Number and description of exception or waiver | Fees to which exception or waiver applies |
---|
9.1 | Article 3 or Refugee Convention applications |
---|
| No fee is payable in respect of an Article 3 or Refugee Convention application. | Fees 6.1.1, 8.1.1 |
9.2 | Applications for leave to remain under the Destitution Domestic Violence concession |
---|
| No fee is payable in respect of an application made under the Destitution Domestic Violence Concession operated outside the immigration rules by the Secretary of State. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.3 | Applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a victim of domestic violence or abuse under [Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse] |
---|
| No fee is payable in respect of an application as a victim of domestic violence or abuse under [Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse] to, the immigration rules where, at the time of making the application, the applicant appears to the Secretary of State to be destitute . | Fee 8.1.1 |
9.4 | Specified human rights applications where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights |
---|
| No fee is payable in respect of a specified human rights application where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.5 | Short term variation of leave to remain in the United Kingdom |
---|
| No fee is payable in respect of an application made to an immigration officer on arrival at a port of entry in the United Kingdom in respect of a person seeking variation of leave to remain in the United Kingdom for a period of up to six months. | Fees [6.2.11A], [6.2.6F], 6.3.1 ...
|
9.6 | Children being looked after by a local authority |
---|
| No fee is payable in respect of an application made in respect of a person who, at the time of making the application, is a child and is being looked after by a local authority. | Fees 6.1.1, [6.2.11A], [6.2.6F], [6.2.6H, 6.2.6I,] 8.1.1 . . . |
9.7 | Applications under [Appendix ECAA Extension of Stay to the immigration rules] |
---|
| No fee is payable in respect of an application made under [Appendix ECAA Extension of Stay to the immigration rules]. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.8 | Applications from stateless persons |
---|
| [No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom (together referred to in this entry as “leave to remain”)—
(a)under Appendix Statelessness to the immigration rules, as a stateless person;
(b)under Part 14 of the immigration rules (“Part 14”), as a family member of a stateless person;
(c)under Part 14 as a child born in the United Kingdom to a parent who has been granted leave to remain as—
(i)a stateless person, or
(ii)a partner of a stateless person.]
| Fees 6.1.1, 8.1.1 |
9.9 | Applications for variation of limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom to allow recourse to public funds |
---|
| [No fee is payable in respect of an application for variation of the conditions attached to a grant of limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, in order to be permitted access to public funds, by a person who has been granted such leave (subject to a condition of no recourse or access to public funds).]
| [Fees 6.1.1, 6.2C.1, 6.2C.2] |
[9.9A | Certain applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Hong Kong British National (Overseas) of the immigration rules | |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom for 30 months under Appendix Hong Kong British National (Overseas) to the immigration rules where, at the time the application is made—
(a) the applicant has leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Hong Kong British National (Overseas) of the immigration rules,
(b) any condition of no access to public funds to which that leave was subject has been removed in accordance with paragraph HK 65.1 of that Appendix,
(c) the applicant is in receipt of public funds, and
(d) the applicant is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, unable to afford the fee.
| 6.2C.1] |
9.10 | [Grant of leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery to the immigration rules] |
---|
9.10.1 | [No fee is payable in respect of the first grant of leave under Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery to the immigration rules) (“the Appendix”) (whether or not an application is made for such leave to be granted).] | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.10.2 | [No fee is payable in respect of a further grant of leave under the Appendix where the individual— (a)has not yet accrued in total thirty months limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom, granted as discretionary leave or under the Appendix; or
(b)was not originally granted thirty months limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom (granted as discretionary leave or under the Appendix) and the application is to allow the individual to have in total thirty months limited leave.]
. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.10.3 | [No fee is payable in respect of an application made under the Appendix where—
(a)9.10.2 does not apply because the individual has accrued—
(i)thirty months or more limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom granted as discretionary leave;
(ii)thirty months or more limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom granted under the Appendix; or
(iii)a total of thirty months or more limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom granted as discretionary leave or under the Appendix; and
(b)at the time of making the application the individual appears to the Secretary of State to be destitute.]
| Fee 6.1.1 |
9.10.4 | No fee is payable by a dependant of a person granted an exception under 9.10.1 to 9.10.3. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.11 | Applications for leave as a domestic worker who is the victim of slavery or human trafficking |
---|
9.11.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for leave to remain made under [Appendix Domestic Worker who is a Victim of Modern Slavery to the immigration rules]. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.12 | Applications by qualifying residents of Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk |
---|
9.12.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for leave to remain made under the Grenfell Tower Immigration Cases Policy for qualifying residents of Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk . | [Fees 6.1.1, 8.1.1] |
9.12.2 | The official determining an application for leave to remain may decide to waive the payment of the fee where the application is made (on or after the day on which these Regulations come into force)—
(a)by a person who, on 31st January 2018, was eligible to be considered under the policy referred to in 9.12.1; or
(b)in respect of a child born on or after 14th June 2017 in the United Kingdom to a person who was so eligible on 31st January 2018 (whether or not the person had come forward for consideration under the policy by that date).
| [Fees 6.1.1, 8.1.1] |
. . . | . . . |
[9.14 | Applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom by relevant Afghan citizens and their dependants | |
9.14.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under paragraph 305 of the immigration rules in respect of a child of a person given limited leave to enter the United Kingdom as a relevant Afghan citizen under paragraph 276BA1 of the immigration rules [before 6th October 2021]. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.14.2 | [No fee is payable in respect of an application under Part 7 of the immigration rules for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom as— (a) a relevant Afghan citizen,
(b) the partner of a relevant Afghan citizen, or
(c) the minor dependent child of a relevant Afghan citizen or of their partner
(with the expressions used in (a), (b) and (c) having the same meaning as in that Part).]
