IHS doubling has been approved

[bsc2007]

So its official. The worst has happened. I was somehow hoping that the MPs will not approve it - especially with the ongoing turmoil.

Take a look at how your MP has voted:
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2 ... Type=Names

Extortionist visa fees, double university fees, hefty taxes, double car insurance for outsiders, can't buy a home as mortgage not allowed so rent to pay, no family or friend to support, nursery fees as no grandparents/family, daily beloved and bias at work, not to mention the social life and weather... No clue why I am still clinging on to this UK life. I keep on saying myself coz I like to be here, but truth is that I just don't have enough courage to get out.

[CR001]

No one is forcing anyone to remain/live in the UK, everyone has a choice to stay/leave etc. There are other countries obviously, but you pay substantially more for medical care, i.e. Australia and USA etc as an example.

I will lock this topic to avoid it becoming a complete rant fest by all and sundry.

[vinny]

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2018 and comes into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which it is made.
(2) In this Order, “the Principal Order” means the Immigration (Health Charge) Order 2015(1).

3.—(1) Schedule 1 (amount of the charge) to the Principal Order is amended as follows.
(2) In the second column of the Table (annual amount)—
(a)in the entry “application for entry clearance or leave to remain as a student, in accordance with the immigration rules”, for “£150” substitute “£300”;
(b)in the entry “application for entry clearance or leave to remain as the dependant of a student, in accordance with the immigration rules”, for “£150” substitute “£300”;
(c)in the entry “application for entry clearance as a Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) Temporary Migrant in accordance with the immigration rules”, for “£150” substitute “£300”;
(d)in the entry “all other applications for entry clearance or leave to remain”, for “£200” substitute “£400”.

[vinny]

See also Statutory instruments.
Progress.
Procedural Activity.
Voted.

[vinny]

Ah. Not final yet.

23 November 2018
House of Lords Scheduled for a Chamber debate
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[bsc2007]

I was reading the insightful transcript of yesterday's debate. Lord Rosser, Column 637 mentions "...the doubling of the immigration health charge to £400, which the Government intend to levy from February next year..."!

[vinny]

House of Lords Debate.

[vinny]

Immigration health surcharge to double from 8 January 2019 > Order.