UK visa fees for people coming to visit, live, study and work in Britain have risen by up to £222 today.
In a bid to reduce immigration, the Home Office is introducing a series of strict new measures.
These include changes to refugee status, paying failed asylum seekers up to £10,000 each to leave the country and stripping those found working illegally of their rights to taxpayer-funded accommodation.
An “emergency brake” has been placed on UK student visas for migrants from four countries - Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan - after Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said asylum applications rocketed.
New visa charges came into place on Wednesday April 8, rising by up to 7 per cent, and increasing costs for employers, sponsors, family members and migrants coming to Britain.
The new fees
Short stay visas for people coming to visit Britain for up to six months rise by £8 to £135 per application.
Visit visas for stays of up to two years increase by £31 to £506 per application, a five-year visit visa is up £55 to £903 and a ten-year visit visa rises £69 to £1,128 per application.
Fees for applications leading to British citizenship are also up. Nationalisation applications cost £1,709 - up from £1,605.
Applications for route to settlement visas, which allow foreign nationals to live, work, or join family in Britain and can eventually lead to Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), have increased in price.
An ordinary route to settlement visa application breaks the £2,000 mark for the first time, increasing from £1,938 to £2,064 on April 8.
Visas for people being cared for by a relative in the UK rise £222 to £3,635, while route to settlement visas for refugee dependant relatives go up £28 to £452.
Many work visas for employees and their dependents have also increased in price.
Skilled worker visa applications made outside the UK and for those staying up to three years are up from £769 to £819 (£50).
Longer stay work applications see comparable percentage increases.
These changes affect both the main applicants and any dependants or family members they may bring with them.
Standard student visa fees have risen to £558 - up £34.
The Graduate Route visa increased from £880 to £937 for main applicants and dependants today.
UK passport costs also rose on April 8, with the fee for a standard online adult application going up from £94.50 to £102.
The price of a child passport has increased from £61.50 to £66.50.
