Latest UK visa fees

Latest UK visa fees

December 24th, 2024

UK visa fees can vary depending on the type of visa and the specific circumstances of your application. In the following sections, we’ll break down the fees for various visa categories, including visit, work, study, and settlement visas, along with optional premium services to help guide you through the application process.

All UK visa fees

How much is the UK visa fee now? Here’s a UK visa fee table for varios scenarios, according to the offical site:

1. Visas and applications made outside the UK

Category UK visa fee
Visit visa – short up to 6 months £115
Visit visa – long up to 2 years £400
Visit visa – long up to 5 years £771
Visit visa – long up to 10 years £963
Visiting academic – more than 6 months but no more than 12 months £200
Private medical treatment visa – more than 6 months but not more than 11 months £200
Transit visa (direct airside transit) £35
Transit visit visa (landside transit) £64
Visa for the purpose of joining a ship or aircraft as a member of the crew £64
Electronic Visa Waiver £30
Single-entry visa to replace a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) £154
Certificate of Entitlement Nationality Right of Abode (outside the UK) £388
Transfer of Conditions (Vignette Transfer) application made overseas £154
Other visa £637
Hong Kong British National (Overseas) for 30 months £180
Hong Kong British National (Overseas) for 5 years £250
Route to Settlement £1,846
Route to Settlement – other dependant relative £3,250
Route to Settlement – refugee dependant relative £404
Indefinite leave to enter the UK as the dependant of a member of the armed forces £2,885
Indefinite leave to enter the UK as a foreign or Commonwealth citizen discharged from HM Forces £2,885
Call out/ out of hours fee (per hour/part hour) £142
Receiving, preparing and forwarding documents £141
Administrative review £80

2. Work – Applications made outside the UK

Category UK visa fee
Innovator Founder – main applicant and dependants £1,191
Endorsement fee under Innovator Founder route £1,000
Start-up – main applicant and dependants £435
Approval letter for Global Talent £524
Global Talent – main applicant (Approval Letter required) £192
Global Talent – main applicant (Approval Letter not required) £716
Global Talent – dependants £716
Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) – dependants £716
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) – dependants £1,191
Tier 1 (Investor) – main applicant and dependants £1,884
Skilled Worker (3 years or less) £719
Skilled Worker (over 3 years) £1,420
Skilled Worker – shortage occupation (3 years or less) £551
Skilled Worker – shortage occupation (over 3 years) £1,084
Skilled Worker – Health and Care Visa (3 years or less) £284
Skilled Worker – Health and Care Visa (over 3 years) £551
T2 Minister of Religion £719
International Sportsperson (12 months or less) £298
International Sportsperson (over 12 months) £719
Temporary Worker – various types £298
Representative of an overseas business £719
Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker (up to 3 years) £719
Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker (over 3 years) £1,420
Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee £298
Global Business Mobility – Service Supplier £298
Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker £298
Global Business Mobility – Secondment Worker £298
Scale-up – main applicant and dependants £822
High Potential Individual – main applicant and dependants £822

3. Study – Applications Made Outside the UK

Category UK visa fee
Student – main applicant and dependants £490
Child Student £490
Short term student studying English language £200

4. Optional premium services outside the UK

Category UK visa fee
Priority Visa service – Settlement £500
Priority Visa service – Non-Settlement £500
Super Priority Visa service £1,000
User Pays Visa Application service £76.50
The provision of an immigration officer to provide any premium service £77.40
International Contact Centre – Email Service £2.74
International Contact Centre – Telephone Helpline £0.69

5. Optional Premium Services in the UK

Category UK visa fee
Super Priority service £1,000
Expedited processing – Priority service £500
On-Demand service (Mobile Biometric Enrolment) £650
The provision of an immigration officer to deliver premium service £77.40
Premium status checks – Administrative Officer £0.80
Premium status checks – Executive Officer (inside office hours) £0.88
Premium status checks – Executive Officer (outside office hours) £1.10
Premium status checks – Higher Executive Officer (inside office hours) £0.97
Premium status checks – Higher Executive Officer (outside office hours) £1.23

6. Premium services at the norder

Category UK visa fee
Registered Traveller (Adult) – Yearly Subscription £50
Registered Traveller (Child) – Yearly Subscription £24
Registered Traveller – Registration of New Documents £20
Fast Track – Heathrow £5.20
Fast Track – Other ports of entry £3.00

7. Work – Applications made in the UK

Category UK visa fee
Innovator Founder – main applicant and dependants £1,486
Endorsement fee under Innovator Founder route £1,000
Start-up – main applicant and dependants £584
Approval letter for Global Talent £524
Global Talent – main applicant (Approval Letter required) £192
Global Talent – main applicant (Approval Letter not required) £716
Graduate Route – main applicant and dependants £822
Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) – dependants £716
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) – main applicant and dependants £1,486
Tier 1 (Investor) – main applicant and dependants £1,884
Skilled Worker (3 years or less) £827
Skilled Worker (over 3 years) £1,500
Skilled Worker – shortage occupation (3 years or less) £551
Skilled Worker – shortage occupation (over 3 years) £1,084
Skilled Worker – Health and Care Visa (3 years or less) £284
Skilled Worker – Health and Care Visa (over 3 years) £551
T2 Minister of Religion £827
International Sportsperson (12 months or less) £298
International Sportsperson (over 12 months) £827
Temporary Worker – various types £298
Representative of an overseas business £827
Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker (up to 3 years) £827
Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker (over 3 years) £1,500
Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee £298
Global Business Mobility – Service Supplier £298
Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker £298
Global Business Mobility – Secondment Worker £298
Scale-up – main applicant and dependants £822
High Potential Individual – main applicant and dependants £822

8. Study – Applications made in the UK

Category UK visa fee
Student – main applicant and dependants £490
Child student £490

9. Other Applications Made in the UK

Category UK visa fee
Visitor Extension – main applicant and dependants £1,000
Leave to enter for persons in the UK liable to immigration detention £1,048
Leave to remain– Other £1,048
Hong Kong British National (In-country) for 30 months £180
Hong Kong British National (In-country) for 5 years £250
Processing an application which is subsequently rejected as invalid £25
Indefinite leave to remain – main applicants and dependants £2,885
Replacement Biometric Residence Card £19
Replacement Biometric Residence Permit £19
Travel Document – Certificate of travel – adult £280
Travel Document – Certificate of travel – child £141
Travel Document – Convention travel document – adult £82
Travel Document – Convention travel document – child £53
Administrative Review £80
Life in the UK test £50

10. Nationality

Category UK visa fee
Naturalisation (British citizenship) £1,500
Naturalisation British overseas territory citizens £1,000
Nationality registration as a British citizen – adult £1,351
Nationality registration as a British citizen – child £1,214
Citizenship ceremony administration £80
Administration of a citizenship oath £5
Nationality registration – various adult categories £901
Nationality registration – various child categories £810
Renunciation of nationality £372
Certificate of Entitlement Nationality Right of Abode (In the UK) £372
Nationality review £372
Status Letter (Nationality) £250
Non-acquisition Letter (Nationality) £250
Nationality correction to certificate £250
Nationality – certified copy supply £250
Nationality reissued Certificate £250

11. Sponsorship

Category UK visa fee
Premium Sponsor Service (12 months) £25,000
Premium Sponsor Service (12 months) £8,000
The expedited processing of a sponsorship management request £200
Priority service for expedited processing of sponsor licence applications £500
Worker sponsor licence (large sponsor) £1,476
Worker sponsor licence (small sponsor) £536
Student sponsor licence £536