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1685865

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing reduced fee tiers of visa payments for individuals with contributory ties with the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	12088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce fee tiers. It is the Home Office’s policy that fees should generally be charged consistently across customer groups in order to support the overall funding of the migration and borders system.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/02/2024 10:06:09 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1654787

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Public Sector Pay of 13 July 2023, Official Report, column 525, when she plans to bring forward regulations to increase visa fees.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
	uin	195579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>We will lay regulations in the Autumn to amend immigration and nationality fees and set out which routes are impacted.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 08:30:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1603586

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to extend the visa fee waiver to the immediate family of Commonwealth Armed Forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	163834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The Armed Forces settlement fee exemption was launched in April last year in recognition of the immensely valuable contribution that thousands of overseas personnel make to the UK while serving in HM Forces. It applies to discharged personnel who have served in the UK Armed Forces for a minimum period of six years or have been discharged due to an illness or injury attributable to their service.</p><p> </p><p>The fees and policies that apply to family members of Commonwealth and other non-UK members of HM Forces are closely aligned with those that apply to British citizens and settled persons under the standard family rules. As such there are no plans to extend the fee exemption to family members of Armed Forces personnel.</p><p> </p><p>Further support for Armed Forces families in planning for the cost of visa fees is provided by the Joining Forces Credit Union service. Additionally, families of all HM Forces personnel are exempt from paying the Immigration Health Surcharge, reducing the overall cost of their visa applications compared with the families of most other employment groups.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/03/2023 14:06:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1585471

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of removing priority service fees for applicants who have waited beyond the usual service standard.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	142728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>From 9 January 2023, UKVI re-introduced priority visa services for customers with an outstanding family overseas visa application.</p><p>Priority visa services for new family overseas visa applications will be made available from 20 February 2023<strong>. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Super Priority visa services are currently offered for individuals applying for family leave to remain and family indefinite leave to remain applications from within the UK, and this service has been available throughout 2022.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Customers who submit a family overseas visa application prior to 20 February 2023 will be offered the opportunity to use the Priority visa service in line with the current offer for customers who have an outstanding application.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of applicants retrospectively offered priority service since the service was temporarily suspended does not form part of any current transparency data and is not published.</p><p>However, the transparency data does include a range of processing and service standard data and can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldFamily.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68baeb4cb470480dc90608da47a2e699%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901062213241689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pD9T%2Bmx2%2FMyxOHRWsrOirYLvh1pmqYgqjTuQnf%2FAjH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>UKVI are offering the Priority visa service to customers with existing family visa applications in date order. Customers with the oldest outstanding family visa applications have been contacted first in fairness to those who have waited the longest in the queue. Alongside this, work has continued to reduce standard processing times for family visa applicants currently awaiting a decision.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 142729 142730 142731 question first answered 20/02/2023 15:01:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1550362

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who qualified for visa fee waivers were minors in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	107180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>We do not hold data on what proportion of people who qualified for visa fee waivers were minors in any of the requested years.</p><p>Data has been published on the GOV.UK website that lists the number of fee waiver applications that have been processed, resolved or remain pending a decision. This data covers the period from 2018 Q4 to 2022 Q3 inclusive. The data can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022</a>. The relevant data is listed on tab FW_01.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/12/2022 17:44:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1548421

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing visa fees for minors.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	102908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the fees for immigration and nationality applications under regular review. However, no specific assessment on the potential merits of abolishing the visa fees for minors has been undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office provides exceptions to the need to pay application fees in a number of specific circumstances. These exceptions ensure the Home Office’s immigration and nationality fee structure complies with international obligations and wider government policy.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/12/2022 14:06:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1525087

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of visa renewal fees on migrants.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	68601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been carried out on the overall impact of visa renewal fees. Fees are set for the consideration of the application and are payable regardless of whether the application is seeking entry clearance or permission to stay.</p><p>An assessment of the additional impact of immigration and nationality fees is published alongside the Immigration and Nationality Fees Regulations where fee levels are changed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2022 16:21:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1521183

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to remove visa fees for applicants that have been previously denied a visa.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	62078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has no plans to remove visa fees for applicants who have previously been denied a visa. The fee paid is for the consideration of an application and is payable regardless of the decision made.</p><p>Where a fee is payable, it must be paid in full as specified by the Immigration and Nationality Fees Regulations 2018 in order for the application to be valid.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/10/2022 16:21:19 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1453434

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the application fees payable for all types of (1) new visas, and (2) renewals of existing visas; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL7203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>Fees for immigration and nationality applications are published on gov.uk and can be viewed through this link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/04/2022 15:50:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1405246

