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Visas: Families

Asked by Mr Angus MacDonaldLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 81789

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing flexible payment options for visa renewal fees under the family route.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The Home Office publishes the estimated unit cost of processing immigration and nationality applications on Gov.UK. This can be reviewed via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data.

Where a fee is required, the full payment must accompany the application in order for it to be considered as a valid application. The Government has no current plans for visa fees to be payable in instalments.

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