UK Visa Fees 2020/21 for All Types of Applications

1. Payment

UK Visa Fees 2020/21

The UK visa application charges are payable under sections 68 and 69 of the Immigration Act 2014. The UK Government revises the Home Office Nationality and Immigration Charges once every year- normally in Feb-March. Accordingly, after the yearly revision, the UK visa application fee in GBP usually does not change. However, since application fees are mostly payable in US$ or in local currencies such as PKR, INR etc., therefore, the actual payable charges may vary due to exchange rate fluctuations.

Applicants need to pay the fee online at the time of finalizing the applications. In case of application cancellation, an applicant can solicit a UK visa fee refund up to 8 weeks from the date of the application and only before the biometrics. Therefore, applicants cannot claim refund after biometrics. Moreover, the UK Visa Fee is also not refundable after a refusal.

2. Visitor

UK Standard Visitor Visa Fees 2020/21

The UK Visa Fees 2020 for 6-months visit, tourist, family, or business application is £95. And the charges for 2, 5 and 10-year long term visitor visa are £361, £655, and £822, respectively, for applications from outside the UK. Please note:

• Application charges for infants under 5 and children under 18 are same as that for adults.
• The most common and popular application is the 6 months UK standard visitor visa aka England/London tourist visa. Therefore, a fresh applicant usually applies for the 6 months multiple-entry visitor visa for tourism, family, or business visits. Whereas a repeat visitor can also apply for a long-term visitor visa for tourism, meeting family or business.
• Non-visa nationals such as US, Australian, Canadian nationals usually don’t need a visa for visiting the UK

UK Priority Visitor Visa Fees 2020

For fast tracking visit visa applications within 5 working days, the cost of priority service is £220. Therefore, the UK visit visa fast tracking fees in 2020 for 6 months, 2, 5 and 10 years applications is £315, £581, £875, and £1,042, respectively.

At a few UKVACs, applicants can also purchase the same-day (24-hour) super-priority service for £956. Accordingly, the UK visa fees with same-day premium service for 6 months, 2, 5 and 10 years are £1,051, £1,317, £1,611, and £1,778, respectively.

Please note, Coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions have affected the provision of priority and super-priority premium services at several Visa Application Centre (VACs).

UK Visitor Visa Fees 2020/21

3. Student

UK Student Visa Cost 2020/21

The UK student visa cost 2020/21 is £348. For fast tracking, applicants need to pay an additional cost of £220 for priority service. Therefore, the UK student visa application fees in 2020/21 with priority service is £568. Moreover, the UK visa cost for child students and dependants is also the same.

4. Family Settlement

UK Spouse Visa Fees 2020/21

The UK spouse visa fee 2020/21 is £1,523 for an entry clearance application. However, to fast track processing time within thirty working days (instead of 12-24 weeks) the UK spouse visa fees with priority service (£573) is £2,096. The fees for spouse visa extension or leave to remain applications from inside the UK are £1,033, £1,533, and £1,833 for standard (normal 8 weeks), 5-day priority or 24-hours super-priority service, respectively. Spouse visa ILR application charges are £2,389 and £3,189 for normal (6 months) and ILR same day premium service, respectively.

Partner and Fiancé(e)

The UK Visa fee for civil, unmarried, same-sex partner, fiancé(e) and proposed civil partner is £1,523 for an entry clearance application. The application cost of civil, unmarried, same-sex partner, fiancé(e) and proposed civil partner visa extension or leave to remain applications from inside the UK is £1,033.

UK Family Visa Fees 2020/21

5. Work

UK Visa Fees 2020/21

Please note, the innovator, start-up, and global talent visa has replaced the Tier 1 Entrepreneur, Graduate Entrepreneur and Tier 1 Exceptional Talent, respectively. Moreover, Skilled Worker,  Intra Company Transfer, T2 Sportsperson, T2 Minister of Religion and T5 Temporary Worker visa  has replaced the Tier 2 General, Tier 2 Intra-company Transfer (ICT), Tier 2 Sportsperson, Tier 2 Minister of Religion and Tier 5 Temporary Worker visa, respectively.

A Council of Europe Social Charter (CESC) discount of £55 applies for main applicants under the following routes:

1. Innovator
2. Start-up
3. Global Talent initial application
4. Global Talent subsequent application
5. Tier 1 Entrepreneur
6. Skilled Worker
7. Intra-Company Transfer, T2 Sportsperson & T2 Minister of Religion
8. Intra-Company Transfer – Graduate Trainee
9. T5 (Temporary Worker)

UK Work Visa Fees 2020/21

6. Priority Visa

UK Priority Visa Fees 2020/21

The UK priority visa fees are £220 and £573 for settlement and non-settlement applications, respectively. For same-day (24 hour) processing of applications, the UK super-priority visa fees are £956. However, the super-priority service (aka premium service) is only available in very few countries.

UK Other Visas and Services Fees 2020/21

7. Coronavirus

If a person with a valid leave has left the UK before 17 March 2020 and intended to return but was unable to do so before the visa expired because of travel restrictions related to coronavirus (COVID-19) then can apply for Covid Visa Concession Scheme (CVCS). Apart from visitors, the CVCS is available until 31 March 2021 for all other routes and it is free of application charges.