not have full Parity with the Children of British Father's - the dutch did it in 2010 and they changed their previous similar to our archaic legislation to full Parity!
I can not believe my eye's, After having twisted the arm of the Home Office, UKBA, the token woman in the cabinet and various other's to end the fee for UKM applicants, YOU are going to try to put them back.
Well so far Damian over 20,405 people have registered and PAID a fee and if you push this we will take a class action law suit against you and Parliament to get not only our fee's paid back but compensation for you deliberately and intentionally depriving we the UKM's our right to life and citizenship on Parity with that of the children of British Fathers.
Michael Turberville
Chairman CAMPAIGNS
www.turberville.org