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact on the number of visa applications submitted of the rising costs of visa application fees and ancillary fees; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	109177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>An Impact Assessment was published on 12 January alongside the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2022 and can be viewed through this link <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348231007/impacts" target="_blank">The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2022 - Impact Assessment (legislation.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>An assessment of the impact of migration, borders and citizenship fees will be published alongside any future changes to fee levels set by the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/01/2022 17:15:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1383936

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue her Department received from visa fees in the 12 months to October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	85341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office records and publishes data on a financial year basis. Please refer to page 161 of the Home Office 2020-21 Annual Report and Accounts, which contains data from April 2020 to and including March 2021, for the most recent disclosure of visa and immigration income.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1000127%2FHO_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2020-21_FINAL_AS_CERTIFIED__accessible_.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CFinanceFOIandPQ%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3e9da28b25694a17ca3608d9b5ab4b51%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637740569564081103%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=LpT%2FzvtOdsCrt6KO1yqJqU%2FjFG9O012wSNJFYWfa2j8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HO annual report and accounts 2020-21 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Data relating to the current financial year has yet to be published but will be made available in the 2021-22 Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/12/2021 14:57:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1354333

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to provide financial support for visa fees to people in receipt of personal independence payments and universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford South
	tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
	uin	45944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office provides exceptions to the need to pay application fees in a number of specific circumstances to ensure the Home Office’s immigration and nationality fee structure complies with international obligations and wider government policy.</p><p>Fee waivers are available on affordability grounds where the payment of a fee would be incompatible with an applicant’s rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. Detailed guidance can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/977916/fee-waiver-v5.0.pdf" target="_blank">Fee waiver - casework guidance (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Home Office keeps fees for immigration and nationality applications under review and ensures they are within the parameters agreed with HM Treasury and Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/09/2021 16:58:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1348151

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of VFS Global, the operator of her Department's online visa application system, charging for emails received from service users.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	35845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>VFS Global (VFS) and TLS contact run the network of overseas Visa Application Centres (VACs) on behalf of UKVI.</p><p>VFS provide services at the VACs to enable individuals to upload supporting evidence and biometric information, such as a photo, for visa applications and also coordinate the return of travel documents to customers.</p><p>VFS do not charge for emails received from customers.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/07/2021 15:26:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1329531

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting the proposals on costs of visa processes recommended by the report entitled We Are Here: Routes To Regularisation For The UK’s Undocumented Population, published by The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants in April 2021.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	10288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>When setting visa, immigration and citizenship fees the Home Office takes into account a number of factors set by Section 68(9) of the Immigration Act 2014. Full details of which can be reviewed at:</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/section/68" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/section/68</a>.</p><p>These include the cost of processing the application, the wider cost of running the migration, borders and citizenship system, international comparisons and the benefits which are likely to accrue from a successful application.</p><p>The Home Office provides exceptions to the need to pay application fees in several specific circumstances to ensure the Home Office’s immigration and nationality fee structure complies with international obligations and wider government policy. Fee waivers are available on affordability grounds where the payment of a fee would be incompatible with an applicant’s Convention, (ECHR) rights. Where the immigration application fee is waived on affordability grounds, the requirement to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge may also be waived. The detailed guidance can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachmentdata/file967231/Revised_fee_waiver_guidance%20-%20FINAL.PDF" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment­data/file967231/Revised_fee­_waiver_guidance - FINAL.PDF</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/06/2021 14:58:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1180530

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost will be of the visa application process for migrants seeking to enter the UK after January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	20632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s Points-Based Immigration System Policy Statement published on 19 February sets out how we will fulfil our commitment to the British public and take back control of our borders.</p><p>People coming to the UK from any country in the world for the purpose of work or study, other than some short-term business visitors and short-term students, will need to obtain a visa for which they will pay a fee. A list of current fees can be found via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data</a></p><p>The Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System (BICS) is predominately funded by its users. It is right those who use it contribute to its cost, thereby reducing the burden on the UK taxpayer.</p><p>We keep our fees for immigration and nationality applications under review and ensure they are within the parameters agreed with HM Treasury and Parliament, as set out in Section 68 (9) of the Immigration Act 2014<em>. </em></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/03/2020 17:12:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1179534