| Fee 8.1.1 |
9.15 | Applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom by persons relocated to the United Kingdom under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (unaccompanied refugee children: relocation and support) | |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under paragraph 352ZN of the immigration rules. | Fee 8.1.1] |
[9.16 | Applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules] |
| [No fee is payable in respect of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules. | Fees 6.1.1, 8.1.1] |
[9.17 | Applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor to the immigration rules |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor to the immigration rules. | Fees 6.1.1, 6.3.3] |
[9.18 | Applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom by certain [HM Armed Forces service leavers and members of HM Armed Forces] |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under [Appendix HM Armed Forces] to the immigration rules if—
(a) in a case where the application is made on the basis of the completion of a period of reckonable service in HM Forces, the applicant’s period of reckonable service is at least 6 years, or
(b) in a case where the application is made on the basis of meeting the medical discharge criteria, the cause was attributable to service in HM Forces
(with expressions used in (a) and (b) being construed in accordance with that Appendix).
| Fee 8.1.1 |
9.19 | Applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under [Appendix Innovator Founder] to the immigration rules resulting from variation by the Secretary of State of an application for indefinite leave to remain |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under [Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules arising by virtue of the variation by the Secretary of State, under paragraph INNF 21.2 or INNF 41.2] of that Appendix, of an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom. | Fee 6.2A.1 |
9.20 | Applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Hong Kong British National (Overseas) to the immigration rules resulting from variation by the Secretary of State of an application for indefinite leave to remain |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Hong Kong British National (Overseas) to the immigration rules arising by virtue of the variation by the Secretary of State, under paragraph HK 64.1A of that Appendix, of an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom. | Fees 6.2C.1, 6.2C.2 |
9.21 | Applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Private Life to the immigration rules resulting from variation by the Secretary of State of an application for indefinite leave to remain |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Private Life to the immigration rules arising by virtue of the variation by the Secretary of State, under paragraph PL 18.2 or PL 33.2 of that Appendix, of an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.22 | Applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix FM to the immigration rules resulting from variation by the Secretary of State of an application for indefinite leave to remain under Appendix Settlement Family Life to those rules |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix FM to the immigration rules arising by virtue of the variation by the Secretary of State, under paragraph SETF 9.2 or SETF 17.2 of Appendix Settlement Family Life to those rules, of an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Settlement Family Life to those rules. | Fee 6.1.1 |
[9.22A | Applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Long Residence to the immigration rules resulting from a variation by the Secretary of State of an application for settlement | |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Long Residence to the immigration rules arising from a variation by the Secretary of State, under paragraph LR 15.2 of that Appendix, of an application for settlement in the United Kingdom | Fee 6.1.1] |
9.23 | Applications for indefinite or limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom: waiver of fee as a remedy for maladministration |
| The Secretary of State may waive the payment of any fee specified in Table 6, 7 or 8 in respect of an application for limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom where the Secretary of State considers that—
(a) the person in respect of whom the application is made has suffered any detriment in connection with immigration or nationality as a result of maladministration by the Home Office, and
(b) the appropriate remedy (or part of the appropriate remedy) for that maladministration is to waive the payment of the fee in respect of the application.
| All Fees in Tables 6, 7 and 8] |
[9.24 | Applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Ukraine Scheme to the immigration rules |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Ukraine Scheme to the immigration rules. | Fee 6.1.1] |
[9.25 | Applications for an approval letter from the Global Entrepreneur Programme in respect of a proposed application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for an approval letter from an endorsing body in respect of an application for limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules where the endorsing body from which the letter is sought is the Global Entrepreneur Programme operated by the Department for Business and Trade. | Fees 6.2A.A1, 8.2.1 |
9.26 | Applications, in specified circumstances, for an approval letter from an endorsing body or a legacy endorsing body in respect of a proposed application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules |
9.26.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for an approval letter from an endorsing body or legacy endorsing body in respect of a proposed application for limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules where—
(a) the applicant has limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom which was granted under Appendix Innovator, Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules (“the applicant’s current leave”), and
(b) the endorsing body or legacy endorsing body from which the approval letter is sought by the applicant endorsed the applicant (pursuant to the immigration rules) in connection with the application which gave rise to the grant of the applicant’s current leave, and
(c) where the applicant has been granted leave, or further leave under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules (“the relevant AIF leave”), the applicant has had previous leave granted, before the grant of the relevant AIF leave, under Appendix Innovator, Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up.
| Fees 6.2A.A1, 8.2.1 |
9.26.2 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for an approval letter from an endorsing body in respect of a proposed application for limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules where—
(a) the applicant has limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom which was granted under Appendix Innovator, Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules (“the applicant’s current leave)”,
(b) the endorsing body from which the approval letter is sought by the applicant did not endorse the applicant (pursuant to the immigration rules) in connection with the application which gave rise to the grant of the applicant’s current leave,
(c) the letter which endorsed the applicant in connection with the applicant’s current leave (“the original letter”) was issued (pursuant to the immigration rules) by a legacy endorsing body which was at the time when the original letter was issued, approved by the Home Office to endorse individuals in connection with applications under Appendix Innovator to those rules, and
(d) the applicant cannot obtain an approval letter from that legacy endorsing body as that body no longer endorses individuals or businesses in connection with applications under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules.
| Fees 6.2A.A1, 8.2.1]] |