This page provides a comprehensive guide to UK visa application fees, as set by the Home Office, updated to reflect changes effective from 1 May 2025.
While we keep this page regularly updated, we recommend checking with the official UK Visas and Immigration website to confirm the most current fee schedule.
Understanding UK Visa application fees
UK Visa application fees are the mandatory charges payable to the Home Office for processing visa and immigration applications.
These fees vary depending on the visa type, duration of stay, and whether you are applying inside or outside the UK.
It is important to note that these fees do not include:
- The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS)
- Immigration Skills Charge (for sponsored workers)
- Biometric appointment fees
- Premium or priority service fees
- Costs for legal advice or representation
- Fees for translation, certification, or notarisation of supporting documents
Before you apply: Important considerations for applicants
Before applying for your UK visa, it is important to take the following into account:
- Choose the correct visa route
Each visa category has specific eligibility criteria and documentation requirements. Applying under the wrong route can lead to delays or refusals. - Check the most recent fees
UK visa fees can change without prior notice. Ensure that you are using the correct, up-to-date fee for your chosen route. - Be aware of refund policies
In most cases, visa application fees are non-refundable, even if your application is rejected or withdrawn. - Budget for additional charges
Depending on your circumstances, you may need to pay extra for services such as IHS, translations, and priority processing. - Consider dependant fees
If you are applying with family members (including children), fees usually apply per applicant.
Get expert help with your visa application
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Visas and applications made outside the UK
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Visit visa – short up to 6 months | £127 |
| Visit visa – long up to 2 years [footnote 1] | £475 |
| Visit visa – long up to 5 years | £848 |
| Visit visa – long up to 10 years | £1,059 |
| Visiting academic – more than 6 months but no more than 12 months | £220 |
| Private medical treatment visa – more than 6 months but not more than 11 months | £220 |
| Transit visa (direct airside transit) | £39 |
| Transit visit visa (landside transit) | £70 |
| Visa for the purpose of joining a ship or aircraft as a member of the crew of that ship or aircraft | £70 |
| Single-entry visa to replace a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) | £154 |
| Certificate of Entitlement to Right of Abode (outside the UK) | £589 |
| Transfer of Conditions (Vignette Transfer) application made overseas | £154 |
| Other visa | £682 |
| Hong Kong British National (Overseas) for 30 months – main applicant and dependants | £193 |
| Hong Kong British National (Overseas) for 5 years – main applicant and dependants | £268 |
| Route to Settlement | £1,938 |
| Route to Settlement – other dependant relative | £3,413 |
| Route to Settlement – refugee dependant relative | £424 |
| Indefinite leave to enter the UK as the dependant of an HM Armed Forces service leaver or a member of HM Armed Forces under Appendix HM Armed Forces to the Immigration Rules | £3,029 |
| Indefinite leave to enter the UK as an HM Armed Forces service leaver or a member of HM Armed Forces under Appendix HM Armed Forces to the Immigration Rules | £3,029 |
| Call out / out of hours fee (per hour/part hour) – service of consular officers | £142 |
| Receiving, preparing and forwarding documents – consular functions | £141 |
| Administrative review | £80 |
| Electronic travel authorisation (ETA) | £16 |
| Indefinite leave to enter the UK as a victim of domestic abuse and dependant children under Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse to the Immigration Rules | £3,029 |
Work – applications made outside the UK
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Innovator Founder – main applicant and dependants | £1,274 |
| Endorsement fee under Innovator Founder route (payable to endorsing body) excluding VAT | £1,000 |
| Contact point meeting with endorsing body under Innovator Founder route (payable to endorsing body) excluding VAT | £500 |
| Start-up – main applicant and dependants | £465 |
| Approval letter from a competent body in respect of an initial application for Global Talent | £561 |
| Global Talent – main applicant – where Approval Letter is required | £205 |
| Global Talent – main applicant – where Approval Letter is not required | £766 |
| Global Talent – dependants only | £766 |
| Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) – dependants only | £766 |
| Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) – dependants only | £1,274 |
| Tier 1 (Investor) – main applicant and dependants | £2,000 |
| Skilled worker, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 3 years or less [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £769 |
| Skilled Worker, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 3 years [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £1,519 |
