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 30 June 2008.

Category - Visit	(£)
Single, double and multiple, valid up to 6 months	65
Longer term multiple entry (1, 2, 5 and 10 years)	205
Academic visitor, up to 12 months	65
Family	65
Business	65
Marriage/civil partnership	65
Medical treatment	65
Student visitor, up to 6 months	65
Child visitor	65
Approved Destinations Status Agreement (ADS), up to 30 days only	65
Joining ship/aircraft	45
Transit	45
Direct Airside Transit (DAT)	45
Category: Study	( £)
Student	99
Student nurse	99
Prospective student	99
Writing up a thesis	99
Chevening Scholarship	Free of charge
British Marshall Scholarship	Free of charge
Rhodes Scholarship	Free of charge
Fulbright Scholarship	Free of charge
Chevening Fellowship	Free of charge
Exchange student	99
Resitting exams	99
Sabbatical Officer	99
Student dependant	99
Parent of a child at school	205
Category: Employment	(£)
Clinical attachment and dental observation	205
PLAB Test	205
Postgraduate doctor	205
Postgraduate dentist	205
Work permit holder	205
Training and work experience (TWES)	205
Overseas qualified nurse/midwife	205
Work permit dependant	205
Category: Permit Free Employment	(£)
Entertainer	99
BUNAC	205
Off Shore Workers	205
Rudolf Steiner Establishment	205
Jewish Agency	205
Japan Youth Exchange	205
IAESTE	205
Representatives of overseas insurance agencies	205
Research Assistant to Member of Parliament (MP)	205
Overseas newspapers, news agencies and broadcasting organisations	205
Missionary	205
Member of a religious order	205
Sports person	99
Festivals	99
Gap year	205
New China work experience	205
Airport-based ground staff of overseas airlines	205
Au pair	205
Overseas domestic worker	205
EC Business Association Agreement	205
Journalist	205
Minister of religion	205
Overseas government employees	205
Seasonal agricultural worker	205
Sole representative	205
Teachers and language assistants	205
UK Ancestry	205
Voluntary worker	99
Working holiday maker	205
Dependant of any of the above	205
Category: Settlement	(£)
Husband/wife/civil partner	515
Unmarried/same sex partner	515
Marriage/civil partnership	515
Child or dependant relative of a settled person	515
Adopted child of settled person	515
Family reunion	Free of charge
Armed Forces	515
Category: Points Based System (PBS)	(£)
Tier 1 general applicant	600
Dependant of tier 1 general applicant	600
Tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional arrangement)	200
Dependant of tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional arrangement)	200
Tier 1 investor or entrepreneur	600
Dependent of tier 1 investor or entrepreneur	600
Tier 1 post study applicant	205
Dependent of tier 1 post study applicant	205
Category: Exempt	(£)
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	(£)
Course F (over 6 months)	99
Course F (up to 6 months)	65
Exercise the right of access to a child	205
Parent/primary carer of an EEA national	205
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
Forwarding applications on behalf of Commonwealth Countries/Overseas Territories	59
Retired person of independent means	205
Returning resident	205
Right of Abode Certificate of Entitlement	205

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.