The Home Office updated UK visa and immigration fees on 8 April 2026 . Its fee table for 8 October 2026 confirms that every fee stays the same, so the April 2026 fees below remain current. Last checked against GOV.UK: 1 October 2026. Employers can total the cost of a hire with our Home Office sponsorship cost calculator . The tables below list current fees across all visa and immigration categories. If you need advice on which fees apply to your situation or business, complete the form and our team will call you back.
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1. Sponsorship
Fee Category Fee (from 8 Apr 2026)
Worker sponsor licence — large sponsor £1,682 Worker sponsor licence — small sponsor £611 Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licence — large sponsor £1,682 Worker and Student sponsor licence — large sponsor £1,682 Worker, Temporary Worker and Student sponsor licence — large sponsor £1,682 Temporary Worker sponsor licence £611 Student sponsor licence £611 Temporary Worker and Student sponsor licence £611 Worker sponsor licence (large) — upgrading from Temp Worker / Student licence £1,071 Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) — Skilled Worker, T2 Minister of Religion, GBM Senior/Specialist Worker £525 CoS — Temporary Worker (incl. GBM Graduate Trainee, UK Expansion Worker, Service Supplier, Secondment Worker, Scale-up) £55 CoS — International Sportsperson over 12 months £525 CoS — International Sportsperson up to 12 months £55 Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS) — Student, Child Student £55 Priority service for expedited sponsor licence applications £750 Expedited processing of sponsorship management request £350 Sponsor action plan £1,579 Student sponsor basic compliance assessment £574 Endorsement fee — Scale-up sponsor licence (Endorsing Body Pathway, ex. VAT) £1,500
2. Work Visas — Applications Made Outside the UK
Fee Category Fee (from 8 Apr 2026)
Skilled Worker — CoS up to 3 years £819 Skilled Worker — CoS over 3 years £1,618 Skilled Worker (Immigration Salary List) — CoS up to 3 years £628 Skilled Worker (Immigration Salary List) — CoS over 3 years £1,235 Skilled Worker — Health and Care Visa — CoS up to 3 years £324 Skilled Worker — Health and Care Visa — CoS over 3 years £628 Global Business Mobility — Senior or Specialist Worker — up to 3 years £819 Global Business Mobility — Senior or Specialist Worker — over 3 years £1,618 Global Business Mobility — Graduate Trainee £340 Global Business Mobility — Service Supplier £340 Global Business Mobility — UK Expansion Worker £340 Global Business Mobility — Secondment Worker £340 Scale-up — main applicant and dependants £937 Innovator Founder — main applicant and dependants £1,357 Start-up — main applicant and dependants £495 Global Talent — main applicant (Approval Letter required) £205 Global Talent — main applicant (Approval Letter not required) £766 Global Talent — dependants only £766 T2 Minister of Religion — main applicant and dependants £819 International Sportsperson — CoS up to 12 months £340 International Sportsperson — CoS over 12 months £819 Temporary Work (Seasonal, Religious, Charity, Creative, Government Exchange, Youth Mobility, etc.) £340 Representative of an overseas business £819 High Potential Individual — main applicant and dependants £880 Tier 1 (Investor) — main applicant and dependants £2,000
3. Work Visas — Applications Made in the UK (Extensions & Changes)
Fee Category Fee (from 8 Apr 2026)
Skilled Worker — CoS up to 3 years £943 Skilled Worker — CoS over 3 years £1,865 Skilled Worker (Immigration Salary List) — CoS up to 3 years £628 Skilled Worker (Immigration Salary List) — CoS over 3 years £1,235 Skilled Worker — Health and Care Visa — CoS up to 3 years £324 Skilled Worker — Health and Care Visa — CoS over 3 years £628 Global Business Mobility — Senior or Specialist Worker — up to 3 years £943 Global Business Mobility — Senior or Specialist Worker — over 3 years £1,865 Global Business Mobility — Graduate Trainee £340 Global Business Mobility — Service Supplier £340 Global Business Mobility — UK Expansion Worker £340 Global Business Mobility — Secondment Worker £340 Graduate Route — main applicant and dependants £937 Scale-up — main