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Visa Application Costs

Discussion in 'UK Visa and Immigration Help' started by Stevembe, Sep 10, 2018.

  1. bigmac
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    bigmac Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    the IHS could have been made optional. dont pay it if you dont wish to use the NHS. after all--the immigrant cant access public funds for the 5 years anyway.
  2. Heathen
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    Heathen Active Member

    Unless people are refugees remember its the first country they arrive in. See what you have done now.. :D:D:D;)
  3. Drunken Max
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    Drunken Max Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    For purely selfish reasons I think that if you are UK born you should be allowed to bring in your fiancee / spouse. The problem is that it is still open to abuse.
  4. Mattecube
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    Mattecube face the sunshine so shadows fall behind you Trusted Member

    The difficulty is that the NHS is already under extreme financial pressures not just from the immigration side but also abuse from its UK users, for example people in cancer treatment having a good old smoke outside the hospital before or whilst undergoing treatment. (I recall a thread on here a few years ago that led to great discussion when it was first raised about the increase)
    Second point is the average cost to the NHS of the first year of treatment for an immigrant is reported at£470 so there is still a shortfall.
    Thirdly how would you arrive at parity those just bringing a loved one over versus say a loved one and 2 or 3 children
    Dammed if they do and dammed if they dont!
  5. bigmac
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    bigmac Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    the simple fact is the goverment can force us to pay whatever they want..and anything seen to make money from the immigration issue is bound to be popular with the great unwashed voting masses.

    but we have a simple choice--pay up and shut up, or go for a british partner.

    and how many brits would run a mile if they knew in advance what lay ahead of them before they register on online dating ?
  6. Drunken Max
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    Drunken Max Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    All true but that does not include the actual tax that immigrants also pay as well as the money through the IHS. Like I said, its purely for selfish reasons and I recognise why its not allowed. The whole IHS payment is a PR exercise and is meaningless in the scale of things. If the NHS actually recovered the costs from non residents as it should I would think it more than covered the IHS revenue.
  7. Mattecube
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    Mattecube face the sunshine so shadows fall behind you Trusted Member

    Fair point about taxation however,what tax does a 12 year old pay? added to this the income tax paid by all goes to a number of treasury pots not just the NHS all of which I am sure most immigrants benefit from to varying degrees.
    I agree that the recovery of costs from non residents and section 3 of the link makes interesting reading,would help as would recovery of abuse from all UK residents. The evolution of this cross bench policy appears to be about parity rather than PR.

    http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN03051/SN03051.pdf
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  8. Markham
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    I don't know why UKVI doesn't adopt the same requirements as the EU regarding health cover. A non-EU can not get a Schengen Visa without providing a copy of health insurance cover for the entirety of the proposed stay. In the case of visit visas, the minimum amount of cover is €3,000 but, as I understand it, for non-EU dependents of EU citizens (settled in their own country), the required amount of cover rises to €10,000 per annum.

    As an example, the daily cost of a bed at a Maltese hospital lies between €300 in a normal (low dependency) ward and €1,400 - €2,000 for bed in Intensive Care. There are 30 - 36 beds in a low dependency ward, split into bays of 6 beds and, at Mater Dei, individual radio, TV and internet services for each bed are available at a nominal extra charge. Medical fees and charges for medicines, physio, tests and procedures are all extra.

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