| Skilled Worker – a job on the Immigration Salary List where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 3 years or less [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £590 |
| Skilled Worker – a job on the Immigration Salary List where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 3 years [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £1,160 |
| Skilled Worker – Health and Care Visa – where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 3 years or less [footnote 2] [footnote 3] – main applicant and dependants | £304 |
| Skilled Worker – Health and Care Visa – where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 3 years [footnote 2] [footnote 3] – main applicant and dependants | £590 |
| Skilled Worker – a job on the Immigration Salary List – Health and Care Visa – where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 3 years or less [footnote 2] [footnote 3] – main applicant and dependants | £304 |
| Skilled Worker – a job on the Immigration Salary List – Health and Care Visa – where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 3 years [footnote 2] [footnote 3] – main applicant and dependants | £590 |
| T2 Minister of Religion – main applicant and dependants | £769 |
| International Sportsperson, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 12 months or less [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| International Sportsperson, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 12 months [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £769 |
| Temporary Work – Seasonal Worker, Religious Worker, Charity Worker, Creative Worker, International Agreement, Government Authorised Exchange and Youth Mobility Scheme – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| Representative of an overseas business – main applicant and dependants | £769 |
| Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker – up to 3 years – main applicant and dependants | £769 |
| Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker – more than 3 years – main applicant and dependants | £1,519 |
| Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| Global Business Mobility – Service Supplier – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| Global Business Mobility – Secondment Worker – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| Scale-up – main applicant and dependants | £880 |
| High Potential Individual – main applicant and dependants | £880 |
Study – applications made outside the UK
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Student – main applicant and dependants | £524 |
| Child Student | £524 |
| Short term student studying English language for more than 6 months but not more than 11 months | £214 |
Optional premium services outside the UK
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Priority Visa service – Settlement | £500 |
| Priority Visa service – Non-Settlement | £500 |
| Super Priority Visa service | £1,000 |
| User Pays Visa Application service | £76.50 |
| The provision of an immigration officer to provide any premium service relating to entry into or transit through the United Kingdom (per hour per officer) | £150 |
| International Contact Centre – Email Service (per query) | £2.74 |
| International Contact Centre – Telephone Helpline (per minute) | £0.69 |
Optional premium services in the UK
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Super Priority service | £1,000 |
| Expedited processing – Priority service | £500 |
| On-Demand service (Mobile Biometric Enrolment) (per hour per representative of the contractor providing the service) | £650 |
| The provision of an immigration officer to deliver any premium service, to a Government Department, relating to entry into or transit through the United Kingdom | £72.27 |
| The provision of an immigration officer to deliver any premium service, relating to entry into or transit through the United Kingdom (per hour per officer) | £150 |
| Premium status checks and advice – Administrative Officer (per minute)[footnote 4] | £0.80 |
| Premium status checks, advice or training – Executive Officer (inside office hours) (per minute) [footnote 4] | £0.88 |
| Premium status checks, advice or training – Executive Officer (outside office hours) (per minute) [footnote 4] | £1.10 |
| Premium status checks, advice or training – Higher Executive Officer (inside office hours) (per minute) [footnote 4] | £0.97 |
| Premium status checks, advice or training – Higher Executive Officer (outside office hours) (per minute) [footnote 4] | £1.23 |
Premium services at the border
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Registered Traveller (Adult) – Yearly Subscription (per year) | £50 |
| Registered Traveller (Child) – Yearly Subscription (per year) | £24 |
| Registered Traveller – Registration of New Documents | £20 |
| Fast Track – Heathrow | £10 |
| Fast Track – Other ports of entry | £10 |
Work – applications made in the UK
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Innovator Founder – main applicant and dependants | £1,590 |
| Endorsement fee under Innovator Founder route (payable to endorsing body) excluding VAT | £1,000 |
| Contact point meeting with endorsing body under Innovator Founder route (payable to endorsing body) excluding VAT | £500 |
