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Your fees · Skilled Worker · applying in the UK
Skilled Worker visa — sponsored for 3 years or less
£943
Skilled Worker visa — sponsored for over 3 years
£1,865

Further down your path

Settlement (indefinite leave to remain)
£3,226
Naturalisation (British citizenship)
£1,709
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Visas and applications made outside the UK

  • Visit visa – short up to 6 months£135was £127
  • Visit visa – long up to 2 years£506was £475
  • Visit visa – long up to 5 years£903was £848
  • Visit visa – long up to 10 years£1,128was £1,059
  • Visiting academic - more than 6 months but no more than 12 months£234was £220
  • Private medical treatment visa - more than 6 months but not more than 11 months£234was £220
  • Transit visa - (direct airside transit)£41was £39
  • Transit visit visa - (landside transit)£74was £70
  • Visa for the purpose of joining a ship or aircraft as a member of the crew of that ship or aircraft£74was £70
  • Single-entry visa to replace a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP)£154
  • Certificate of Entitlement Nationality Right of Abode (outside the UK)£589
  • Transfer of Conditions (Vignette Transfer) application made overseas£154
  • Other visa£726was £682
  • Hong Kong British National (Overseas) for 30 months - main applicant and dependants£206was £193
  • Hong Kong British National (Overseas) for 5 years - main applicant and dependants£285was £268
  • Route to Settlement£2,064was £1,938
  • Route to Settlement - other dependant relative£3,635was £3,413
  • Route to Settlement - refugee dependant relative£452was £424
  • Indefinite leave to enter the UK as the dependant of an HM Armed Forces service leaver or a member of HM Armed Forces under Appendix HM Armed Forces to the Immigration Rules£3,226was £3,029
  • Indefinite leave to enter the UK as an HM Armed Forces service leaver or a member of HM Armed Forces under Appendix HM Armed Forces to the Immigration Rules£3,226was £3,029
  • Call out/out of hours fee (per hour/part hour) - service of consular officers£142
  • Receiving, preparing and forwarding documents - consular functions£141
  • Administrative review£80
  • electronic travel authorisation (ETA)£20was £16
  • Indefinite leave to enter the UK as a victim of domestic abuse and dependent children under Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse to the Immigration Rules£3,226was £3,029

Work – applications made outside the UK

  • Innovator Founder - main applicant and dependants£1,357was £1,274
  • Endorsement fee under Innovator Founder route (payable to endorsing body) excluding VAT£1,000
  • Contact point meeting with endorsing body under Innovator Founder route (payable to endorsing body) excluding VAT£500
  • Start-up - main applicant and dependants£495was £465
  • Approval letter from a competent body in respect of an initial application for Global Talent£561
  • Global Talent - main applicant - where Approval Letter is required£205
  • Global Talent - main applicant - where Approval Letter is not required£766
  • Global Talent - dependants only£766
  • Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) - dependants only£766
  • Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) - dependants only£1,357was £1,274
  • Tier 1 (Investor) - main applicant and dependants£2,000
  • Skilled Worker, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for three years or less - main applicant and dependants£819was £769
  • Skilled Worker, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over three years - main applicant and dependants£1,618was £1,519
  • Skilled Worker - a job on the Immigration Salary List where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for three years or less - main applicant and dependants£628was £590
  • Skilled Worker - a job on the Immigration Salary List where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over three years - main applicant and dependants£1,235was £1,160
  • Skilled Worker - Health and Care Visa - where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for three years or less - main applicant and dependants£324was £304
  • Skilled Worker - Health and Care Visa - where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over three years - main applicant and dependants£628was £590
  • Skilled Worker - a job on the Immigration Salary List - Health and Care Visa - where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for three years or less - main applicant and dependants£324was £304
  • Skilled Worker - a job on the Immigration Salary List - Health and Care Visa - where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over three years - main applicant and dependants£628was £590
  • T2 Minister of Religion - main applicant and dependants£819was £769
  • International Sportsperson, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 12 months or less - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • International Sportsperson, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 12 months - main applicant and dependants£819was £769
  • Temporary Work – Seasonal Worker, Religious Worker, Charity Worker, Creative Worker, International Agreement, Government Authorised Exchange, Youth Mobility Scheme and India young professionals scheme visa - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • Representative of an overseas business - main applicant and dependants£819was £769
  • Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker - up to 3 years - main applicant and dependants£819was £769
  • Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker – more than 3 years -main applicant and dependants£1,618was £1,519
  • Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • Global Business Mobility – Service Supplier - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • Global Business Mobility – Secondment Worker - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • Scale-up - main applicant and dependants£937was £880
  • High Potential Individual - main applicant and dependants£880

