Hi,

Any ideas why a Fiance/Settlement visa is much more expensive than a tourist visa?

I suppoase they have to do more work also checking etc after all cant just let anyone into our country....dont know where you are but in australia as all places the same.

thats life im afraid you want you have to pay what more can be said about this

See the other similar thread started yesterday.

The real cost of processing a UK settlement visa is given as £391 in 2011, yet the cost is £810. Why? Because they can charge what they like. Complain if you like, they don't care.

The only people who could answer that question most probably wouldn't want to. One can only speculate.

One possible reason is as a filter ... it might be seen as a way to shake out the people who are not in sincere relationships and/or are unlikely to be sufficiently financial to sponsor someone who potentially has little in the way of their own assets. It might also be an issue of cross-subsidisation .... charge more than it costs for this in order to pay for 'services' for which the gov't cannot charge a fee .... e.g. embassy cocktail parties, accommodating illegals, etc.

Edited January 10, 201214 yr by chiangmaibruce

See the other similar thread started yesterday.

This one

As the OP's previous posts show he is talking about the UK, I am closing this topic to avoid duplication. Please continue discussion in the other topic.

Thank you.