ILR Fees 2017-2018

Thank you for sharing the announcement here, Vinny. Surprising that they gave absolutely no notice like they used to.

Thanks Vinny.

So the new ILR fee has been increased from £1875 to £2297
And if someone wants to apply in person, then I believe it is an extra (£490 + £100) £590 (Correct me if I am wrong on this part, I have added the entries from Table 17 (17.1.2 and 17.2.1)).
This means that the total cost of an ILR application in person will now be:
£2297 + £590 = £2887

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this comment.....

Am I reading incorrectly or is it correct that fee for naturalisation had been reduced from £1236 to £1202 ........ seems like I am reading something wrong.

paradoxical wrote:So the new ILR fee has been increased from £1875 to £2297

Another way of looking at it is that ILR fees have more than doubled in three years, from £1093 on 6th April 2014 to £2297 on 6th April 2017, an increase of about 110%.

The rate of increase in ILR fees
2012 - £991
2013 - £1051
2014 - £1093
2015 - £1500
2016 - £1875
2017 - £2297

sm12 wrote:Surprising that they gave absolutely no notice like they used to.

secret.simon wrote:I believe that I was wrong earlier when I advised that there is a 40 day notice period. The Immigration Act 2014 got rid of any requirements subjecting the fees orders and regulations to Parliamentary scrutiny and hence also of the 40 days notice to Parliament requirement.

However, the government has made an Order that lay out the maximum fees for specific applications. But from time to time, it can modify those fees by Regulations (without notice) as long as they are below the maximum amount specified in the Order.

So, it is not impossible that the fees could be increased by Regulations issued on 5th April itself.

Hi, I think I read somewhere if you book an appointment for in-person application, you pay the current fee (2016 level, £2375)? Is it true?

chenzz wrote:

paradoxical wrote:Following that link, here is the relevant part:

As I mentioned, the immigration fees regulations, which are due to be laid in Parliament in mid-March and will come into force in April, will remain completely within the parameters agreed by Parliament and in line with the impact assessment published with the 2016 order.

This is from https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2 ... )Order2017

So expect a fee rise soon...I wish they get a bit easy on ILRs...it is crazy amount now!

I think it will be £2250.00 this year, based on the calculation as

2016-17 1875
2017-18 1875*1.2=2250
2018-19 2250*1.2=2700
2019-20 2700*1.2=3240

proposed maximum in 2019-2020 is £3250

Apparently I underestimated the cruelty of UKBA.
Totally my fault.

chenzz wrote:

chenzz wrote:

paradoxical wrote:Following that link, here is the relevant part:

As I mentioned, the immigration fees regulations, which are due to be laid in Parliament in mid-March and will come into force in April, will remain completely within the parameters agreed by Parliament and in line with the impact assessment published with the 2016 order.

This is from https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2 ... )Order2017

So expect a fee rise soon...I wish they get a bit easy on ILRs...it is crazy amount now!

I think it will be £2250.00 this year, based on the calculation as

2016-17 1875
2017-18 1875*1.2=2250
2018-19 2250*1.2=2700
2019-20 2700*1.2=3240

proposed maximum in 2019-2020 is £3250

Apparently I underestimated the cruelty of UKBA.
Totally my fault.

No point in blaming the UKBA. They were disbanded in March 2013 due to being 'unfit for purpose' and replaced by the UKVI

Casa wrote:

chenzz wrote:

chenzz wrote:

paradoxical wrote:Following that link, here is the relevant part:

As I mentioned, the immigration fees regulations, which are due to be laid in Parliament in mid-March and will come into force in April, will remain completely within the parameters agreed by Parliament and in line with the impact assessment published with the 2016 order.

This is from https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2 ... )Order2017

So expect a fee rise soon...I wish they get a bit easy on ILRs...it is crazy amount now!

I think it will be £2250.00 this year, based on the calculation as

2016-17 1875
2017-18 1875*1.2=2250
2018-19 2250*1.2=2700
2019-20 2700*1.2=3240

proposed maximum in 2019-2020 is £3250

Apparently I underestimated the cruelty of UKBA.
Totally my fault.

No point in blaming the UKBA. They were disbanded in March 2013 due to being 'unfit for purpose' and replaced by the UKVI

UKBA, UKVI, poteito, potato
whatever
same evil!

chenzz wrote:I think it will be £2250.00 this year, based on the calculation as

2016-17 1875
2017-18 1875*1.2=2250
2018-19 2250*1.2=2700
2019-20 2700*1.2=3240

The actual fees were £2297. You were almost spot-on!!! At least your calculations give us a rule-of-thumb to guess at the potential ILR fees in the coming few years.

secret.simon wrote:

chenzz wrote:I think it will be £2250.00 this year, based on the calculation as

2016-17 1875
2017-18 1875*1.2=2250
2018-19 2250*1.2=2700
2019-20 2700*1.2=3240

The actual fees were £2297. You were almost spot-on!!! At least your calculations give us a rule-of-thumb to guess at the potential ILR fees in the coming few years.

LOL. I guess deep down, I wished I was wrong.

UKBA, UKVI, poteito, potato
whatever
same evil!

Poteito potato...same thoughts..
there has been restructuring and renaming exercises but essentially it is the same evil body in the end
And your calculations were quite close..

