IHS increase again?

[bravopapa]

Dont think EU will pay as much. Remember that EU has a lot of organisations and commissions that defend the rights of their citizens. Non EU have no one to defend them simply because non EU means India, USA, Canada, South Africa etc and there is no political body that can defend us hence the daylight robbery

[mbist]

My understanding is that this going to the house of lords to be voted next week. Do we know if it will take effect at the begining of December? Surely it can't take effect mid-month. The reason i'm asking is that im applying for FLRM extension around 19th of December and i want to avoid paying the increase.

It's not like the visa is cheap. Now it's gonna cost more than 2k to apply. Imagine if you have 2-3 kids applying with you, you need a loan to apply. Daylight robbery. Soon it will be EU citizens who will probably have to pay the same.

I don't think it will be beginning of December. How much in advance can one pay IHS fee ? later on submit online form...
You can find out and do that for sure. You are spot on, avoid paying exorbitant fee...

I think we all are looking at paying 4k + fee for ILR for our spouses, in 2.5 yes time, right? Grrr....

[bravopapa]

If you have money, it is better to apply premium service for ILR otherwise they may keep your application for up to 6 months (and when you wait for something in particular, 6 months will feel like 10 years).

[mbist]

No $$$ mate...hehe....
paying extra for premium on top of 4k fee for ILR...no way....
prefer to wait 6 months....always done that for previous visas...

[daku]

Not sure how it would work as they probably want you to pay the fee valid at the time of the application. I’m keeping a close eye on it.

The fees just keep going up. It takes them a fraction of the price to process it. For these amount of money premium should already be inlcluded. I refuse to pay premium to these leeches.

[seagul]

I read somewhere they will ask EU people to apply using a much simpler form and around £60. It's all speculations tho.

The have already very cheap system of application. In past the application was totally free.

[mbist]

Not sure how it would work as they probably want you to pay the fee valid at the time of the application. I’m keeping a close eye on it.

The fees just keep going up. It takes them a fraction of the price to process it. For these amount of money premium should already be inlcluded. I refuse to pay premium to these leeches.

Yes if not required, no point paying extra for the premium to the 'leeches' Haaa...

[secret.simon]

My understanding is that this going to the house of lords to be voted next week.

Correct. On 28th November 2018. It will likely go through on the nod (i.e. nobody is likely to shout "Object" or have a debate) as it has been approved by the Commons.

It was objected to in the Commons on Tuesday, 20th November 2018, but was approved by a vote the next day.

The document linked to is a draft statutory instrument. That means that once approved by both Houses, it will be made into a Statutory Instrument (SI), which itself will take effect 21 days after the Minister signs the SI. Assuming that it is approved by the Lords, if the minister signs it the same day (28th November), I would expect it to come into effect in the 3rd week of December.

Surely it can't take effect mid-month.

Yes it can. While immigration fees generally increase on the 6th of April every year, we have seen increases out of the blue, such as on 12th July (2012, I think, but not sure). So, not impossible for the fees to go up mid-month or even mid-week, though the parliamentary procedure of enacting statutory legislation gives us time to prepare.

And don't call me Shirley.