The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018

Made: 15th March 2018

Laid before Parliament: 16th March 2018

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 68(1), (7), (8) and (10), 69(2), and 74(8)(a), (b) and (d) of the Immigration Act 2014 . These Regulations are made further to provision in the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016 .

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on 6th April 2018.

• (3) Subject to paragraphs (4) to (6), these Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

• (4) This regulation and regulations 2, 11, 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D, 15 and 17 and Schedule 9 also extend to the Isle of Man, but only for the purpose of issuing entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man.

• (5) This regulation and regulations 2, 12, 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D, 15 and 17 and Schedule 10 also extend to the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, but only for the purpose of issuing entry clearance to enter the bailiwick concerned.

• (6) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 18 have the same extent as the instruments which they revoke.

Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

• “the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971 ;

• “the 1981 Act” means the British Nationality Act 1981 ;

• “the 1982 Order” means the British Protectorates, Protected States and Protected Persons Order 1982 ;

• “the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 ;

• “the 2002 Act” means the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ;

• “the 2007 Act” means the UK Borders Act 2007 ;

• “the 2008 Regulations” means the Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008 ;

• “the 2016 Order” means the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016;

• “administrative review” means administrative review under Appendix AR or Appendix AR (EU) to the immigration rules or under Part 5 of the Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;

• “approval letter from a designated competent body”—...... means a letter from a designated competent body, within the meaning of the Isle of Man immigration rules , endorsing a proposed application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant;

• “approval letter from an endorsing body” means a letter from an endorsing body, within the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules, endorsing a proposed application from an individual or a business for—entry clearance to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Global Talent, Appendix Innovator, Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up to those rules;; ora sponsor licence in connection with sponsoring the applicant under Appendix Scale-up to those rules;

• “being looked after by a local authority” means being looked after by a local authority (or in Northern Ireland, an authority) under—section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989 ;section 17(6) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 ;article 25(1) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 ; orsection 74(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 ;

• “biometric immigration document” has the same meaning as provided in section 5 of the 2007 Act ;

• “certificate of sponsorship”—... means an authorisation, allocated by the Secretary of State to a sponsor and issued to a person by that sponsor, in respect of an application, or potential application, for entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a sponsored worker;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• ...

• “child” means a person under the age of 18;

• “contractor” means a person with whom the Secretary of State has entered into a contract, by which the person agrees to provide certain services in connection with immigration or nationality to applicants;

• “Convention rights” means the rights identified as Convention rights by section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998 ;

• “dependant” in respect of a person (“P”) means—the spouse or civil partner of P;someone who has been living with P in a relationship akin to a marriage or civil partnership for at least two years; orany other person whose entitlement to make an application referred to in these Regulations arises by virtue of a connection between that person and P;

• “EC Association Agreement with Turkey” means the agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and Turkey signed at Ankara on 12th September 1963 ;

• “entry clearance”—in respect of the United Kingdom has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act ;in respect of the Isle of Man has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act as extended to the Isle of Man ;in respect of the Bailiwick of Guernsey has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act as extended to the Bailiwick of Guernsey ;in respect of the Bailiwick of Jersey has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act as extended to the Bailiwick of Jersey ;

• “Global Talent Migrant” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules;

• “immigration rules” means the rules made under section 3(2) of the 1971 Act;

• “immigration salary list certificate of sponsorship” means a certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of employment in an occupation listed in the Immigration Salary List in Appendix Immigration Salary List to the immigration rules;

• “indefinite leave” has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act;

• “Innovator Founder” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules;

• “Isle of Man immigration rules” means the rules made under section 3(2) of the 1971 Act as that section extends to the Isle of Man ;

• “leave to enter the United Kingdom” means leave to enter the United Kingdom given in accordance with the provisions of the 1971 Act or the immigration rules and any subsequent variation of that leave;

• “leave to remain in the United Kingdom” means leave to remain in the United Kingdom given in accordance with the provisions of the 1971 Act or the immigration rules and any subsequent variation of that leave;

• “legacy endorsing body” means an organisation which had previously been approved by the Home Office to endorse an individual or business in connection with an application under the Innovator or Start-up routes but which is not permitted to endorse a new individual or business under the Innovator Founder route;

• “Life in the UK Test” means the test referred to as the Life in the UK Test in Appendix KoLL and Appendix KOL UK to the immigration rules and regulation 5A of the British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003 ;

