New immigration and nationality fees for 2016 to 2017
New visa, immigration and nationality application and service fees announced.
Today 11 January 2016, the government set out its proposed changes to the fees for visas, immigration and nationality applications and associated premium services for 2016鈥�17.
Specific fee changes for 2016鈥�17 will apply after further legislation is laid in Parliament by April this year.
皇冠体育app new legislation will set maximum levels on the amounts for broad categories of fees that can be charged by the Home Office over the next 4 years. 皇冠体育appre are no current plans to raise fees to the maximum levels.
皇冠体育appse increases will allow us to reduce taxpayer contributions towards the border, immigration and citizenship system and ensure that by 2019鈥�2020 the system is self funded by those who use it.
皇冠体育app main changes are:
- small increases (2%) for visit, study and work visas
- fees for settlement, residence and nationality will increase by 25% in 2016鈥�17
- targeted increases have been applied to premium services, such as the priority visa service
Fees for all sponsorship categories will stay at the current rates.
皇冠体育app new fees for applications can be found in the fees table.
You can read more about additional changes in the