Study – applications made outside the UK

  • Student - main applicant and dependants£558was £524
  • Child Student£558was £524
  • Short term student studying English language for more than 6 months but not more than 11 months£228was £214

Optional premium services outside the UK

  • Priority Visa service - Settlement£500
  • Priority Visa service - Non-Settlement£500
  • Super priority visa service£1,000
  • User Pays Visa Application service£76
  • The provision of an immigration officer to provide any premium service relating to entry into or transit through the United Kingdom (per hour per officer)£150
  • International Contact Centre - Email Service (per query)£2
  • International Contact Centre - Telephone Helpline (per minute)£0

Optional premium services in the UK

  • Super Priority service£1,000
  • Expedited processing - Priority service£500
  • On-Demand service (Mobile Biometric Enrolment) (per hour per representative of the contractor providing the service)£650
  • Premium status checks and advice - Administrative Officer (per minute)£0
  • Premium status checks, advice or training - Executive Officer (inside office hours) (per minute)£0
  • Premium status checks, advice or training - Executive Officer (outside office hours) (per minute)£1
  • Premium status checks, advice or training - Higher Executive Officer (inside office hours) (per minute)£0
  • Premium status checks, advice or training - Higher Executive Officer (outside office hours) (per minute)£1

Premium services at the border

  • Registered Traveller (Adult) - Yearly Subscription (per year)£50
  • Registered Traveller (Child) - Yearly Subscription (per year)£24
  • Registered Traveller - Registration of New Documents£20
  • Fast Track - Heathrow£10
  • Fast track - Other ports of entry£10
  • The provision of an immigration officer to deliver any premium service, to a Government Department, relating to entry into or transit through the United Kingdom£72
  • The provision of an immigration officer to deliver any premium service, relating to entry into or transit through the United Kingdom (per hour per officer)£150

Work – applications made in the UK

  • Innovator Founder - main applicant and dependants£1,693was £1,590
  • Endorsement fee under Innovator Founder route (payable to endorsing body) excluding VAT£1,000
  • Contact point meeting with endorsing body under Innovator Founder route (payable to endorsing body) excluding VAT£500
  • Start-up - main applicant and dependants£666was £625
  • Approval letter from a competent body in respect of an initial application for Global Talent£561
  • Global Talent - main applicant - where Approval Letter is required£205
  • Global Talent - main applicant - where Approval Letter is not required£766
  • Global Talent - dependants only£766
  • Graduate Route – main applicant and dependants£937was £880
  • Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) - dependants only£766
  • Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) - main applicant and dependants£1,693was £1,590
  • Tier 1 (Investor) - main applicant and dependants£2,000
  • Skilled Worker, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for three years or less - main applicant and dependants£943was £885
  • Skilled Worker, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over three years - main applicant and dependants£1,865was £1,751
  • Skilled Worker - a job on the Immigration Salary List where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for three years or less - main applicant and dependants£628was £590
  • Skilled Worker - a job on the Immigration Salary List where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over three years - main applicant and dependants£1,235was £1,160
  • Skilled Worker - Health and Care Visa - where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for three years or less - main applicant and dependants£324was £304
  • Skilled Worker - Health and Care Visa - where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over three years - main applicant and dependants£628was £590
  • Skilled Worker - a job on the Immigration Salary List - Health and Care Visa - where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for three years or less - main applicant and dependants£324was £304
  • Skilled Worker - a job on the Immigration Salary List - Health and Care Visa - where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over three years - main applicant and dependants£628was £590
  • T2 Minister of Religion - main applicant and dependants£943was £885
  • International Sportsperson, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for 12 months or less - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • International Sportsperson, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over 12 months - main applicant and dependants£943was £885
  • Temporary Work – Seasonal Worker, Religious Worker, Charity Worker, Creative Worker, International Agreement, Government Authorised Exchange and Youth Mobility Scheme - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • Representative of an overseas business - main applicant and dependants£943was £885
  • Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker - up to 3 years - main applicant and dependants£943was £885
  • Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker – more than 3 years - main applicant and dependants£1,865was £1,751
  • Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • Global Business Mobility – Service Supplier - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • Global Business Mobility – Secondment Worker - main applicant and dependants£340was £319
  • Scale-up - main applicant and dependants£937was £880
  • High Potential Individual - main applicant and dependants£880

