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UK to raise visa, settlement and sponsor licence fees from April 8, 2026The United Kingdom will raise immigration and nationality fees starting April 8, 2026. Most visa and sponsorship charges will see a six to ...
UK faces risk of £11 billion hit from immigration restrictionsThe UK could lose up to £10.8 billion over five years due to tighter legal immigration rules, says a Home Office impact assessment. The mea...
UK raises immigration fees for expedited sponsorship and visa servicesThe UK has significantly increased in-country expedited immigration service fees, with sponsorship management requests now costing GBP 350 ...
UK immigration: Will Starmer make it more difficult for you to move to Britain?UK PM Keir Starmer may tighten immigration policies, maintaining ECHR membership. Labour aims to reduce net migration from 350,000 annually...
UK visa fees spike as Sunak government hikes health surcharge by 66%Starting February 6, the United Kingdom will introduce a significant hike in its immigration health surcharge (IHS) for visa applicants. Ap...
No big jump, UK announces staged hike in minimum salary for family visasHome Secretary James Cleverly emphasized that the overall plan aims to reduce net migration to the UK by an estimated 300,000 people compar...
Five announcements by the Sunak government that will affect you if you're planning to move to the UKSunak is under immense pressure from fellow Conservative MPs to devise a comprehensive plan to combat the surging immigration numbers. This...
UK to increase immigration health surcharge from January 2024If applications are submitted before the implementation of this change, the higher surcharge won't apply. Skilled worker and global busines...
UK visitor, student visas to cost more from October 4The decision follows the announcement by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in July to raise fees and health surcharges to support the National Hea...
UK immigration fee hikes face criticismThe UK government's plan to increase the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) and visa fees for migrants to fund public sector wage increases...
UK to increase its visa fee to meet health sector costVisa applicants from around the world, including Indians, will have to pay significantly higher fees and health surcharge when accessing th...
Can you switch your current UK visa to a student visa?Not all visa types can be converted to a student visa. If you’ve been in the UK with a valid visa for less than 12 months, you’ll need to p...
UK government tables new 'cheaper, quicker and easier' Health Visa in ParliamentThe new visa, welcomed by Indian professional groups, will be launched from August to create a new fast-track visa route designed to attrac...
Indian industry hails 'positive' step as UK sets out post-Brexit visa regimeUK Home Secretary Priti Patel, who had announced the new system earlier this year, confirmed in a written ministerial statement in the Hous...
UK extends work visas for Indian, foreign doctors amid coronavirus outbreakIn a relief to foreign doctors, including from India, whose visas were set to expire in October this year, the UK government has extended t...
Rishi Sunak's budget to make cost of UK visa higherThe UK Budget tabled by Indian-origin Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) would be hiked fro...
Indian doctors protest UK's 'unfair' health surchargeIn December last year, "Immigration Health Surcharge" was hiked from £ 200 to £ 400 pounds per year.
UK set to double health surcharge from Dec for non-EU citizens, IndiansThe move is expected to raise an estimated 220 million pounds in extra funding for the state-funded National Health Service (NHS).
Britain's new immigration blue print may make getting a Tier 2 visa difficult for IndiansThe measures expected to be introduced by next year includes restricting work visas to genuine skills shortages and highly specialist exper...
Patients may have to show passports for hospital care in UKPatients may have to produce a passport to prove their residence status when they require hospital care in England.