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2.—(1) Table 1 specifies the amount of—
(a)the fees for the specified applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom; and
(b)the fee for an application for an approval letter from a designated competent body.
(2) Table 2 specifies the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant.
(3) Table 3 specifies the amount of the fee for an application for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a member of HM Forces.
(4) Table 4 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in Tables 1, 2 and 3, and Table 5 provides for the waiver or reduction of fees specified in Tables 1, 2 and 3 in specified circumstances.
(5) Paragraph 3 makes provision for the amount of fees to be paid in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom by a dependant of a main applicant in cases where the fees specified in 1.4.1 or 1.4.5 of Table 1 or in Table 2 or Table 3 do not apply.
(6) The fees specified in Table 1 are subject to paragraph 4 (applications by CESC nationals).
(7) Each of the fees specified in 1.1.2 to 1.1.4 and 1.1.8 in Table 1 is calculated by reference to an annual rate.
(8) The annual rate referred to in sub-paragraph (7) for each of the fees in question is determined by dividing the amount of the fee by the number of years to which the application relates.
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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1.1 | Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor | |
1.1.1 | Application for a visit visa for a period of six months or less. | £93 |
1.1.2 | Application for a visit visa for a period of two years where the fee at 1.1.8 does not apply. | £350 |
1.1.3 | Application for a visit visa for a period of five years. | £636 |
1.1.4 | Application for a visit visa for a period of ten years. | £798 |
1.1.5 | Application for a visit visa as an academic for a period of more than six months but not more than twelve months. | £186 |
1.1.6 | Application for a visit visa for private medical treatment for a period of more than six months but not more than eleven months. | £186 |
1.1.7 | Application for a transit visit visa. | £64 |
1.1.8 | Application for a visit visa for a period of two years where the applicant is a Chinese national applying under the Chinese visa scheme M1. | £93 |
1.2 | Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a short-term student | |
1.2.1 | Application for entry clearance as a short-term student for a period of six months or less. | £97 |
1.2.2 | Application for entry clearance as a short-term student studying an English language course for a period of more than six months but not more than eleven months. | £186 |
1.2.3 | Application for entry clearance as a short-term student (child) for a period of six months or less. | £97 |
1.3 | Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom, and connected applications, under the Points-Based System | |
1.3.1 | Application to the Home Office for an approval letter from a designated competent body in respect of a proposed application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant. | £456 |
1.3.2 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant where fee 1.3.1 applies. | £152 |
1.3.3 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant where fee 1.3.1 does not apply. | £608 |
1.3.4 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant. | £1,021 |
1.3.5 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant. | £363 |
1.3.6 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant. | £1,623 |
1.3.7 | Application for entry clearance as— (a) a Tier 2 (General) Migrant; (b) a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Long Term Staff Migrant; (c) a Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) Migrant; or (d) a Tier 2 (Sportsperson) Migrant, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less, and fee 1.3.9 does not apply. | £610 |
1.3.8 | Application for entry clearance as— (a) a Tier 2 (General) Migrant; or (b) a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Long Term Staff Migrant, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years and fee 1.3.10 does not apply. | £1,220 |
1.3.9 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less. | £464 |
1.3.10 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years. | £928 |
1.3.11 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Graduate Trainee Migrant. | £482 |
1.3.12 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 4 Migrant. | £348 |
1.3.13 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant or a Tier 5 (Youth Mobility) Temporary Migrant. | £244 |
1.4 | Fees for other applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom | |
1.4.1 | Application under— (a)paragraphs 319V to 319VB of, or paragraph EC-DR of Appendix FM to, the immigration rules, for entry clearance as a parent, grandparent or other dependant relative of a person with limited leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a refugee or beneficiary of humanitarian protection; or (b)paragraphs 319X to 319XB for entry clearance as the child of a relative, who is not a parent, and who has limited leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a refugee or beneficiary of humanitarian protection. | £388 |
1.4.2 | Application for entry clearance for the purposes of obtaining a replacement biometric immigration document. | £154 |
1.4.3 | Application for entry clearance for the purposes of joining a ship or aircraft as a member of the crew of that ship or aircraft. | £64 |
1.4.4 | Application for entry clearance on a route to settlement in the United Kingdom (that being an application made with a view to becoming ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom without being subject to any restriction on the period for which an individual may remain there) where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations. | £1,523 |
1.4.5 | Application for entry clearance as a parent, grandparent or other dependant relative of a person present and settled in the United Kingdom under Appendix FM to the immigration rules. | £3,250 |
1.4.6 | Application for entry clearance as a representative of an overseas business under Part 5 of the immigration rules. | £610 |
1.4.7 | Application for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom made by a person physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention. | £1,033 |
1.5 | General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom | |
1.5.1 | Application for entry clearance where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations. | £516 |
Number of fee | Type of application for entry clearance | Amount of fee |
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2.1 | Specified fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant | |
2.1.1 | Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant. | £608 |
2.1.2 | Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) Migrant. | £604 |
2.1.3 | Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (General) Migrant. | £1,021 |
2.1.4 | Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Short Term Staff Migrant. | £482 |
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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3.1 | Fee for applications for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom | |
3.1.1 | Application for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a member of HM Forces. | £2,389 |
Number and description of the exception | Fees to which exception applies | |
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4.1 | Officials of Her Majesty's Government | |
4.1.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application made in connection with the official duty of any official of Her Majesty's Government. | All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3 |
4.2 | Dependants of refugees or persons granted humanitarian protection | |
4.2.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application made under paragraphs 352A to 352FI of the immigration rules. | Fee 1.5.1 |
4.3 | Applications under the EC Association Agreement with Turkey | |
4.3.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application made under the terms of the EC Association Agreement with Turkey. | Fee 1.5.1 |
4.4 | Applications for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom (by applicants physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention) where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights | |
4.4.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom, made by an applicant physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention, where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights. | Fee 1.4.7 |
Number and description of the waiver or reduction | Fees to which waiver or reduction applies | |
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5.1 | General waiver | |
5.1.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application where the Secretary of State determines that the fee should be waived. | All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3 |
5.2 | Scholarships funded by Her Majesty's Government | |
5.2.1 | The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the application is made by a candidate for, or holder of, a scholarship funded by Her Majesty's Government and is in connection with such a scholarship. | Fees 1.1.1, 1.1.8, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3 and 1.3.12 |
5.3 | International courtesy | |
5.3.1 | The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee as a matter of international courtesy. | All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3 |
5.4 | Visitors under a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Bilateral Programme | |
5.4.1 | The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the applicant intends to visit the United Kingdom, in connection with programmes operated by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to give funds directly to Embassies and Missions outside the United Kingdom, to support activities directly connected to the United Kingdom's international priorities. | All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3 |
5.5 | Visitors under a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Strategic Programme | |
5.5.1 | The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the applicant intends to visit the United Kingdom, in connection with programmes of funding operated by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to promote action on global issues in areas of strategic importance to the United Kingdom. | All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3 |
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