• “limited leave” has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act;

• “main applicant” means the person who has made an application or claim in connection with immigration, as distinct from a person applying as the dependant of such a person;

• “overseas qualification” means a qualification awarded by a body located outside the United Kingdom;

• “Points-Based System”—...... means those categories set out in Part 6A of the Isle of Man immigration rules;

• “premium services” means optional premium services in connection with immigration or nationality;

• “priority service” means the optional premium service offered to applicants under which an application in connection with immigration and nationality or any part of such an application is processed on an expedited basis;

• “private medical treatment”—in respect of the United Kingdom has the same meaning as provided in Appendix V to the immigration rules;in respect of the Isle of Man has the same meaning as provided in Appendix V to the Isle of Man immigration rules;

• “qualifications assessor” means a body approved by the Secretary of State to carry out assessments of overseas qualifications;

• “recognised appropriate language level of overseas qualification” means an assessment by a qualifications assessor of an overseas qualification to determine whether that qualification was taught or researched in English at the appropriate Common European Framework of Reference for Languages level, or above that level;

• “recognised standard of overseas qualification” means an assessment by a qualifications assessor of an overseas qualification to determine whether that qualification meets or exceeds the recognised standard of a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree or PhD in the United Kingdom;

• ...

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• “sponsor”—... means a person licensed by the Secretary of State to issue certificates of sponsorship, or confirmations of acceptance for studies, or both;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “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 in order to perform that role;

• “sponsor licence” means a licence granted by the Secretary of State to a person who, by virtue of such a grant, is licensed as a sponsor;

• “sponsored worker”—...means a person seeking entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom for the purposes of employment (whether paid or unpaid) or some other economic activity, where that person is required by the immigration rules to obtain a certificate of sponsorship;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “Start-up Migrant”— ...... has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;

• ...

• “super priority service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants by which it is aimed to process relevant applications within a period shorter than that within which it is aimed to process applications under the priority service;

• “Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant”, “Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant”... and, “Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant”...—in respect of the United Kingdom have the meanings given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules;in respect of the Isle of Man have the meanings given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;

• “Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;

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• “Tier 4 Migrant”—...... has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;

• “Tier 5 Migrant”, “Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant” and “Tier 5 (Youth Mobility) Temporary Migrant”—...... have the meanings given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;

• ...

• “travel document” means a document which—is not a passport;allows a person (or, if the person has died, the body of that person) to travel outside the United Kingdom; andis issued by the Home Office to a person who is either a refugee or stateless, or cannot obtain or use a passport issued by the person's own country;

• “User-Pays Application Centre” means an office at which applicants can access—in respect of the United Kingdom, services in connection with immigration or nationality specifically in relation to entry clearance to enter, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom;in respect of the Isle of Man, services in connection with immigration specifically in relation to entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man;in respect of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, services in connection with immigration specifically in relation to entry clearance to enter that bailiwick;in respect of the Bailiwick of Jersey, services in connection with immigration specifically in relation to entry clearance to enter that bailiwick;

• “visit visa”— in respect of the United Kingdom means entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor;in respect of the Isle of Man has the same meaning as in Appendix V to the Isle of Man immigration rules.

Fees for applications, processes and services in connection with immigration and nationality

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Schedule 1 (applications for entry clearance to enter, and leave to enter, the United Kingdom) has effect to specify—

• (a) the amount of the fees for—

• (i) specified applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 4 of the 2016 Order;

• (ii) specified applications for entry clearance to enter and leave to enter the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 5 of the 2016 Order;

• (iii) specified applications for ... an approval letter from an endorsing body for the purposes of article 6 of the 2016 Order; and

• (b) exceptions to the requirement to pay fees referred to in paragraph (a), and ... circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.

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Schedule 2 (applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom) has effect to specify—

• (a) the amount of the fees for—

• (i) specified applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom for the purposes of articles 4 and 5 of the 2016 Order;

• (ii) applications for an approval letter from an endorsing body for the purposes of article 6 of the 2016 Order; and

• (b) exceptions to the requirement to pay fees referred to in paragraph (a), and ...circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.

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Schedule 3 (documents and administration) has effect to specify—

• (a) the amount of the fees for specified applications and requests for the purposes of article 6 of the 2016 Order; and

• (b) exceptions to the requirement to pay fees referred to in paragraph (a), and ... circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.

