UK VISA FEE HIKE EFFECTIVE THIS WEEK
A proposed visa fee hike by the British government will be in effect from Wednesday, making traveling to the UK expensive for people around the world, including Indians.
With this, a visit visa under six months would cost £15 more and student visa, £127 more.
The fee hike will raise the price of the visit visa under six months to £115 and that of applying for student visa to £490. Justifying the price hike, a Home Office spokesperson said, "It is right and fair to increase visa application fees so we can fund vital public services and allow wider funding to contribute to public sector pay." It follows the July announcement by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that the fees and health surcharge paid by visa applicants toward the UK's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) would "significantly" increase in order to keep up with the nation's public sector salary hike.
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