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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