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Application fees

This page sets out the fee for an application to enter or remain in the UK as the husband, wife or civil partner of a British citizen or a person settled here. It also explains how to pay your application fee.

The application fee that you must pay depends on whether you are applying from inside or outside the UK - and, if you are inside the UK, on whether you are applying by post or in person.

If you applying from inside the UK and are sending applications for your dependent children at the same time as your own application, you can pay a reduced fee for their applications by including them on your application form.

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  • Family of British citizens and settled persons - visa application fees

    Husband, wife or civil partner £851
    Fiance(e) or proposed civil partner £851
    Unmarried or same-sex partner £851
    Armed forces dependent £810
    Child (under 18) dependant £851
    Adopted child dependant £851
    Child coming to the UK for adoption £851
     Family life as a parent £851
    Parent, grandparent or other dependant relative £1,906


  • Application fees for extending your stay using form FLR(M)

    Fee if you are applying by post Fee if you are applying in person
    Main applicant £578 £953
    Children aged under 18 (if they are applying at the same time as the main applicant) £433 for each child included on the main applicant's application form £808 for each child included on the main applicant's application form
     Children aged under 18 (if they are applying separately from the main applicant)  £578  £953


  • Application fees for settling in the UK using form SET(M)

    Fee if you are applying by post Fee if you are applying in person
    Main applicant £1051 £1426
    Children aged under 18 (if they are applying at the same time as the main applicant) £788 for each child included on the main applicant's application form £1163 for each child included on the main applicant's application form
     Children aged under 18 (if they are applying separately from  the main applicant)  £1051  £1426


  • Withdrawing your application When the payment handling service has received your application, the application fee is charged. The fee cannot then be refunded if you withdraw your application.
  • Duplicate applications If you send more than one application, you will be charged the application fee for each application.
  • How to pay your application fee if you are inside the UK

    If you are applying online, you must pay your fee online as part of your application.

    If you are applying by post or courier, you can choose how to pay your application fee:

    • By cheque in sterling on a UK bank account. The application form will tell you who to make the cheque payable to, you should write your full name and date of birth on the back, and attach the cheque to the front of the completed application form. 
    • With a UK postal order. You should write your full name and date of birth on the back, and attach the postal order to the front of the completed application form. 
    • With a credit or debit card - American Express, MasterCard, Visa (including Electron), Delta or Maestro (including Solo). For postal and courier payments, we accept only Maestro cards issued in the UK. You must include the card number, the amount paid, the payer's name as it appears on the card, the 'valid from' and expiry dates, the card verification value (CVV) code, the cardholder's signature and the date. The issue number is also needed for Maestro cards.

    If you are applying and paying in person at a public enquiry office, you can choose how to pay your application fee. For applications made in person at a public enquiry office, the total fee includes an additional fee of £375 for each person. This includes a £100 appointment fee, which may be retained should the applicant fail to attend their appointment without good reason.  Please check the relevant application form to find out if you can make an application in person.

    • With a UK postal order (except at our Glasgow and Cardiff offices). You should write your full name and date of birth on the back.
    • By banker's draft (except at our Glasgow and Cardiff offices). 
    • With a credit or debit card - American Express, MasterCard, Visa (including Electron), Delta or Maestro (including Solo). We can accept any Maestro card for payments at a public enquiry office. You must include the card number, the amount paid, the payer's name as it appears on the card, the 'valid from' and expiry dates, the card verification value (CVV) code, the cardholder's signature and the date. The issue number is also needed for Maestro cards. The cardholder must be present for the payment to be taken.

    Payment by any other method is not accepted.

    You must send the full amount to cover the total cost of your application. If you do not do this, your application will be invalid and will not be considered. We will return your application and part payment to you.

    We start considering the application when the payment has cleared. Payments are cleared:

    • after 5 working days for cheques
    • after 1 working day for credit or debit cards
    • immediately for postal orders

    Please note that, if you are making numerous payments using your credit card, the anti-fraud measures that banks operate sometimes stop payment being taken. This may be because you have exceeded the maximum limit on a single transaction or the number of transactions allowed in a given period of time. You must ensure that you contact your bank in advance, so that the bank will allow the full payment to be taken without any problems when you submit your applications.

    Payment information on the application form

    It is very important that you complete the payment section of the application form correctly. If this section contains errors, we will not be able to process your payment. This will mean that your application is invalid.
  • How to pay your application fee if you are outside the UK If you are applying from outside the UK, the visa services centres overseas page contains information about the application process and fees in the country where you are applying from.

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  • Civil partner

    A person in a legal relationship that can be registered by two people of the same sex and that gives the couple legal recognition for their relationship. In a range of legal matters, civil partners are treated the same as opposite-sex partners who are married.

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