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Evening Standard
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Miriam Burrell

‘There’s no way people will be able to live here’: London father faces £17,000 bill to keep family in UK

A London father living in temporary accommodation with his wife and four children will have to pay more than £17,000 to keep his family in the UK after the Government’s planned visa fee hike for those on the 10-year route to settlement.

On Wednesday the Home Office raised fees by up to 35 per cent for most visas to live, work and study in the UK and has indicated it will raise fees by 20 per cent for those on the 10-year visa route to gain indefinite leave to remain, like Felix Tabiri.

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