New Home Office fees from 18 March 2016

The Home Office laid further legislation in Parliament, which will make changes to specific application fees. The new legislation will come into effect on 18 March 2016

The main changes are:

• visas for workers and students will be increased by 2%

• a 2% increase will apply to all visit visas 

• an increase of up to 25% will apply to settlement, residence (for example, ILR fee will increase from £1500 TO £1850) and nationality fees (from £1005 to £1236)

• an increase of up to 33% for optional premium services offered by the Home Office such as the super premium service and priority visa services overseas. For example,  Super Premium Service fee will increase from £7000 to £8750.