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Schedule 4 (sponsorship) has effect to specify the amount of the fees for specified applications, processes, services and premium services for sponsors in relation to sponsorship for the purposes of article 7 of the 2016 Order.

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Schedule 5 (consular functions) has effect to specify—

• (a) the amount of fees for specified consular functions for the purposes of article 8 of the 2016 Order; and

• (b) ... circumstances in which such fees may be waived.

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Schedule 6 (premium services (in the United Kingdom)) has effect to specify—

• (a) the amount of the fees for specified premium services offered in the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 9 of the 2016 Order ; and

• (b) ... circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.

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Schedule 7 (premium services (outside the United Kingdom)) has effect to specify—

• (a) the amount of the fees for specified premium services offered outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 9 of the 2016 Order; and

• (b) ... circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.

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Schedule 8 (nationality) has effect to specify—

• (a) the amount of the fees for—

• (i) specified applications, processes and services in connection with nationality for the purposes of article 10 of the 2016 Order;

• (ii) specified applications for certain documents and specified applications for the review of certain applications, for the purposes of article 6 of the 2016 Order;

• (aa) exceptions to the requirements to pay specified fees referred to in paragraph (a);

• (b) the circumstances in which the fee for arrangement of a citizenship ceremony must be refunded; and

• (c) circumstances in which specified fees referred to in paragraph (a) may be waived.

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Schedule 9 (applications relating to entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man and premium services) has effect to specify—

• (a) the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, and for an approval letter from a designated competent body, for the purposes of articles 4, 5 , 5A and 5C of the 2016 Order ;

• (b) exceptions to the requirement to pay specified fees referred to in paragraph (a);

• (c) the amount of the fees for specified premium services offered outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man for the purposes of article 9A of the 2016 Order as it relates to the Isle of Man; and

• (d) ... circumstances in which fees mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c) may be waived or reduced.

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Schedule 10 (applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey and premium services) has effect to specify—

• (a) the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of articles 4 , 5 and 5C of the 2016 Order ;

• (b) the amount of the fees for specified premium services offered outside the United Kingdom and the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey (as the case may be) for the purposes of article 9A of the 2016 Order as it relates to the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey; and

• (c) ... circumstances in which fees mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) may be waived or reduced.

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Schedule 11 (miscellaneous fees) has effect to specify—

• (a) the amount of the fees for—

• (i) the administration of the Life in the UK test, for the purpose of fee 3.2.1 in the table in article 6 of the 2016 Order;

• (ii) an administrative review of a decision for the purpose of article 6 of the 2016 Order; and

• (b) exceptions to the requirement to pay the fee referred to in (a)(ii), and ... circumstances in which such a fee may be waived or reduced.

Amendment of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees Order 2011

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Schedule 12 (amendment of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees Order 2011) has effect.

Rate of exchange

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Where a person seeks to pay any fee specified in these Regulations in a currency other than sterling (“the foreign currency”), the fee payable in the foreign currency is determined by reference to the Home Office Exchange Rate Policy on the date that the payment is made.

Consequences of failing to pay the specified fee for an application

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• (1) Where a person is required to pay a fee specified in these Regulations for an application, but fails to pay that fee, the Secretary of State may—

• (a) reject the application as invalid; or

• (b) request the person to pay the outstanding amount.

• (2) Where paragraph (1)(b) applies—

• (a) the person must pay the outstanding amount within 10 working days beginning with the day on which the request for payment was made;

• (b) if the outstanding amount is not paid within the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), the Secretary of State must reject the application as invalid.

• (3) The period of 10 working days referred to in paragraph (2)(a) begins—

• (a) where the request for payment is made in writing, on the day that the request is sent;

• (b) where the request is made by telephone or in person, on the day that the request is made.

Payments for in person applications

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• (1) Where—

• (a) an application is made in person; and

• (b) the applicant pays the fee in relation to such an application prior to the date that the application is made,

the fee payable is that in relation to the relevant application on the date of payment.

• (2) In this regulation, the date of payment means the date on which the payment is made by the applicant, unless it is made by post, in which case it means the date that the payment is posted.

Revocations

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The following are revoked—

• (a) the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2017 except regulation 14 of, and paragraph 1(1) and (3) of Schedule 12 to, those Regulations;

• (b) the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 .

