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VISA FEES AND OTHER EXPENSES FOR APPLICANTS OF THE UK SPOUSE VISA, UK FIANCÉE VISA AND OTHER UK SETTLEMENT VISA

8/29/2016

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ECO-FRIENDLY BULLETIN: As of 29 August 2016 the visa fee for a UK Spouse Visa, UK Fiancée Visa, or any other UK Settlement Visa remains at US$1,625.
 
ECO-Friendly recently made the payment for a UK Spouse Visa for the abovementioned amount, and likewise paid for the Immigration Health Surcharge for $861.
 
Take note, however, that these prices are subject to change from time to time, and that should there be any change in fees, this is usually published by the UK government days before the implementation of the rate hike.
 
Take note also that only applicants for the UK Spouse Visa are required to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) as UK Fiancée Visa applicants who are given a maximum allowed stay of six (6) months only are not required to acquire and pay for said IHS.
 
Under the UK government website, applicants need to pay the following IHS payments:
 
  “£150 per year for a student or Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) visa, eg £300 for a 2-year visa
    £200 per year for all other visa and immigration applications, eg £1,000 for a 5-year visa
    Dependants usually need to pay the same amount as the principal applicant.”
 
Based on ECO’s experience, the payment for the IHS is made in US dollars and paid together with the application.
 
The UK government website also states that:
 
“The exact amount you have to pay depends on how much leave you’re granted. You’ll pay half of the yearly amount if your application includes part of a year that is less than 6 months. You’ll pay for a whole year if you’re application includes part of a year that is more than 6 months.”
 
Remember that there is no refund when applicants for the UK Spouse Visa and UK Fiancée Visa pay for the application. The applicants must therefore be sure that all documents and supporting papers are already at hand and in their possession once they commence with the filing of their application.
 
With respect to the Immigration Health Surcharge, however, refund is allowed if the application is denied, and all that the applicant has to do is wait for the automatic refund which will be made and deposit in the account of the credit card that was used to make the payment for the IHS.
 


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WHEN APPLICANT SHOULD FILE THE APPLICATION

8/8/2016

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Applicants for a UK Spouse Visa, UK Fiancée Visa or any other UK Settlement Visa who are applying to travel to the UK to settle with their spouse or partner should file the application at least 12 weeks before their planned flight.

This is in accordance with the standard processing period as prescribed by the UK government which is 60 working days.

According to the UK government website, the “…UK Visas & Immigration is committed to offering the best possible service and to processing your application as quickly as possible. The tool gives processing time in working days, excluding weekends and public holidays.”

For UK Settlement Visas (UK Souse Visa and UK Fiancée Visa) majority of the applications are processed within 60 working days.

The following data (as lifted from the UK Embassy website) were derived from decisions made for the period covering June 2016:


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ECO-Friendly, however, would like to stress that the processing times would really depend on a number of factors which should be taken into consideration.

Issues like sufficiency of documents (completeness or inadequacy), volume of applicants applying at the same period, are only some of the essential issues, which must be considered by the applicants for the UK Spouse Visa and UK Fiancée Visa.

ECO-Friendly would also like to emphasize that the embassy does not guarantee that the decision for the application shall be released within the abovementioned period.

According to the UK government website, the embassy concerned does not assure that the decision shall be released within a particular time since each application for the UK Spouse Visa or UK Fiancée Visa are evaluated, studied and appraised individually and exclusively based on the merits and qualification of the applicant.


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