The United Kingdom (UK) has announced a visa fee hike set to take effect on April 9, 2025.
The increments cut across multiple visa categories, including study, visit, sponsorship, and transit.
Before the Home Office’s announcement last week, a six-month tourist visa cost £115 (about $150). The revised fee was set at £127 (about $164) — a nearly seven percent hike.
A visit visa for up to two years was increased from £432 to £475, a five-year visit visa was raised from £771 to £848, while a 10-year visit visa was increased from £963 to £1059.
For individuals looking to study in the UK, a 10 percent increase was applied to the previous £490, setting the revised fee at £524.
This applies to all categories of students and their dependants except those studying the English language for a short term of more than six months but not exceeding 11 months. The revision to this was pegged at £214 from £200.
Travellers transiting through the UK by air will be required to pay £39 instead of £35, while those going by land will pay £70 instead of £64.
The increments also affected immigrants seeking naturalisation, other travel documentations such as visa extensions, skilled worker visas across different categories, and electronic travel authorisations (ETAs).
Payments for premium services such as fast tracks and premium sponsorships were left untouched.
The visa fee revision comes as the UK samples different measures to reduce immigration numbers.