SCHEDULE 1 — APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER, AND LEAVE TO ENTER, THE UNITED KINGDOM

Interpretation

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• (1) In this Schedule—

• “HM Armed Forces service leaver” means a person described in paragraph AF 3.1 together with paragraph AF 5.1 of Appendix HM Armed Forces of the immigration rules;

• “liable to immigration detention” means being liable to detention under—paragraph 16(1), (1A) or (2) of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act ;section 62 of the 2002 Act ;paragraph 2(1), (2) or (3) of Schedule 3 to the 1971 Act ; orsection 36(1) of the 2007 Act;

• “member of HM Armed Forces” means a person described in paragraph AF 3.1 of Appendix HM Armed Forces of the immigration rules;

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• “present and settled” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules;

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• ...

• (2) In this Schedule, a reference to an application for entry clearance under an Appendix to the immigration rules being for entry clearance—

• (a) as the dependant partner or dependant child , or the dependent partner or dependent child, of a particular description of person, or

• (b) as a dependant partner or dependant child or a dependent partner or dependent child, or any other description of dependant, on a particular route under that Appendix,

is to be construed in accordance with the Appendix in question.

• (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) there is to be regarded as being no difference between—

• (a) the expressions “dependant partner” and “dependent partner”, where the reference in this Schedule uses one of those expressions and the Appendix in question uses the other, or

• (b) the expressions “dependant child” and “dependent child”, where the reference in this Schedule uses one of those expressions and the Appendix in question uses the other.

Fees for, and in connection with, applications for entry clearance to enter and leave to enter the United Kingdom

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• (1) Table 1 specifies the amount of—

• (a) the fees for the specified applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom; and

• (b) the fees for the specified applications for an approval letter from an endorsing body.

• (2) Table 2 specifies the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant.

• (3) Table 3 specifies the amount of the fee for an application for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of an HM Armed Forces service leaver or a member of HM Armed Forces.

• (4) Table 4 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in Tables 1, 2 and 3, and Table 5 provides for the waiver or reduction of fees specified in Tables 1, 2 and 3 in specified circumstances (and see paragraph 3A).

• (5) Paragraph 3 makes provision for the amount of fees to be paid in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom by a dependant of a main applicant in cases where the fees specified in 1.3C.1, 1.3C.2, 1.4.1 or 1.4.5 of Table 1 or in Table 2 or Table 3 do not apply.

• (5A) Paragraph 3A provides for the reduction in specified circumstances of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules.

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• (7) Each of the fees specified in 1.1.2 to 1.1.4 and 1.1.8 in Table 1 is calculated by reference to an annual rate.

• (8) The annual rate referred to in sub-paragraph (7) for each of the fees in question is determined by dividing the amount of the fee by the number of years to which the application relates.

