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Visa application fees
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: Fee
Dollars [USD]effective from 9-May-2016
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These
fees are effective for all visa applications made from 9-May-2016. The consular rate of exchange is 1.52
Dollars [USD] to £1.
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CATEGORY / Type / Description
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Fee Dollars
[USD]
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The
consular rate of exchange is 1.52 Dollars
[USD] to £1.
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1.52
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Standard
Visitor Visa
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Visit visa < 6
months
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132
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Visit visa < 2
years
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502
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Visit visa < 5
years
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912
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Visit visa <10
years
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1143
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Business
visitor – academic visitor (up to 12 months) and dependants
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258
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Business
visitor – clinical attachments, dental observation and PLAB/OSCE test
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132
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Diplomatic
Couriers
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132
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Permitted
Paid Engagements
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132
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Prospective
Entrepreneur
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132
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Entertainer
- combined with Standard Visitor Visa
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Special
visitor – marriage/civil partnership
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Special
visitor – marriage/civil partnership
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132
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Special
visitor – medical treatment
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Special
visitor – medical treatment up to 6 months
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132
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Special
visitor – medical treatment 6 to 11 months
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258
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Short Term
Study visa
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Special
visitor – student visitor, up to 6 months
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135
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Special
visitor - to study English Language
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258
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Special
visitor – parent of a child at school
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Special
visitor – parent of a child at school (up to 12 months)
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616
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Child
visitor - combined with Standard
Visitor Visa
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Diplomatic/Official
Visitor
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Diplomatic
Passport Holder
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Free of charge
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Official
Invitation by UK Government
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Free of charge
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Other
Visa
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Course
F (main applicant and dependants)
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132
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TRANSIT
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Direct
Airside Transit (DAT)
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49
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Join
Ship/Aircraft
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90
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Special
visitor –visitor in transit
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Special
visitor – visitor in transit
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90
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Points
Based System Tier 4 (UK mainland)
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Student
applicant - main applicant and dependants (including pre-PBS route
dependants) (visa duration for main applicants and their dependants is
subject to length of study. Study
below degree level is limited to three years maximum duration)
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499
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Other
student visas
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Chevening
Scholarship or Fellowship
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Free of charge
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British
Marshall Scholarship
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Free of charge
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Fulbright
Scholarship
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Free of charge
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Commonwealth
Scholarships and Fellowships Plan
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Free of charge
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Student
(Channel Islands)
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Student
- application to the Channel Islands
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489
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Points
Based System Tier 1 (UK mainland)
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Tier 1
investor - main applicant & dependants
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2326
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Tier 1
entrepreneur - main applicant
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1464
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Tier 1
exceptional talent part one: endorsement by a competent body application -
main applicant
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436
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Tier 1
exceptional talent part two: entry
clearance application - main applicant
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436
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Tier 1
exceptional talent where no approval letter is needed - main applicant & dependants
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872
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Tier 1
entrepreneur CESC - main applicant only
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1380
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Tier 1
exceptional talent CESC part two: entry clearance application - main
applicant only
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353
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Tier 1
graduate entrepreneur & dependants
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520
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Tier 1
graduate entrepreneur CESC - main applicant only
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436
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0
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Tier 1
post study applicant - dependants
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866
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Points
Based System Tier 2 (UK mainland)
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Tier 2
General, ICT - long term staff, sport & MoR where a certificate of
sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less - main
applicant and dependants
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874
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Tier 2
General, ICT - long term staff, sport & MoR where a certificate of
sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less - main
applicant CESC
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790
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Tier 2
ICT - short term staff, graduate trainee & skills transfer, where a
certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or
less – main applicant and dependants
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690
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Tier 2
ICT - short term staff, graduate trainee & skills transfer, where a
certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or
less – main applicant CESC
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606
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Tier 2
General shortage occupation where a certificate of sponsorship has been
issued for a period of three years or less – main applicant and dependants
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664
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Tier 2
General shortage occupation where a certificate of sponsorship has been
issued for a period of three years or less – main applicant CESC
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581
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Tier 2
General, ICT - long term staff where a certificate of sponsorship has been
issued for a period of more than three years – main applicant and dependants
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1750
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Tier 2
General, ICT - long term staff where a certificate of sponsorship has been
issued for a period of more than three years - main applicant CESC
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1666
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Tier 2
General, shortage occupation where a certificate of sponsorship has been
issued for a period of more than three years – main applicant and dependants
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1327
