The United Kingdom has announced a visa fee hike set to take effect on April 9.
The increments cut across multiple visa categories, including study, visit, sponsorship, and transit.
Before the Home Office’s announcement last week, a six-month tourist visa cost £115 (about $150). The revised fee was set at £127 (about $164) — a nearly seven percent hike.
A visit visa for up to two years was increased from £432 to £475, a five-year visit visa was raised from £771 to £848, while a 10-year visit visa was increased from £963 to £1059.
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For individuals looking to study in the UK, a 10 percent increase was applied to the previous £490, setting the revised fee at £524.
This applies to all categories of students and their dependants except those studying the English language for a short term of more than six months but not exceeding 11 months. The revision to this was pegged at £214 from £200.
Travellers transiting through the UK by air will be required to pay £39 instead of £35, while those going by land will pay £70 instead of £64.
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The increments also affected immigrants seeking naturalisation, other travel documentations such as visa extensions, skilled worker visas across different categories, and electronic travel authorisations (ETAs).
Payments for premium services such as fast tracks and premium sponsorships were left untouched.
The visa fee revision comes as the UK samples different measures to reduce immigration numbers.
Here is a glance at the major changes.
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WORK VISAS
| Category | Current fee | New fee |
| Skilled Worker (3 years or less) | £719 | £769 |
| Skilled Worker (over 3 years) | £1,420 | £1,519 |
| Skilled Worker (3 years or less) job on the Immigration Salary List | £551 | £590 |
| Skilled Worker (over 3 years) job on the Immigration Salary List | £1,084 | £1,160 |
| Health & Care Worker (3 years or less) | £284 | £304 |
| Health & Care Worker (over 3 years) | £551 | £590 |
| Senior or Specialist Worker (GBM) (up to 3 years) | £719 | £769 |
| Senior or Specialist Worker (GBM) (more than 3 years) | £1,420 | £1,519 |
| Graduate Trainee (GBM) | £298 | £319 |
| UK Expansion Worker (GBM) | £298 | £319 |
| Service Supplier (GBM) | £298 | £319 |
| Secondment Worker (GBM) | £298 | £319 |
| Scale-up Worker | £822 | £880 |
| High Potential Individual | £822 | £880 |
| Innovator Founder | £1,191 | £1,274 |
| Temporary Worker routes | £298 | £319 |
STUDY VISAS
| Category | Current fee | New fee |
| Student | £490 | £524 |
| Child Student | £490 | £524 |
| Short term student studying English language | £200 | £214 |
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TOURIST VISAS
| Category | Current fee | New fee |
| Visit visa (up to 6 months) | £115 | £127 |
| Visit visa (up to 2 years) | £432 | £475 |
| Visit visa (up to 5 years) | £771 | £848 |
| Visit visa (up to 10 years) | £963 | £1,059 |
| Electronic travel authorisation (ETA) | £10 | £16 |
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SETTLEMENT AND NATURALISATION FEES
| Categor | Current fee | New fee |
| Indefinite Leave to Remain | £2,885 | £3,029 |
| Naturalisation (British citizenship) | £1,500 | £1,605 |
| Naturalisation British overseas territory citizens | £1,000 | £1,070 |
| Nationality registration as a British citizen (adult) | £1,351 | £1,446 |
| Nationality registration – British overseas territory citizen, British overseas citizens, British Subjects, British protected persons (adult) | £901 | £964 |
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SPONSORSHIP FEES
| Category | Current fee | New Fee |
| Worker sponsor licence (large sponsor) | £1,476 | £1,579 |
| Worker sponsor licence (small sponsor) | £536 | £574 |
| Temporary Worker sponsor licence | £536 | £574 |
| Student sponsor licence | £536 | £574 |
| Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) fee – Skilled Worker & GBM Senior or Specialist Worker | £239 | £525 |
| Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) fee – Temporary Worker | £25 | £55 |
| Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS) fee – Student & Child Student | £25 | £55 |
| Sponsor action plan | £1,476 | £1,579 |
| Student sponsor basic compliance assessment | £536 | £574 |
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