Number of fee	Type of application	Amount of fee
1.1	Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor	Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor
1.1.1	Application for a visit visa for a period of six months or less , except where the fee at 1.1.7 applies.	£127
1.1.2	Application for a visit visa for a period of two years where the fee at 1.1.8 does not apply.	£475
1.1.3	Application for a visit visa for a period of five years.	£848
1.1.4	Application for a visit visa for a period of ten years.	£1,059
1.1.5	Application for a visit visa as an academic for a period of more than six months but not more than twelve months.	£220
1.1.6	Application for a visit visa for private medical treatment for a period of more than six months but not more than eleven months.	£220
1.1.7	Application for entry clearance as a transit visitor under Appendix V: Visitor to the immigration rules.	£70
1.1.8	Application for a visit visa for a period of two years where the applicant is a Chinese national applying under the Chinese visa scheme .	£127
1.2	Fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a short-term student	Fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a short-term student
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1.2.2	Application for entry clearance under Appendix Short-term Student to the immigration rules.	£214
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1.3	Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Tier 1 or as a worker, temporary worker or student	Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Tier 1 or as a worker, temporary worker or student
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1.3.4	Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant.	£1,274
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1.3.6	Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant.	£2,000
1.3.6A	Application for entry clearance—(a) under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, (b) under Appendix Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker to those rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of a Senior or Specialist Worker, or (c) under Appendix T2 Minister of Religion to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the T2 Minister of Religion route under that Appendix, ...(d) ...where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued , or an approval under Sponsor a Worker has been given, for a period of three years or less and fee 1.3.6C does not apply.	£769
1.3.6B	Application for entry clearance—(a) under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, or (b) under Appendix Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker to those rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of a Senior or Specialist Worker, or where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued , or an approval under Sponsor a Worker has been given, for a period of more than three years and fee 1.3.6D does not apply.	£1,519
1.3.6C	Application for entry clearance under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, where a immigration salary list certificate of sponsorship has been issued , or an approval under Sponsor a Worker has been given, for a period of three years or less.	£590
1.3.6D	Application for entry clearance under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, where a immigration salary list certificate of sponsorship has been issued , or an approval under Sponsor a Worker has been given, for a period of more than three years.	£1,160
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1.3.6F	Application for entry clearance under— (a) Appendix Temporary Work – Seasonal Worker to the immigration rules,(b) Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme to those rules,(c) Appendix Temporary Work – Religious Worker to those rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of a Religious Worker,(d) Appendix Temporary Work – Charity Worker to those rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of a Charity Worker,(e) Appendix Temporary Work – Creative Worker to those rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of a Creative Worker,(f) Appendix Temporary Work – International Agreement to those rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child on the International Agreement route under that Appendix, or(g) Appendix Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange to those rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child on the Government Authorised Exchange route under that Appendix.	£319
1.3.6G	Application for entry clearance under Appendix International Sportsperson to the immigration rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of an International Sportsperson, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued , or an approval under Sponsor a Worker has been given, for a period of 12 months or less.	£319
1.3.6H	Application for entry clearance under Appendix International Sportsperson to the immigration rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of an International Sportsperson, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued , or an approval under Sponsor a Worker has been given, for a period of more than 12 months.	£769
1.3.6I	Application for entry clearance—(a) under Appendix Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee to the immigration rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of a Graduate Trainee,(b) under Appendix Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker to those rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of a UK Expansion Worker,(c) under Appendix Global Business Mobility – Service Supplier to those rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of a Service Supplier, or(d) under Appendix Global Business Mobility – Secondment Worker to those rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of a Secondment Worker.	£319
1.3.6J	Application for entry clearance under Appendix Scale-up to the immigration rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child on the Scale-up route under that Appendix.	£880
1.3.6K	Application for entry clearance under Appendix High Potential Individual to the immigration rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child of a High Potential Individual.	£880
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1.3.11A	Application for entry clearance under—(a) Appendix Student to the immigration rules, other than an application for entry clearance as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Student ..., or(b) Appendix Child Student to those rules.	£363
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1.3A	Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules, and for connected applications	Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules, and for connected applications
1.3A.A1	Application for an approval letter from an endorsing body, in respect of a proposed application for entry clearance under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules, other than as a dependent partner or dependent child on the Innovator Founder route under that Appendix.	£1,000
1.3A.1	Application for entry clearance under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Innovator Founder route under that Appendix.	£1,274
1.3A.2	Application for entry clearance under Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Start-up route under that Appendix.	£465
1.3B	Fees for and in connection with applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules	Fees for and in connection with applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules
1.3B.1	Application to the Home Office for an approval letter from an endorsing body in respect of a proposed application for entry clearance under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix.	£561
1.3B.2	Application for entry clearance under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix, where fee 1.3B.1 applies.	£205
1.3B.3	Application for entry clearance under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix, where fee 1.3B.1 does not apply.	£766
1.3C	Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Hong Kong British National (Overseas) to the immigration rules