| Start-up – main applicant and dependants | £625 |
| Approval letter from a competent body in respect of an initial application for Global Talent | £561 |
| Global Talent – main applicant – where Approval Letter is required | £205 |
| Global Talent – main applicant – where Approval Letter is not required | £766 |
| Global Talent – dependants only | £766 |
| Graduate Route – main applicant and dependants | £880 |
| Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) – dependants only | £766 |
| Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) – main applicant and dependants | £1,590 |
| Tier 1 (Investor) – main applicant and dependants | £2,000 |
| Skilled Worker, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 3 years or less [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £885 |
| Skilled Worker, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 3 years [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £1,751 |
| Skilled Worker – a job on the Immigration Salary List where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 3 years or less [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £590 |
| Skilled Worker – a job on the Immigration Salary List where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 3 years [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £1,160 |
| Skilled Worker – Health and Care Visa – where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 3 years or less [footnote 2] [footnote 3] – main applicant and dependants | £304 |
| Skilled Worker – Health and Care Visa – where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 3 years [footnote 2] [footnote 3] – main applicant and dependants | £590 |
| Skilled Worker – a job on the Immigration Salary List- Health and Care Visa – where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 3 years or less [footnote 2] [footnote 3] – main applicant and dependants | £304 |
| Skilled Worker – a job on the Immigration Salary List – Health and Care Visa – where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 3 years [footnote 2] [footnote 3] – main applicant and dependants | £590 |
| T2 Minister of Religion – main applicant and dependants | £885 |
| International Sportsperson, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 12 months or less [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| International Sportsperson, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 12 months [footnote 2] – main applicant and dependants | £885 |
| Temporary Worker – Seasonal Worker, Religious Worker, Charity Worker, Creative Worker, International Agreement Worker, Government Authorised Exchange Worker and Youth Mobility Scheme – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| Representative of an overseas business – main applicant and dependants | £885 |
| Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker – up to 3 years – main applicant and dependants | £885 |
| Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker – more than 3 years – main applicant and dependants | £1,751 |
| Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| Global Business Mobility – Service Supplier – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| Global Business Mobility – Secondment Worker – main applicant and dependants | £319 |
| Scale-up – main applicant and dependants | £880 |
| High Potential Individual – main applicant and dependants | £880 |
Study – applications made in the UK
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Student – main applicant and dependants | £524 |
| Child student | £524 |
Other applications made in the UK
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Visitor Extension – main applicant and dependants | £1,100 |
| Leave to enter for persons in the UK who are liable to immigration detention | £1,321 |
| Leave to remain– Other | £1,321 |
| Hong Kong British National (In-country) for 30 months – main applicant and dependants | £193 |
| Hong Kong British National (In-country) for 5 years – main applicant and dependants | £268 |
| Processing an application which is subsequently rejected as invalid | £28 |
| Indefinite leave to remain – main applicants and dependants | £3,029 |
| Replacement Biometric Residence Card (issued under the EU Settlement Scheme) which has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed | £19 |
| Replacement Biometric Residence Permit which has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed | £19 |
| Travel Document – Certificate of travel – adult | £300 |
| Travel Document – Certificate of travel – child | £151 |
| Travel Document – Convention travel document – adult | £94.50 |
| Travel Document – Convention travel document – child | £61.50 |
| Administrative Review | £80 |
| Life in the UK test | £50 |
Nationality
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Naturalisation (British citizenship) [footnote 5] | £1,605 |
| Naturalisation British overseas territory citizens | £1,070 |
| Nationality registration as a British citizen – adult [footnote 5] | £1,446 |
| Nationality registration as a British citizen – child [footnote 6] | £1,214 |
| The arrangement of a citizenship ceremony (including the administration of a citizenship oath and pledge at the ceremony). | £130 |
