ILR Fee vs. Cost to home office
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:35 pm
Hi all,
I just saw this document related to the cost of various visa applications to the home office and the fee that they charge against it. According to the document, the cost of an ILR application for standard applications is only £434, but the application fee is £1875. This is four times more than the actual cost, and while I understand that the Home Office has every right to charge whatever they desire, but does this not sound unfair at all (to have a fee which is more than 4 times the cost)? The question of fairness or any kind of ethics does not apply here? Any thoughts? And has anyone ever raised this issue on any forum, referring to the document published by the Home Office itself?
Here is the link : https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _Table.pdf
I just saw this document related to the cost of various visa applications to the home office and the fee that they charge against it. According to the document, the cost of an ILR application for standard applications is only £434, but the application fee is £1875. This is four times more than the actual cost, and while I understand that the Home Office has every right to charge whatever they desire, but does this not sound unfair at all (to have a fee which is more than 4 times the cost)? The question of fairness or any kind of ethics does not apply here? Any thoughts? And has anyone ever raised this issue on any forum, referring to the document published by the Home Office itself?
Here is the link : https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _Table.pdf