1.3C.1	Application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom for a period of thirty months under Appendix Hong Kong British National (Overseas) to the immigration rules.	£193
1.3C.2	Application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom for a period of five years under Appendix Hong Kong British National (Overseas) to the immigration rules.	£268
1.3D	Fee for applications for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as a an HM Armed Forces service leaver or a member of HM Armed Forces	Fee for applications for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as a an HM Armed Forces service leaver or a member of HM Armed Forces
1.3D.1	Application for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter under Appendix HM Armed Forces to the immigration rules.	£3,029
1.3E	Fee for applications for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as a victim of domestic abuse under the Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse to the immigration rules
1.3E.1	Application for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter under the Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse to the immigration rules	£3,029
1.4	Fees for other applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom	Fees for other applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom
1.4.1	Application under—a Appendix Adult Dependant Relative to the immigration rules, for entry clearance as a parent, grandparent or other dependant relative of a person with limited leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom with protection status within the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules; b Appendix Child Relative (Sponsors with Protection) to the immigration rules for entry clearance as a child joining a close relative, and who has limited leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom with protection status within the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules.	£424
1.4.2	Application for entry clearance for the purposes of obtaining a replacement biometric immigration document.	£154
1.4.3	Application for entry clearance for the purposes of joining a ship or aircraft as a member of the crew of that ship or aircraft.	£70
1.4.4	Application for entry clearance on a route to settlement in the United Kingdom (that being an application made with a view to becoming ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom without being subject to any restriction on the period for which an individual may remain there) where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations.	£1,938
1.4.4A	Application for entry clearance under Appendix Gurkha and Hong Kong military unit veteran discharged before 1 July 1997 to the immigration rules	£1,938
1.4.5	Application for entry clearance as a parent, grandparent or other dependant relative of a person present and settled in the United Kingdom under Appendix Adult Dependant Relative to the immigration rules.	£3,413
1.4.6	Application for entry clearance under Appendix Representative of an Overseas Business to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Representative of an Overseas Business route under that Appendix.	£769
1.4.7	Application for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom made by a person physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention.	£1,321
1.5	General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom	General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom
1.5.1	Application for entry clearance where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations.	£682
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2.1	Specified fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant	Specified fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant
2.1.1	Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant.	£766
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2.1.6	Application for entry clearance under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix.	£766
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3.1	Fee for applications for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom	Fee for applications for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom
3.1.1	Application for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of an HM Armed Forces service leaver or a member of HM Armed Forces.	£3,029
Number and description of the exception	Number and description of the exception	Fees to which exception applies
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4.1	Officials of Her Majesty's Government	Officials of Her Majesty's Government
4.1.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application made in connection with the official duty of any official of Her Majesty's Government.	All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3
4.2	Dependants of refugees or persons granted humanitarian protection	Dependants of refugees or persons granted humanitarian protection
4.2.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application made under Appendix Family Reunion (Sponsors with Protection) of the immigration rules.	Fee 1.5.1
4.3	Applications under Appendix ECAA Extension of Stay to the immigration rules	Applications under Appendix ECAA Extension of Stay to the immigration rules
4.3.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application made under Appendix ECAA Extension of Stay to the immigration rules.	Fee 1.5.1
4.4	Applications for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom (by applicants physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention) where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights	Applications for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom (by applicants physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention) where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights
4.4.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom, made by an applicant physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention, where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights.	Fee 1.4.7
4.5	Applications for entry clearance under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the immigration rules	Applications for entry clearance under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the immigration rules
4.5.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the immigration rules.	Fees 1.4.4 and 1.5.1
4.6	Applications for entry clearance ... under Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) to the immigration rules	Applications for entry clearance ... under Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) to the immigration rules
4.6.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application under Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) to the immigration rules for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom ...	Fees 1.4.4 and 1.5.1
4.7	Applications for entry clearance under Appendix Service Providers from Switzerland to the immigration rules	Applications for entry clearance under Appendix Service Providers from Switzerland to the immigration rules
4.7.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom made under Appendix Service Providers from Switzerland to the immigration rules.	Fee 1.5.1
4.8	Applications for entry clearance under Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor to the immigration rules	Applications for entry clearance under Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor to the immigration rules
4.8.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom made under Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor to the immigration rules.	Fees 1.1.1, 1.1.6 and 1.5.1
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4.11	Applications for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter by certain HM Armed Forces service leavers and members of HM Armed Forces	Applications for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter by certain HM Armed Forces service leavers and members of HM Armed Forces
