Visa fees

All the fees below are quoted in pounds sterling, but are usually payable in local currency. Please contact your nearest visa application centre to find out what the local fees are and how you can pay for your visa.

Guidance notes and fees for visa extensions, nationality and right of abode applications, for applicants who are already in the UK , are available on the UK Border Agency website.

These fees are effective for all visa applications made from 10 February 2009

Category - Visit	(£)	(Rps)
Approved Destination Status (ADS) Agreement with China , up to 30 days only	65	7,800
Single, double and multiple visit, valid up to 6 months	65	7,800
Single or double visit up to 1 month ( India only)	45	5,400
Longer term multiple entry (1, 2, 5 and 10 years)	205	24,600
Entertainer visitor	65	7,800
Family visitor	65	7,800
Business visitor - general	65	7,800
Business visitor - Academic visitor (up to 12 months)	65	7,800
Business visitor - visiting professor	65	7,800
Business visitor - religious worker	65	7,800
Business visitor - film crew	65	7,800
Business visitor - clinical attachments/dental observations (up to 6 weeks)	205	24,600
Business visitor - PLAB test	205	24,600
Approved Destinations Status Agreement (ADS), up to 30 days only	65	7,800
Special visitor - marriage/civil partnership	65	7,800
Special visitor - medical treatment	65	7,800
Special visitor - visitor in transit	45	5,400
Special visitor - student visitor, up to 6 months	65	7,800
Special visitor - child visitor	65	7,800
Special visitor - prospective student	99	11,880
Special visitor - parent of a child at school (up to 12 months)	205	24,600
Sports visitor	65	7,800
Category: Study	(£)	(Rps)
Student	99	11,880
Student nurse	99	11,880
Writing up a thesis	99	11,880
Chevening Scholarship or Fellowship	Free of Charge
British Marshall Scholarship	Free of Charge
Rhodes Scholarship	Free of Charge
Fulbright Scholarship	Free of Charge
Exchange student	99	11,880
Resitting exams	99	11,880
Sabbatical Officer	99	11,880
Student dependant (spouse/civil partner or child)	99	11,880
Postgraduate dentist	205	24,600
Postgraduate doctor	205	24,600
Category: Employment	(£)	(Rps)
Training and work experience scheme permit holder	205	24,600
Work permit holder	205	24,600
Work permit/HSMP dependant	205	24,600
Category: Permit Free Employment	(£)	(Rps)
Off Shore Workers	205	24,600
Overseas domestic worker - private household	205	24,600
EC Business Association Agreement	205	24,600
Sole representative	205	24,600
UK Ancestry	205	24,600
Seasonal agricultural worker	205	24,600
Dependents of any of the above	205	24,600
Vander Elst	Free of Charge
Swiss Posted Worker	Free of Charge
Category: Settlement	(£)	(Rps)
Spouse/civil partner of a settled person	515	61,800
Unmarried/same sex partner of a settled person	515	61,800
fiancé(e)/proposed civil partner of a settled person	515	61,800
Child or dependent relative of a settled person	515	61,800
Adopted child of settled person	515	61,800
Family reunion	Free of Charge
Armed Forces	515	61,800
Category: Points Based System (PBS)	(£)	(Rps)
Tier 1 general applicant	600	72,000
Dependent of tier 1 general applicant	600	72,000
Tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional arrangement)	200	24,000
Dependent of tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional arrangement)	200	24,000
Tier 1 investor or entrepreneur	600	72,000
Dependent of tier 1 investor or entrepreneur	600	72,000
Tier 1 post study applicant	205	24,600
Dependent of tier 1 post study applicant	205	24,600
Tier 1 general applicant - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia	540	64,800
Dependent of tier 1 general applicant - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia	540	64,800
Tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional arrangement) - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia	180	21,600
Dependent of tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional arrangement) - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia	180	21,600
Tier 2 applicant	205	24,600
Dependent of tier 2 applicant	205	24,600
Tier 2 applicant - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia	185	22,200
Dependent of tier 2 applicant - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia	185	22,200
Tier 5 applicant (temporary worker)	99	11,880
Dependent of tier 5 applicant (temporary worker)	99	11,880
Tier 5 applicant (temporary worker) - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia	90	10,800
Dependent of tier 5 applicant (temporary worker) - national of Croatia, Turkey or FYR Macedonia	90	10,800
Tier 5 applicant (youth mobility scheme)	99	11,880
Category: Exempt	(£)	(Rps)
Diplomats: official visit/posting	Free of Charge
Members of international organisations on official visits	Free of Charge
Member of UK or visiting forces	Free of Charge
Category: Others	(£)	(Rps)
Course F (over 6 months)	99	11,880
Course F (up to 6 months)	65	7,800
Exercise the right of access to a child	205	24,600
Parent/primary carer of an EEA national child	205	24,600
Family member of an EEA national	Free of Charge
Family member of a Swiss national	Free of Charge
Handling applications on behalf of Commonwealth Countries/Overseas Territories	44	5,280
Forwarding documents to Commonwealth Countries/Overseas Territories	59	7,080
Returning resident	205	24,600
Right of Abode Certificate of Entitlement	205	24,600
Joining ship/aircraft	45	5,400
Direct Airside Transit (DAT)	45	5,400

Dependants are charged the same fee as the main applicant. All dependants who are travelling must pay the fee whether or not they are included in the main applicant's passport.

Fees are usually payable in local currency and are subject to periodic review.

Visa fees are non-refundable but if a payment has been made and the application is not submitted or if the applicant refuses to provide biometrics details with their application, then we will refund the fee.