Clarification Of Uk Settlement Visa Fees

[Ch23]

Hi,

woundering if anyone has experience with completing or namely paying for a uk settlement visa for wife + step daughter. i have looked and found two sources vfs global in bkk which seems to suggest 2 x 40,500 bht (about £1620) and the uk border agency which seems to suggest £972 for the main applicant + £486 for the dependant (step kid) ie £1458 overall.

anyone have a definative price/answer?

much appreciated

thanks

ch23

[7by7]

If applying for the initial 27 month visa in Thailand then the fee on the UKVAC website is correct; i.e. 40,500baht each.

The fee you have quoted from the UKBA website, £972 for the main applicant plus £486 for each child under 18 included in the application, is for Indefinite Leave to Remain. They apply for this after living in the UK for 24 months.

[ThaiVisaExpress]

Bad news as 7/7 has clarified.

[Ch23]

thanks for clearing that up; bad news indeed.

[ThaiVisaExpress]

I think if they are entering the UK together they should be allowed to go on the same form & be processed together.

[bobrussell]

They are losing out on a good money spinner by not offering 'Priority Processing' for those in a hurry! This way they could offer a similar 'buy one get one half price' as with ILR.

I am feeling a little jaded as I am doing the ILR paperwork at the moment for my wife and daughter and not looking forward to forking out the £1500 for that!

Saving grace is that it is not as much of a pain to do as the original settlement visa because the required documentation is rather more straight forward (I hope!).

[ThaiVisaExpress]

They are losing out on a good money spinner by not offering 'Priority Processing' for those in a hurry! This way they could offer a similar 'buy one get one half price' as with ILR.

I am feeling a little jaded as I am doing the ILR paperwork at the moment for my wife and daughter and not looking forward to forking out the £1500 for that!

Saving grace is that it is not as much of a pain to do as the original settlement visa because the required documentation is rather more straight forward (I hope!).

Yes its expensive for sure.

[7by7]

When my wife and step-daughter applied for settlement in 2000 I asked at the embassy why a settlement visa was so much more expensive than a visit one. I was told that it was because the cost of a settlement visa included the cost of processing any later in UK applications such as ILR; which seemed logical. When my wife and step-daughter applied for ILR there was no fee. If I recall correctly, at that time all in UK applications were free!

Then Blair and Brown saw a money spinner. They raised the out of UK fees and introduced new, high in UK fees. They also decided that all these fees should be raised at least once a year by amounts well above inflation.

Despite vociferous objections to this at the time from both the Tories and LibDems, the coalition government has continued this policy.