The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Amendment of Schedule 1

3.—(1) Schedule 1 (applications for entry clearance to enter, and leave to enter, the United Kingdom) is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) Table 1 (fees for applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom) is amended by Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(3) In Table 1, in entry 1.4.1(b)—

(a) for “Appendix Child staying with or joining a Non-Parent Relative (Protection)” substitute “Appendix Child Relative (Sponsors with Protection)”(1);

(b) for “the child of a relative, who is not a parent” substitute “a child joining a close relative”.

(4) In Table 2 (specified fees for dependents), for “£716”, in both places it occurs, substitute “£766”.

(5) In Table 3 (fee for applications for entry clearance and indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom – dependants of HM Armed Forces service leavers and members of HM Armed Forces), for “£2,885” substitute “£3,029”.

(6) In Table 4 (exceptions in respect of fees for and in connection with applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom)—

(a) in entry 4.2.1, for “Appendix Family Reunion (Protection)” substitute “Appendix Family Reunion (Sponsors with Protection)”(2);

(b) in entries 4.6 and 4.6.1, for “Part 7 of”, both times it occurs, substitute “Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) to”(3).

(7) In paragraph 3A (reduction of fees for Health and Care Visa applications and related applications by dependants), in sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (4)—

(a) for “£435”, in each place it occurs, substitute “£465”;

(b) for “£869”, in each place it occurs, substitute “£929”;

(c) for “£267”, in each place it occurs, substitute “£286”;

(d) for “£533”, in each place it occurs, substitute “£570”.

(1)

Appendix Child Relative (Sponsors with Protection) is an appendix to the United Kingdom immigration rules. The United Kingdom immigration rules were laid before Parliament on 23rd May 1994 (HC 395). Appendix Child staying with or joining a Non-Parent Relative (Protection) was renamed as Appendix Child Relative (Sponsors with Protection) under the Statement of Changes to the immigration rules laid before Parliament on 12th March 2025 (HC 733).

(2)

Appendix Family Reunion (Protection) was renamed as Appendix Family Reunion (Sponsors with Protection) under the Statement of Changes to the United Kingdom immigration rules laid before Parliament on 12th March 2025 (HC 733).

(3)

Under the Statement of Changes to the immigration rules laid before Parliament on 18th October 2022 (HC 719), Part 7 was deleted and Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) was inserted.