Handy Table below.

On a side note Nationality Fee has been reduced from £1236 to £1202, but £80 ceremony fee has now been included in the application fee making it £1282.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... pr2017.pdf

WRS wrote:Handy Table below.

On a side note Nationality Fee has been reduced from £1236 to £1202, but £80 ceremony fee has now been included in the application fee making it £1282.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... pr2017.pdf

Ceremony fee has always been a separate listed amount. So still an increase and not a decrease. £1236 includes the ceremony fee.

paradoxical wrote:Poteito potato...same thoughts..

I know it sounds like the mods are making a fuss about nothing, but it helps if people are precise when posting on public forums.

For instance, on these forums, people occasionally call ILR "PR", not realising that both of them are under different rules and have slightly different effects. Similarly, "applying for a British passport" is not the same as applying for naturalisation.

Calling concepts and bodies by their correct name aids in allowing others to provide the correct advice.

secret.simon wrote:

paradoxical wrote:Poteito potato...same thoughts..

I know it sounds like the mods are making a fuss about nothing, but it helps if people are precise when posting on public forums.

For instance, on these forums, people occasionally call ILR "PR", not realising that both of them are under different rules and have slightly different effects. Similarly, "applying for a British passport" is not the same as applying for naturalisation.

Calling concepts and bodies by their correct name aids in allowing others to provide the correct advice.

I generally advice members not to follow advice on the internet posted under UKBA, as this is likely to be well out-of-date.

Casa wrote:I generally advice members not to follow advice on the internet posted under UKBA, as this is likely to be well out-of-date.

Well-reasoned.

Indefinite leave to remain £1,875 £2,297 £422


here we come, uk now want to use immigration is tool to generate funds for their respected department.

i am not opposed that uKVI will increase fee but £422 is killing.

Business2business wrote:i am not opposed that uKVI will increase fee but £422 is killing.

We *know* that the ILR fees will be going up to £3240 by April 2019. We *know* the direction of travel. We can guess the rate of increase per year.

chenzz wrote: I think it will be £2250.00 this year, based on the calculation as

2016-17 1875
2017-18 1875*1.2=2250
2018-19 2250*1.2=2700
2019-20 2700*1.2=3240

I think it would be best for us to be realistic and plan accordingly.

secret.simon wrote:Calling concepts and bodies by their correct name aids in allowing others to provide the correct advice.

Casa wrote:I generally advice members not to follow advice on the internet posted under UKBA, as this is likely to be well out-of-date

Thanks for pointing this out, very valid point

secret.simon wrote:Another way of looking at it is that ILR fees have more than doubled in three years, from £1093 on 6th April 2014 to £2297 on 6th April 2017, an increase of about 110%.

Business2business wrote:here we come, uk now want to use immigration is tool to generate funds for their respected department.
i am not opposed that uKVI will increase fee but £422 is killing.

The fee increase is brutal! In this world, many people/systems/organisations would act in a manner which can best be described as exploitation. A simple model to explain that would be: You have a subject who is desperate for a service/product and doesn't have alternative viable options, an actor who can provide the required service/product and also understands the desperation of the subject. The actor therefore has the luxury to either exploit this situation and charge exorbitant fees or not exploit and stay within reason (where within reason would be in line to making reasonable profits,not 5 or 6 times the cost! ). This model can explain lots of behaviours around the world and I will leave that to the reader's imagination to fit this model to various situations.

So the cost of a ILR application is increasing exponentially but we still have to wait 6 months or more to hear back for a decision, particularly for a route like Tier 1E that has no premium option

ILR grants are down more than 50% since 2012. So they need to double the fees, just to make the same amount.

Ali272 wrote:ILR grants are down more than 50% since 2012. So they need to double the fees, just to make the same amount.

This would explain a lot. In a normal situation, one would keep the price of a product/service fixed or reasonable and increase the number of sales in order to boost income. In an exploitative model such as this one, they want to reduce the number of sales (number of ILRs granted), but still want to make as much profit as possible hence the exponential growth of the ILR fee..

Ali272 wrote:ILR grants are down more than 50% since 2012. So they need to double the fees, just to make the same amount.

And the source of your statement above???

paradoxical wrote:This would explain a lot. In a normal situation, one would keep the price of a product/service fixed or reasonable and increase the number of sales in order to boost income. In an exploitative model such as this one, they want to reduce the number of sales (number of ILRs granted), but still want to make as much profit as possible hence the exponential growth of the ILR fee..

HO know there is 'demand' for their service/visas and as long as there is demand and people will pay (regardless of how everyone moans), they will increase the fees because they know people will pay to come here or stay.

CR001 wrote:HO know there is 'demand' for their service/visas and as long as there is demand and people will pay (regardless of how everyone moans), they will increase the fees because they know people will pay to come here or stay.

I agree with you and this scenario can very perfectly be explained by an exploitative model that I mentioned earlier. And that model can also perfectly explain a lot of other evil things that happen around the globe.

Ali272 wrote:ILR grants are down more than 50% since 2012. So they need to double the fees, just to make the same amount.

Does this take into account refusals? They keep the fees following refusals too. Moreover, if people who are refused reapply, then this effectively doubles the fees.