4.11.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom made under Appendix HM Armed Forces to the immigration rules if— (a) in a case where the application is made on the basis of the completion of a period of reckonable service in HM Forces, the applicant’s period of reckonable service is at least 6 years, or(b) in a case where the application is made on the basis of meeting the medical discharge criteria, the cause was attributable to service in HM Forces(with expressions used in (a) and (b) being construed in accordance with that Appendix).	1.3D
4.12	Applications for entry clearance under Appendix Ukraine Scheme to the immigration rules	Applications for entry clearance under Appendix Ukraine Scheme to the immigration rules
4.12.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Ukraine Scheme to the immigration rules.	Fee 1.5.1
4.13	Applications for an approval letter from the Global Entrepreneur Programme in respect of a proposed application under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules	Applications for an approval letter from the Global Entrepreneur Programme in respect of a proposed application under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules
4.13.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for an approval letter from an endorsing body, in respect of a proposed application for entry clearance under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules where the endorsing body from which the letter is sought is the Global Entrepreneur Programme operated by the Department for Business and Trade.	1.3A.A1
4.14	Applications, in specified circumstances, for an approval letter from an endorsing body or a legacy endorsing body in respect of a proposed application under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules	Applications, in specified circumstances, for an approval letter from an endorsing body or a legacy endorsing body in respect of a proposed application under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules
4.14.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for an approval letter from an endorsing body or from a legacy endorsing body in respect of a proposed application for entry clearance under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules where—the applicant has limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom which was granted under Appendix Innovator, Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules (“the applicant’s current leave”),the endorsing body or legacy endorsing body from which the approval letter is sought by the applicant endorsed the applicant (pursuant to the immigration rules) in connection with the application which gave rise to the grant of the applicant’s current leave, andwhere the applicant has been granted leave, or further leave, under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules (“the relevant AIF leave”), the applicant has had previous leave granted, before the grant of the relevant AIF leave, under Appendix Innovator, Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up.	1.3A.A1
4.14.2	No fee is payable in respect of an application for an approval letter from an endorsing body, in respect of a proposed application for entry clearance under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules where—the applicant has limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom which was granted under Appendix Innovator, Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules (“the applicant’s current leave”),the endorsing body from which the approval letter is sought by the applicant did not endorse the applicant (pursuant to the immigration rules) in connection with the application which gave rise to the grant of the applicant’s current leave,the letter which endorsed the applicant in connection with the applicant’s current leave (“the original letter”) was issued (pursuant to the immigration rules) by a legacy endorsing body which was at the time when the original letter was issued, approved by the Home Office to endorse individuals in connection with applications under Appendix Innovator to those rules, andthe applicant cannot obtain an approval letter from that legacy endorsing body as that body no longer endorses individuals or businesses in connection with applications under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules.	1.3A.A1
4.15	Applications for entry clearance as a VIP Delegate under Appendix VIP Delegate Visa to the immigration rules
4.15.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a VIP Delegate under Appendix VIP Delegate Visa to the immigration rules.	Fee 1.5.1
4.16	Applications for entry clearance as a Diplomatic Visa Arrangement Visitor under Appendix V:Visitor to the immigration rules
4.16.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a Diplomatic Visa Arrangement Visitor under Appendix V:Visitor to the immigration rules.	Fee 1.1.2
4.17	Applications under Appendix UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme
4.17.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme to the immigration rules.	Fee 1.5.1
4.18	Applications under Appendix Statelessness
4.18.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application under Appendix Statelessness to the immigration rules for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom as—(a) a partner of a stateless person, or(b) a child of a stateless person.	Fee 1.4.4
Number and description of the waiver or reduction	Number and description of the waiver or reduction	Fees to which waiver or reduction applies
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5.1	General waiver	General waiver
5.1.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application where the Secretary of State determines that the fee should be waived.	All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3
5.2	Scholarships funded by Her Majesty's Government	Scholarships funded by Her Majesty's Government
5.2.1	The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the application is made by a candidate for, or holder of, a scholarship funded by Her Majesty's Government and is in connection with such a scholarship.	Fees 1.1.1, 1.1.8, 1.2.2 and 1.3.11A
5.3	International courtesy	International courtesy
5.3.1	The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee as a matter of international courtesy.	All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3
5.4	Visitors under a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Bilateral Programme	Visitors under a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Bilateral Programme
5.4.1	The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the applicant intends to visit the United Kingdom, in connection with programmes operated by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to give funds directly to Embassies and Missions outside the United Kingdom, to support activities directly connected to the United Kingdom's international priorities.	All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3
5.5	Visitors under a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Strategic Programme	Visitors under a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Strategic Programme
5.5.1	The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the applicant intends to visit the United Kingdom, in connection with programmes of funding operated by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to promote action on global issues in areas of strategic importance to the United Kingdom.	All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3
5.6	Victims of domestic abuse
5.6.1	The official determining an application for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter under the Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse to the immigration rules may decide to waive the fee if at the time of making the application the applicant appears to the official to be destitute.	Fee 1.3E.1
5.7	Bereaved partners
5.7.1	The official determining an application for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter under Appendix Bereaved Partner or Appendix Gurkha and Hong Kong military unit veteran discharged before 1 July 1997 to the immigration rules may decide to waive the fee if at the time of making the application the applicant appears to the official to be destitute.	Fee 1.4.4A and 3.1.1