| The administration of a citizenship oath, or oath and pledge where the oath, or oath and pledge, are not administered at a citizenship ceremony or by a justice of the peace. | £5 |
| Nationality registration – British overseas territory citizen, British overseas citizens, British Subjects, British protected persons – adult | £964 |
| Nationality registration – British overseas territory citizen, British overseas citizens, British Subjects, British protected persons – child | £810 |
| Renunciation of nationality | £482 |
| Certificate of Entitlement Nationality Right of Abode (In the UK) | £589 |
| Nationality review | £482 |
| Status Letter (Nationality) | £459 |
| Non-acquisition Letter (Nationality) | £459 |
| Nationality correction to certificate | £428 |
| Nationality – supply of a certified copy of a notice, certificate, order or declaration | £428 |
| Nationality reissued Certificate | £428 |
Sponsorship
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Premium Sponsor Service (12 months) Worker sponsor and Temporary worker sponsor – large sponsors | £25,000 |
| Premium Sponsor Service (12 months) Worker sponsor and Temporary worker sponsor – small sponsors | £8,000 |
| Premium Sponsor Service (12 months) Student sponsors | £8,000 |
| The expedited processing of a sponsorship management request made by a Worker sponsor or Temporary worker sponsor | £200 |
| Priority service for expedited processing of sponsor licence applications | £500 |
| Worker sponsor licence (large sponsor ) | £1,579 |
| Worker sponsor licence (small sponsor) | £574 |
| Student sponsor licence | £574 |
| Temporary Worker sponsor licence | £574 |
| Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licence (large sponsor) | £1,579 |
| Worker and Student sponsor licence (large sponsor) | £1,579 |
| Worker, Temporary Worker and Student sponsor licence (large sponsor) | £1,579 |
| Temporary Worker and Student sponsor licence | £574 |
| Worker sponsor licence (large sponsor), where sponsor currently holds a Temporary Worker and/or Student Sponsor Licence | £1,005 |
| Endorsement fee for a Scale-up sponsor licence under Endorsing Body Pathway (payable to the endorsing body) excluding VAT | £1,500 |
| Student sponsor basic compliance assessment | £574 |
| Sponsor action plan | £1,579 |
| Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) or approval under Sponsor a Worker [footnote 2]: Skilled Worker, T2 Minister of Religion, Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker | £525 |
| Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) or approval under Sponsor a Worker [footnote 2] – Temporary Worker including Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee, UK Expansion Worker, Service Supplier and Secondment Worker route, and Scale-up route | £55 |
| Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) or approval under Sponsor a Worker for International Sportsperson route – Over 12 months [footnote 2] | £525 |
| Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) or approval under Sponsor a Worker for International Sportsperson route – Up to 12 months or less [footnote 2] | £55 |
| Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS) for student, child student | £55 |
Assessment of an overseas qualification – applications made both outside the UK and in the UK
| Fees category | Fee from 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| For a recognised standard of overseas qualification including, if requested, a recognised appropriate level of English language | £210 |
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Application fee of £127 where the applicant is a Chinese national applying in mainland China under the Chinese visa scheme. ↩
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“Sponsor a Worker” means the scheme operated by the Secretary of State to give approval to an employer to recruit an individual to a specific work role where that individual is required to make an application for entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom to perform that role. During the period of rolling out the new IT system on which Sponsor a Worker operates both the systems of issuance of Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) and Sponsor a Worker are to run in parallel with the Sponsor a Worker system being used by select sponsors only. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18 ↩19 ↩20 ↩21 ↩22 ↩23 ↩24
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Skilled Worker visa fees are reduced for those qualifying for Health and Care Visa and the fees after reductions are shown above. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8
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Administrative Officer, Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer are Civil Service staff grades. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5
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The citizenship ceremony fee of £130 will be added to the application fee. ↩ ↩2
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Additional £130 per applicant is required to cover the ceremony fee should the minor turn 18 during the application process. This will be requested at point of decision. ↩