applicant and dependants £937 Innovator Founder — main applicant and dependants £1,693 Start-up — main applicant and dependants £666 Global Talent — main applicant (Approval Letter required) £205 Global Talent — main applicant (Approval Letter not required) £766 T2 Minister of Religion £943 International Sportsperson — CoS up to 12 months £340 International Sportsperson — CoS over 12 months £943 Temporary Work (Seasonal, Religious, Charity, Creative, Government Exchange, Youth Mobility) £340 Representative of an overseas business £943 High Potential Individual — main applicant and dependants £880 Tier 1 (Investor) — main applicant and dependants £2,000 Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) — main applicant and dependants £1,693
4. Visit Visas
Fee Category Fee (from 8 Apr 2026)
Visit visa — up to 6 months (short stay) £135 Visit visa — up to 2 years (long stay) £506 Visit visa — up to 5 years (long stay) £903 Visit visa — up to 10 years (long stay) £1,128 Visiting academic — more than 6 months but no more than 12 months £234 Private medical treatment visa — more than 6 months but not more than 11 months £234 Transit visa (direct airside transit) £41.50 Transit visit visa (landside transit) £74.50 Electronic travel authorisation (ETA) £20 Other visa (outside UK) £726
5. Study Visas
Fee Category Fee (from 8 Apr 2026)
Student — main applicant and dependants (outside UK) £558 Student — main applicant and dependants (in UK) £558 Child Student (outside UK) £558 Child Student (in UK) £558 Short-term student (English language) — more than 6 months but not more than 11 months £228
6. ILR, Settlement & Other In-UK Applications
Fee Category Fee (from 8 Apr 2026)
Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) — main applicant and dependants£3,226 Visitor Extension — main applicant and dependants £1,172 Leave to remain — Other £1,407 Hong Kong BN(O) in-country — 30 months (main applicant and dependants) £206 Hong Kong BN(O) in-country — 5 years (main applicant and dependants) £285 Route to Settlement (outside UK) £2,064 Route to Settlement — other dependant relative (outside UK) £3,635 Route to Settlement — refugee dependant relative (outside UK) £452 ILE — HM Armed Forces service leaver or member £3,226 ILE — victim of domestic abuse and dependent children £3,226 Replacement Biometric Residence Permit — lost/stolen/damaged £19 Replacement Biometric Residence Card (EU Settlement Scheme) — lost/stolen/damaged £19 Life in the UK test £50 Administrative review (in UK) £80 Administrative review (outside UK) £80
7. Nationality
Fee Category Fee (from 8 Apr 2026)
Naturalisation — British citizenship (+ £130 citizenship ceremony fee) £1,709 Nationality registration as British citizen — adult (+ £130 ceremony fee) £1,540 Nationality registration as British citizen — child £1,000 Nationality registration — BOTC, BOC, British Subject, British protected person — adult £1,027 Nationality registration — BOTC, BOC, British Subject, British protected person — child £863 Citizenship ceremony fee £130 Renunciation of nationality £513 Certificate of Entitlement — Nationality Right of Abode (in UK) £589 Certificate of Entitlement — Nationality Right of Abode (outside UK) £589 Nationality review £513 Nationality correction to certificate / reissued certificate / certified copy £456 Status letter / Non-acquisition letter (Nationality) £489
8. Travel Documents
Fee Category Fee (from 8 Apr 2026)
Certificate of travel — adult £320 Certificate of travel — child £161 Convention travel document — adult £102 Convention travel document — child £66.50
9. Optional Premium Services
Fee Category Fee (from 8 Apr 2026)
Super Priority service (in UK or outside UK) £1,000 Priority service (in UK or outside UK) — Settlement £500 Priority service (in UK or outside UK) — Non-Settlement £500 On-Demand Mobile Biometric Enrolment (per hour per representative) £650 User Pays Visa Application service (outside UK) £76.50 Registered Traveller (Adult) — yearly subscription £50 Registered Traveller (Child) — yearly subscription £24 Fast Track — Heathrow and other ports of entry £10
Source: Home Office Immigration and Nationality Fees, 8 April 2026 (GOV.UK) . Fees are subject to change — check GOV.UK for the latest information.