Applications by dependants

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• (1) The fee for an application for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom made by the dependant of a main applicant is—

• (a) where the dependant’s application is not made at the same time as the main applicant’s application, the fee paid by the main applicant under Table 1 in respect of their last application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom which was made before the dependant’s application;

• (b) in any other case, the fee specified in Table 1 in respect of the main applicant’s application.

• (2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in respect of applications for which a fee is specified in—

• (a) 1.3C.1, 1.3C.2, 1.4.1 or 1.4.5 of Table 1;

• (b) Table 2; or

• (c) Table 3.

• (3) The fee payable in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) is subject to—

• (a) the exceptions and waivers set out in Tables 4 and 5; and

• (b) paragraph 3A.

Applications by CESC Nationals

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SCHEDULE 2 — APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Interpretation

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• (1) In this Schedule—

• “Article 3 or Refugee Convention application” means an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made on the basis that the applicant is—a person making a claim for asylum under Part 11 of the immigration rules which has either not been determined or has been granted;a person who has been granted humanitarian protection under that Part of the immigration rules;a person claiming that, due to an ongoing medical condition, removal from the United Kingdom would be incompatible with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights;a person who is ... applying for leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Family Reunion (Sponsors with Protection) to the immigration rules; ora child who was born in the United Kingdom to a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

• “claim for asylum” has the meaning given by section 94(1) of the 1999 Act ;

• ...

• “specified human rights application” means an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under—Appendix Private Life to the immigration rules;section R-LTRP.1.1. (a), (b) , (c) and (d) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;section R-LTRPT.1.1. (a), (b) , (c) and (d) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules; ... Appendix Child Relative (Sponsors with Protection) to the immigration rules; or any other application other than an Article 3 or Refugee Convention application in which the applicant relies solely or primarily on a claim that to remove the applicant from the United Kingdom or to require the applicant to leave the United Kingdom would be unlawful under section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (public authority not to act contrary to Convention rights);

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• (2) For the purposes of this Schedule a claim for asylum is determined on—

• (a) the day on which the Secretary of State notifies the claimant of the decision on the claim;

• (b) if the claimant has appealed against the Secretary of State's decision, the day on which the appeal is disposed of; or

• (c) if the claimant has brought an appeal from within the United Kingdom under section 82 of the 2002 Act or section 2 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 , the day on which the appeal is disposed of.

• (2A) In this Schedule, a reference to an application for limited leave to remain under an Appendix to the immigration rules being for limited leave to remain—

• (a) as the dependant partner or dependant child , or the dependent partner or dependent child, of a particular description of person, or

• (b) as a dependant partner or dependant child or a dependent partner or dependent child, or any other description of dependant, on a particular route under that Appendix,

is to be construed in accordance with the Appendix in question.

• (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2A) there is to be regarded as being no difference between—

• (a) the expressions “dependant partner” and “dependent partner”, where the reference in this Schedule uses one of those expressions and the Appendix in question uses the other, or

• (b) the expressions “dependant child” and “dependent child”, where the reference in this Schedule uses one of those expressions and the Appendix in question uses the other.

Fees for, and in connection with, applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom

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• (1) Table 6 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom and the amount of the fees for the specified applications for an approval letter from an endorsing body in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom.

• (2) Table 7 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant.

• (3) Table 8 specifies the amount of the fee for an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom ... and the amount of the fee for an application for an approval letter from an endorsing body in respect of a specified application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom.

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• (4) Table 9 provides for exceptions to and waivers of the requirement to pay certain fees specified in Tables 6, 7 and 8.

• (5) Paragraph 3 makes provision for the amount of the fees to be paid in respect of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom by a dependant of a main applicant, in cases where the fees specified in 6.2C.1 or 6.2C.2 of Table 6 or in Table 7 do not apply.

• (5A) Paragraph 3A provides for the reduction in specified circumstances of fees for applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules.

• (6) ... The fees specified in Tables 6, 7 and 8 are subject to paragraph 5 (variation of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom).