• Tier 4 student visa interviews start from May 2013
• Right to appeal family visa refusals withdrawn
• London Metropolitan University granted probationary licence to sponsor Tier 4 visas
• Home Office and Capita launch visa reminder pilot
• Online payments for visa applications in India from 1 May 2013
• New booking process for premium service appointments
• Statement of intent for new requirements for ILR and citizenship
• Overseas visa applications go online and single-currency
• New application forms from 6 April 2013
• New citizenship test launched
• Biometric enrolment systems upgraded at Post Offices
• Changes to the Immigration rules in effect from 6 April 2013
• Tier 4 rules changed to prevent downgrading of studies after confirmed CAS
• Post-study work exemptions for PhD and MBA students
• Updated practice tests for A Guide for New Residents, valid from 25 March 2013 launched
• Life in the UK Test Handbook 2013 published
• Online payments for visa applications in China from 14 March 2013
• Prime time visa appointments available in Manila
• Applications from Namibia must be made online from 11 March 2013
• Premium visa application centre opens in Ho Chi Minh City
• Temporary concessions for Syrian nationals in the UK extended
• Biometric information required for applications from St Lucia
• Pre-entry tuberculosis screening in the Philippines
• Indian ‘super-priority’ visa service to be launched in March
• New priority visa services around the world
• Tier 2: Changes to salary thresholds and skilled occupations list on 6 April 2013
• Increases to immigration fees on 6 April 2013
• Apply online service unavailable between 1 and 4 March 2013
• Settlement visa delays in Thailand
• No transitional period for the new Life in the UK test
• Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route rules change in response to suspected abuse
• 3rd Revision of UK Citizenship Test announced for release in March
• New backlog of cases found at UKBA by Chief Inspector
• Apply online service unavailable from 25-28 January
• UKBA statement on Capita Business Services
• UK visa application centre in Singapore relocated
• British Future thinktank publishes the 2012 State of the Nation report
• Higher education statistics show changing mix of international students
• Good character requirement changes for citizenship applications
• Final visa decisions made for London Met students
• UKBA starts moving overseas application processing to Croydon hub
• Pre-entry Tuberculosis testing for South Africa and Zimbabwe
• Census data show Scottish population at record high
• New application forms for Tier 1, ILR and FLR
• Theresa May’s facts about immigration
• Interview programme for ‘high-risk’ student visa applications to be expanded
• 2011 Census data published for England and Wales
• Biometric residence permits compulsory for stays over 6 months
• UKBA issues fake websites and calls warning
• Dramatic fall in net migration shows effect of Coalition immigration policy
• UKBA has backlog of over 150,000 overstaying students
• Online appointment booking offline on 28 and 30 November
• Immigration Rules updated for skilled workers
• Settlement rules relaxed for foreign troops serving in HM armed forces
• Rules change for EEA migrants
• Guidance published for London Met students
• Bilston Community College loses right to sponsor foreign students
• Citizenship applications for children born of surrogacy arrangements
• Croatia to join the EU
• Temporary concessions for Syrian nationals
• New application forms published
• New rules for extending visas, exceptional talent route and students from Botswana and Malaysia
• Changes to apply online customer accounts from 1 October 2012
• Apply online service unavailable for four days from 27 September
• Students can start at London Met on Monday
• New version of Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) guidance released
• Mark Harper MP becomes Immigration Minister
• UKBA updates Immigration Rules following Alvi case
• Rules for applications from overstayers change from 1 October 2012
• London Met launches legal action against UKBA decision
• UKBA revokes London Met’s license to sponsor students
• Student visas uncertain for London Met students
• UKBA issues warning about fake websites and telephone calls
• Supreme Court rules Home Secretary’s new Immigration Rules unlawful again
• Changes to citizenship applications made from outside the UK
• Price for passports to be reduced from September
• New versions of Forms FLR(M) and FLR(O) from 9 July 2012
• Family migration changes come into effect from 9 July 2012
• UKBA to start interviewing non-EU student visa applicants
• Family settlement forms and online application changes
• Biometrics office opens in Leicester
• Overstayers to face automatic refusal for further leave to remain
• What to expect from the new citizenship test
• British history is now ‘at the heart of the citizenship test
• Supreme court rulings limit rights to family life for foreign-born criminals
• Transitional arrangements for new family visa rules
• Family visit visa appeals tightened
• Children of Ghurkas lose High Court case for settlement
• New form for dependents under the points based system published
• Family migration changes announced
• New family visa rules and salary thresholds to be announced
• Home Secretary seeking to revise use of human rights in deportation appeals
• Home Secretary planning immigration contingencies
• Tier 2 cooling off exemption for 2011 interns
• Net migration remains above 250,000 up to September 2011
• Pre-entry tuberculosis screening programme launched
• Appeal rights for family visitor visas restricted
• UKBA makes announcement about public enquiry office delays
• Human rights abusers to be refused entry to the UK
• A new citizenship test for 2012?

New immigration fees - April 2011

The changes to the fees were announced by Immigration Minister Damian Green in February and are brought into effect following approval by Parliament. You can find the new fees on the Fees for our services page of the UKBA website.

Most of the fees for processing applications have gone up again. This means that migration is getting steadily more expensive for applicants. The UKBA have increased the fees to help make up the 20% budget cut it recently received.

In a separate document on the UKBA website - UK Border Agency fees from 06 April 2011 (PDF, 229KB) - you can see how much each individual category has gone up by. The document also shows categories that charges are being introduced for.