Visa fees going up again!

The UK visa fees are set to increase on 6 April 2018:

UK settlement fiancée, partner and marriage visa fees:

New fee £1,523 (previously £1,464)

Further leave to remain as a partner:

New fee £1,033 (previously £993) - postal application

New fee £1,643 (previously £1,583) - in person application

Indefinite leave to remain as a partner:

New fee £2,389 (previously £2,297) - postal application

New fee £2,999 (previously £2,887) - in person application

Dependents must pay a separate application fee.

Fees are non-refundable regardless of the outcome.

For more information please visit the Home Office website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...le/691580/Gov_uk_fees_revision_2018_final.pdf

Or "fees" as they are more commonly spelt.

Unfortunately its seen as a useful hurdle for controlling migration and preventing immigration fraud.

i felt a sigh of relief when i saw the new fees. not like the massive theft last time.

My wife had her appointment april 2nd the fees are a joke i also called tje helpline £1.44 a min to go through a few things but if my wifes spouse visa is refused im moving out there

They're attempting to claw back some of the millions given to parasites previous governments set us up for admitting by the thousands.
Much easier to target the low-hanging fruit... ie their own right-less citizens.

I will be moving to the Philippines full-time later this year.

pleased for you Graham--major life change for you.

Well, I've been going backwards and forwards there for 28 years , and our government will kindly let me collect my pension there, so, now we have a house and land, and junior has his British passport, may as well finally shoot off to 'paradise' and be with my loved ones.

absolutely. save yourself a fortune in flight tickets too.

Can you elaborate on the pension comment, Graham?

The Philippines is one of the countries where we Brits may have our UK state pension paid into a bank ... and also receive any annual increases that may be payable.

Good to know

makes a lot of sense the gov paying us coffin dodgers our pension to go and live overseas. last thing the gov wants is to foot the bill for us to waste away in a care home costing the gov at least £600 a week.

Very interesting one.

Do you have to stay a minimum amount of days in the uk or can you stay in ph the entire year and just visit the uk for a few months?

Trying to plan for our future - small pension goes a long way in ph vs the uk just by the cost of living.

i think the main issue is ex-pat brits being able to access the NHS for medical care / operations etc. its complicated.

Spot-on that.

They'd be fools not to encourage us all to bugger off elsewhere, before we start costing them a fortune.

There are no 'residency restrictions', but you can say goodbye to the NHS... which naturally has to be a big concern. Certainly has been the biggest for me anyway.

I have of course also bought land and had a house built on it for us, so we won't have any rent, plus there is space to run some sort of small business, to produce a bit of extra income. (In my profile pic you can see the nice yellow walls that I was busy painting in our new kitchen last February. )

Nice one Graham , after 28 years ,I would think you've had enough of those long flights .
I just hope it's not going to put any of the airlines out of business haha

Seriously though , good luck with the move , will be great to spend more time with your wife and son . I'm sure they are both looking forward to it happening .