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Tier 2
General, shortage occupation where a certificate of sponsorship has been
issued for a period of more than three years – main applicant CESC
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1243
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Points
Based System Tier 5 (UK Mainland)
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Tier 5
applicant (temporary worker) - main applicant and dependants
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350
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Tier 5
applicant (temporary worker) CESC - main applicant only
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266
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Tier 5
applicant (youth mobility scheme) - main applicant only
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350
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Employment
(non points based system)
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Overseas
domestic worker - private household
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616
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UK
Ancestry
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616
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Fisherman
operating inside UK waters
[dependent on contract of employment]
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616
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Off
Shore Workers
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616
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Representative
of overseas business and dependants
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830
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Sheep
Shearer
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616
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Vander
Elst
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Free of charge
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Swiss
Posted Worker
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Free of charge
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Turkish
businessperson and dependants
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Free of
charge
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Work
permits
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Dependants
of current Work Permit visa holders
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616
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Other
work categories – Channel Islands
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Work
permit holder - application to the Channel Islands (main applicant and
dependants)
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857
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SETTLEMENT
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Spouse/civil
partner of a settled person
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1816
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Fiancé(e)/proposed
civil partner of a settled person
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1816
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Unmarried/same
sex partner of a settled person
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1816
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Child
or Other Dependant of Settled Person
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1816
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Family
Life as a Parent
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1816
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Parent,
grandparent and other dependant relative of a settled person
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4,068
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Settlement
(current and former members of HM armed forces, and their dependants)
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Former
UK Armed Forces
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1816
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Pre
1997 Gurkhas (outside immigration rules)
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1816
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Overage
dependant children of pre 1997 Gurkhas
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1816
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Dependants
of HM Forces personnel applying under part 4,5 or 7 of Appendix Armed Forces
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1816
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Other
Visa
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Returning
resident
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616
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Family
reunion
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Family
reunion - under Part 11 Asylum, Immigration Rules
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Free of charge
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Post
Flight - Non-Settled Person
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1816
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Family
reunion - other dependant relative
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717
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EXEMPT
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Diplomatic
Posting to the UK
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Free of charge
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Diplomatic
Posting to the UK (Dependant)
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Free of charge
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Members
of International Organisations on Official Visits
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Free of charge
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Official
Transit through the UK
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Free of charge
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Official
Visit to the UK
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Free of charge
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Members
of armed forces and their families (non-settlement)
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HM
Forces personnel or Member of foreign armed force coming to UK under the
Visiting Forces Act 1952/Order in Council/NATO Force
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Free of charge
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Dependants
of exempt international forces applying under Part 10 of Appendix Armed
Forces
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492
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Arms
control personnel - Vienna doc '92
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Free of charge
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Other
visas
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FCO
Strategic performance fund and bilateral projects
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Free of charge
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Single
entry visa to Replace Biometric Residence Permit
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287
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Commonwealth
/ Overseas Territories
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Receiving/handling/
forwarding applications on behalf of Commonwealth Countries/Overseas
Territories
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175
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EEA
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Family
member of an EEA national
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Free of charge
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Family
member of a Swiss national
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Free of charge
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Parent/primary
carer of an EEA national child
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Free of charge
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Other
fees
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User
Pays Visa Application Centre (UPVAC) Fee
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84
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Right
of Abode Certificate of Entitlement
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717
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Vignette
transfer (transfer of a valid visa vignette to a new passport or replace a
lost/stolen document)
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287
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Priority Service
for Non-Settlement applications
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228
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Priority Service
for Settlement applications
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684
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Prime Time
Appointment
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96
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Mobile
biometrics / call out charge. Call-out fee for each hour or part hour,
including travel time
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198 Dollars
[USD] an hour or part hour plus reimbursement of direct costs
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Channel
Islands
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Visitor,
for single, double and multiple entries (valid for up to 6 months)
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132
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Visitor,
for single, double and multiple entries (valid for up to 2 years)
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502
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Visitor,
for single, double and multiple entries (valid for up to 5 years)
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912
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Visitor,
for single, double and multiple entries (valid for up to 10 years)
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1143
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Settlement
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1816
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Others
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502
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