CHARGES INTRODUCED FOR IMMIGRATION APPLICATI##被过滤##
Reference: 199/2003 - Date: 11 Jul 2003 10:59
From 1st August, foreign nationals living in the UK will be charged the costs of the immigration services they use, the Home Office announced today.
The new charges will mean that people applying for permission to extend their stay in the UK will pay a charge for processing their applicati##被过滤## from 1 August, saving the taxpayer £90 million a year.
Postal applicati##被过滤## will cost £155, with a premium ‘same day’ service for personal callers costing £250.
The charges will apply to:
applicati##被过滤## for an extension of stay in the UK,
applicati##被过滤## for settlement, and
permanent residency s##被过滤##ps being put in new passports.
Home Office Minister, Beverley Hughes said:
"We continue to welcome the many foreign nationals who choose to study, work and live in the UK - they boost our economy and add to our thriving cosmopolitan society. Many apply to extend their stay each year, and it is right that they should meet the costs of that. Charging for the cost of processing these applicati##被过滤## will save the taxpayer £90 million a year.
"The Government has made significant investment in recent years to improve all aspects of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, including the standard of service people receive when they submit applicati##被过滤##. Charging will help us to continue to improve the efficiency and speed with which we process these applicati##被过滤##, leading to ever higher levels of customer service."
Notes for editors:
Applicants who wish to submit their applicati##被过滤## before the charge is introduced must ensure that they are received in IND before 23.59hrs on 31 July 2003.
From 1 August, all applicati##被过滤## must be submitted on new forms which have payment details attached. These forms will be available from the Home Office website from today and on request in hard copy from 21 July 2003.
After 1 August, we aim to process postal applicati##被过滤## within a maximum of 13 weeks, and 70 per cent should be within three weeks.
Premium applicati##被过滤## can be made by personal callers at the Public Enquiry Offices in Croydon, Glasgow, Birmingham and Liverpool. These applicati##被过滤## will be dealt with on the same day, as long as the application is fully complete and no further enquiries need to be made.
The charge will not be applied to:
family members of European Economic Area nationals,
applicati##被过滤## for leave to remain under the European Community Association Agreement,
European Union citizens. (This will also apply to nationals of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia once they become full members of the European Union on 1 May 2004),
people applying for indefinite leave to remain on the grounds of domestic violence who provide evidence that they are destitute, and
applicati##被过滤## for asylum, Discretionary Leave or Humanitarian Protection.
At the present time there is no charge for leave to remain applicati##被过滤## for the following:
holders of work permits, and
participants in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme or the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme
The Home Office already charges for nationality applicati##被过滤##, work permits and the issue of Travel Documents (for example to refugees or those with exceptional leave to remain).
Full details will be available on the Home Office website from later today http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk作者: raymond 时间: 2003-7-14 16:47
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