New immigration fees from 6 April 2011

[joebloggs]

Following Parliamentary approval, new immigration fees will be introduced from Wednesday 6 April 2011


http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si.../04-fees-april

[subseastu]

So it now looks like Naturalisation (UK Citizenship) Spouse is going up to £836 though it looks like the £80 is included in the price for the ceremony fee.

[joebloggs]

i think the fee was included b4, you had to pay more if you wanted a private one

[sars_notd_virus]

Ouch!!!
ILR postal dependent almost double the previous amount

[grahamw48]

What a bloody ripoff.

I hope they spend the money on booting out those who didn't bother with correct 'procedures'.

[alanp]

they will prob use it to pay the romanians that will come over here in may their benifits that they will be able to claim straight away

[DaveUK]

I just looked at all the different fees and now my heads hurts because I can't figure out which one is relevant to my missus when she applies for her ILR next year!! I didn't realise there was so much variety in visas! Well, more than I thought anyway!

Can anyone help please as to which one is the one I should be keeping an eye on cost-wise?

Cheers

[rusty]

Dave, for the ILR for your wife, you will need set(M), which now is £972 postal or £1,350 in person.

[DaveUK]

Thanks for the info.

We had saved up a grand thinking this would cover us for any increases between now and next year. Guess we better save a few hundred more now!

[keeperlit]

hi dave
rusty is right it has went up from 1250 pounds to 1350 pounds if you apply in person,,,my wife got her ilr 0n the 29th march just before they raised the prices,,,,we paid 1250 pounds and had it processed on the same day about hour and half,,,as we are going to philippines for our holiday on may we did not want to post it because we knew it would not be back in time ,,,make sure you do the life in the uk test and pass,,,book appointment then go in person and get your ilr
best wishes john and karen

[jeanelovesdeano]

hi.thanks for that link joe..it says its 810 pounds for settlement visa.ins this link, http://www.vfs-uk-ph.com/visafees.aspx, the consular rate of exchange is P 75 Pesos [PHP] to £1..which is P 60,750 pesos or Philippine Money.

What if my husband will send me 810 pounds and if it happen I will pay in the BDO bank and will only rate a 1 pound is only P68 pesos, that will sum up as P 55,080 pesos only and not anymore P 60,750 pesos, so there will be P 5670 pesos difference already..

my question is where is the exact amount to be follow when you are going to pay the fee for settlement?is it in Philippine Money ( which is in Peso) or in UK Money which is 810 pounds?

hope to hear from you..thank u

[alanp]

What if my husband will send me 810 pounds and if it happen I will pay in the BDO bank and will only rate a 1 pound is only P68 pesos, that will sum up as P 55,080 pesos only and not anymore P 60,750 pesos, so there will be P 5670 pesos difference already..

my question is where is the exact amount to be follow when you are going to pay the fee for settlement?is it in Philippine Money ( which is in Peso) or in UK Money which is 810 pounds?

hope to hear from you..thank u

hi the fee you will need is p60.750 when my fiancee applied last month the fee she paid was the fee stated on the vfs website also she had to pay for the text messaging service and if you wanted your docs sent back to you thats an additional charge http://www.vfs-uk-ph.com/services.aspx

[jeanelovesdeano]

thank u alanp for that information.
May i ask where did your fiancee pay the visa fee?is it in the bank or in the vfs office?what account name or account number did she indicate in the deposit slip if she paid it in the bank?hope to hear from you..thanks

[alanp]

my fiancee paid cash at union bank they will give you a receipt you will need a copy of your passport data page. http://www.vfs-uk-ph.com/fee_payment.aspx