Study – applications made in the UK

  • Student - main applicant and dependants£558was £524
  • Child student£558was £524

Other applications made in the UK

  • Visitor Extension - main applicant and dependants£1,172was £1,100
  • Leave to enter for persons in the UK who are liable to immigration detention£1,407was £1,321
  • Leave to remain - Other£1,407was £1,321
  • Hong Kong British National (In-Country) for 30 months - main applicant and dependants£206was £193
  • Hong Kong British National (In-Country) for 5 years - main applicant and dependants£285was £268
  • Processing an application which is subsequently rejected as invalid£30was £28
  • Indefinite leave to remain - main applicant and dependants£3,226was £3,029
  • Replacement Biometric Residence Card (issued under the EU Settlement Scheme) which has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed£19
  • Replacement Biometric Residence Permit which has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed£19
  • Travel Document - Certificate of travel - adult£320was £300
  • Travel Document - Certificate of travel - child£161was £151
  • Travel Document - Convention travel document - adult£102was £94
  • Travel Document - Convention travel document - child£66was £61
  • Administrative Review£80
  • Life in the UK test£50

Nationality

  • Naturalisation (British citizenship)£1,709was £1,605
  • Naturalisation British overseas territory citizens£1,140was £1,070
  • Nationality registration as a British citizen - adult£1,540was £1,446
  • Nationality registration as a British citizen - child£1,000was £1,214
  • Nationality registration as a British citizen (under provisions for Irish citizens) - adult£723
  • Nationality Registration as a British citizen (under provisions for Irish citizens) - child£607
  • The arrangement of a citizenship ceremony (including the administration of a citizenship oath and pledge at the ceremony).£130
  • The administration of a citizenship oath, or oath and pledge where the oath, or oath and pledge, are not administered at a citizenship ceremony or by a justice of the peace.£5
  • Nationality registration - British overseas territory citizen, British overseas citizens, British Subjects, British protected persons - adult£1,027was £964
  • Nationality registration - British overseas territory citizen, British overseas citizens, British Subjects, British protected persons - child£863was £810
  • Renunciation of nationality£513was £482
  • Certificate of Entitlement Nationality Right of Abode (In the UK)£589
  • Nationality review£513was £482
  • Status Letter (Nationality)£489was £459
  • Non-acquisition Letter (Nationality)£489was £459
  • Nationality correction to certificate£456was £428
  • Nationality - supply of a certified copy of a notice, certificate, order or declaration£456was £428
  • Nationality reissued Certificate£456was £428

Sponsorship

  • The expedited processing of a sponsorship management request made by a Worker sponsor or Temporary worker sponsor£350
  • Priority service for expedited processing of sponsor licence applications£750
  • Worker sponsor licence (large sponsor )£1,682was £1,579
  • Worker sponsor licence (small sponsor)£611was £574
  • Student sponsor licence£611was £574
  • Temporary Worker sponsor licence£611was £574
  • Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licence (large sponsor)£1,682was £1,579
  • Worker and Student sponsor licence (large sponsor)£1,682was £1,579
  • Worker, Temporary Worker and Student sponsor licence (large sponsor)£1,682was £1,579
  • Temporary Worker and Student sponsor licence£611was £574
  • Worker sponsor licence (large sponsor), where sponsor currently holds a Temporary Worker and/or Student Sponsor Licence£1,071was £1,005
  • Endorsement fee for a Scale-up sponsor licence under Endorsing Body Pathway (payable to the endorsing body) excluding VAT£1,500
  • Student sponsor basic compliance assessment£574
  • Sponsor action plan£1,579
  • Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), or approval under Sponsor a Worker : Skilled Worker, T2 Minister of Religion, Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker£525
  • Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), or approval under Sponsor a Worker :- Temporary Worker including Global Business Mobility - Graduate Trainee, UK expansion Worker, Service Supplier and Secondment Worker route and Scale-up route£55
  • Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), or approval under Sponsor a Worker for International Sportsperson route - Over 12 Months£525
  • Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), or approval under Sponsor a Worker for International Sportsperson route - Up to 12 months or less£55
  • Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS) for student, child student£55

Assessment of an overseas qualification – applications made both outside the UK and in the UK

  • For a recognised standard of overseas qualification including, if requested, a recognised appropriate level of English language£210

This tool provides guidance only. Always consult a licensed immigration advisor for official advice.