Home Office Visa Application and Immigration Fees

Posted onAugust 6, 2020

With all the bad news in the press about Covid-19, job losses and the looming recession, it is great for London Immigration Solicitors to be able to report positive news. The Home Office has today announced its visa application and Immigration fees for the remainder of 2020. Whilst the prices of most things in the UK are going up OTS Solicitors are pleased to report that the Home Office visa application and Immigration fees are staying the same in 2020 and health care visa fees have actually gone down in price. In this blog we look at the Home Office imposed government fees for visa applications.

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Home Office Immigration fees

Many visa applicants, especially those wanting to enter the UK on work visas or business visas question the level of fees paid to the Home Office to process their visa applications especially as the government has said that it wants to attract the brightest and the best to the UK. To some visa applicants the Home Office fees seem excessive when taking into account that often the visa applicant is applying for a job where there is a UK skills shortage and the visa holder will be contributing to the UK economy by paying income tax and national insurance payments.

Whilst OTS Solicitors can't justify the level of fees charged by the Home Office to process visa applications we are pleased to report that Home Office fees are mainly staying the same in the Home Office released announcement on Immigration fees.

What are the current Home Office Immigration fee charges?

As of the 4 August 2020 the Home Office Immigration charges for the most popular types of visa applications are as follows:

Visas and applications made outside the UK

Visa category	Home Office fee from the 4 August 2020
Visit visa under six months	£95
Visit visa under two years	£361
Private medical treatment visa - more than six months but not more than eleven months	£190
Short term student visa (up to six months)	£97
Short term student studying the English language for more than six months but not more than eleven months	£186
Settlement	£1,523
Settlement - other dependant relative	£3,250
Certificate of entitlement or right of abode	£388
Other visa	£516
Representative of an overseas business visa	£610
Innovator visa	£1,021
Start-up visa	£363
Global talent visa initial application	£152
Approval letter for an initial application for a global talent visa	£456
Global talent visa - subsequent application	£608
Global talent visa – dependant application	£608

Points based visa applications made outside the UK

Visa category	Home Office fee from the 4 August 2020
Tier 1 (investor) visa	£1,623
Tier 1 (General) – dependant visa	£1,021
Tier 2 (General) visa or work visa and (Intra-Company Transfer) for long term staff, (Sportsperson) & (Minister of Religion) where the Certificate of Sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less	£610
Tier 2 - Health and Care Visa - Under three years	£610 ( fees reduced )
Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) - Graduate Trainee visa	£482
Tier 2 (General) visa and (Intra-Company Transfer) visa for long term staff where the Certificate of Sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years	£1,220
Tier 2 - Health and Care visa for over three years	£464 (fees reduced)
Tier 2 (General) shortage occupation where the Certificate of Sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less	£464
Tier 2 (General) shortage occupation where the Certificate of Sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years	£928
Tier 2 - Shortage Occupation - health and care visa of under three years	£464 (fees reduced)
Tier 2 - Shortage Occupation – health and care visa for over three years	£928 (fees reduced)
Tier 4 visa	£348
Tier 5 visa	£244

Premium Home Office service fees for applications outside the UK

Home Office premium service	Home Office fee from the 4 August 2020
Priority visa service - settlement	£573
Priority visa service - non-settlement	£220
Super priority visa service	£956
User-pay visa application centre	£55

Optional Home Office premium services in the UK

Home Office premium service	Home Office fee from the 4 August 2020
Super Priority service	£800
Expedited processing - Priority service	£500

Home Office applications made in the UK

Visa category	Home Office fee from the 4 August 2020
Indefinite leave to remain	£2,389
leave to remain - Other	£1,033
Visitor Extension application for the main applicant and dependants	£993
Biometric residence card (issued under the EU Settlement Scheme)	£56
Biometric residence permit (BRP) or replacement BRP	£56
Biometric enrolment	£19.20
Innovator visa	£1,277
Start-up visa	£493
Global talent visa - initial application fee	£152
Approval letter in respect of an initial application for a global talent visa	£456
Global talent visa - subsequent application	£608
Global talent visa – dependant application	£608
Naturalisation application	£1,330
naturalisation British overseas territory citizens	£1,000
Nationality registration as a British citizen as an adult	£1,206
Nationality registration as a British citizen as a child	£1,012
The arrangement of a British citizenship ceremony (including citizenship oath)	£80
Life in the UK test	£50
Administrative review	£80

Points based system Home Office applications made in the UK

Tier 1 (General) visa - dependant	£1,878
Tier 1 (investor) visa	£1,623
Tier 2 (General) visa (Intra-Company Transfer) visa for long term staff, (Sportsperson) and (Minister of Religion), where the Certificate of Sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less	£704
Tier 2 – health and care visa issued for under three years	£704
Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) - Graduate Trainee visa	£482
Tier 2 (General) visa (Intra-Company Transfer) for long term staff where a Certificate of Sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years	£1,408
Tier 2 – health and care visa over three years	£704
Tier 2 (General) shortage occupation where the Certificate of Sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less	£464
Tier 2 (General) shortage occupation where the Certificate of Sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years	£928
Tier 2 - Shortage Occupation – health and care visa of under three years	£464
Tier 2 - Shortage Occupation – health and care visa of over three years	£928
Tier 4 visa	£475
Tier 5 visa	£244

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