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the (a) amount accrued to the public purse from (i) fees and (ii) charges applied by the UK Visa Application Centre; and (b) date on which each category of (A) fees and (B) charges were introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
	uin	19054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>All visa and migration fees are paid directly by the applicant to the Home Office and not routed through UKVCAS. The amounts collected are published in the Home Office accounts. The amounts collected for 2018-19 are shown here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF</a> at page 137.</p><p>The fees levels approved by Parliament are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data</a></p><p>However, customers using UKVCAS may elect to pay for additional premium services over and above the visa/migration fee. These premium charges are retained by the commercial operator of UKVCAS. Details of the additional, optional services can be found here at: <a href="http://www.ukvcas.co.uk/additional-services" target="_blank">http://www.ukvcas.co.uk/additional-services</a>.</p><p>Information on the UKVCAS contract is published here: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec5031ea-021e-471a-86cf-af540e8d8efa?p=@xUlRRPT0=NjJNT08=UFQ" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec5031ea-021e-471a-86cf-af540e8d8efa?p=@xUlRRPT0=NjJNT08=UFQ</a>. However, the commencement of service and premium charge price change dates are not disclosed separately.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 11/03/2020 19:45:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1137538

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that the UK’s visa charges remain competitive with those of other countries.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	274428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps all visa fees under regular review. A constituent part of this analysis includes a review of fees charged in comparison with other countries.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/07/2019 15:21:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1134037

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason his Department decided to charge visa applicants £5.48 for email inquiries.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	268417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The £5.48 email charge is levied to fund the UKVI contact centre commercial contract as the UK government believes it is right that those who use and benefit directly from the UK immigration system make an appropriate contribution towards meeting the costs of it. This email charge includes the initial e-mail enquiry plus any follow-up e-mails to and from the contact centre relating to the same enquiry.</p><p>The international charge (£5.48 per email enquiry) was introduced on 1st June 2017 as part of the UKVI Contact Centre operations contract awarded to SITEL UK Ltd</p><p>Those who use the services are predominantly from outside the UK. Our web site <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> is the main source of information and advice and is free of charge.</p><p>Further details of the financial arrangement in place between the Home Office and SITEL UK Ltd for the provision of Contact Centre Services (UK and International) is not available due to it being commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/07/2019 15:52:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1134038

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money in cash terms his Department raised from levying a £5.48 charge on email visa enquiries in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	268418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Details of the financial arrangement in place between the Home Office and SITEL UK Ltd for the provision of Contact Centre Services (UK and International) is not available due to it being commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/07/2019 15:53:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1134039

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money in cash terms his Department raised from levying an additional £1.37 per minute on top of the standard network charge on telephone visa enquiries in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	268419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Details of the financial arrangement in place between the Home Office and SITEL UK Ltd for the provision of Contact Centre Services (UK and Interna-tional) is not available due to it being commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/07/2019 15:54:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1134040

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa or settlement applicants paid for the priority service in 2018; and how many of those applicants received a response within one working day.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	268420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Home Office published information on in-country applications performance is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019</a></p><p>The Home Office does not publish information on the out of country Priority and Super Priority visa service. Published information on the international visa operation is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-may-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-may-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/07/2019 15:32:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1134043

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide in cash terms the value of the charge levied upon visa and settlement applicants for having documents (a) scanned and (b) photocopied by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	268423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>There is no charge by the Home Office levied upon visa and settlement applicants for having documents (a) scanned and (b) photocopied</p><p><br>The vast majority of UKVI customers applying online have the option of uploading their supporting evidence themselves, for free. If customers choose not to use this self-upload function, then they have the option to have their documents scanned by the commercial partner at the visa application centre or service point when they attend their appointment. In most locations an additional charge is applicable for this service.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/07/2019 14:21:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1133855

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 263147 on Visas: Applications, what the new costs of out of hours appointments will be.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	267739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>We are aware that increased demand has had an impact on short term appointment availability which means customers might not always be able to book an appointment at their earliest convenience.</p><p>We are working with Sopra Steria Limited (SSL) as a matter of priority on a number of actions to increase the capacity at service points and we expect availability to increase shortly. These measures include; six additional service points in Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Exeter in May and June. SSL are also increasing appointments offered to customers across a number of existing sites and have reduced the cost of out of hours appointments to £50 in the Croydon service point. Charges in other core sites currently range from £75 to £100, but we will continue to monitor prices and customer demand.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2019 14:46:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1077312

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what refunds or other compensation are available to visa applicants whose visas are not processed within the target time.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	225500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p><br>UK Visas and Immigration consider all requests for refunds on a case by case basis. Whether a refund is issued will depend on the specific circumstances of each case.</p><p>Requests should be made via the complaints process:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure#how-to-complain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure#how-to-complain</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 225501 question first answered 28/02/2019 17:14:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1077314

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) refunds and (b) other compensation are available to visa applicants who pay for the super priority service which promises a decision within one working day when that timeline is not met.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	225501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p><br>UK Visas and Immigration consider all requests for refunds on a case by case basis. Whether a refund is issued will depend on the specific circumstances of each case.</p><p>Requests should be made via the complaints process:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure#how-to-complain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure#how-to-complain</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 225500 question first answered 28/02/2019 17:14:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah