Guidance

Immigration Act: part 8 - fees and charges

Part 8 of the Immigration Act concerns fees and charges.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration and Home Office
• Published: 17 September 2015
• Last updated: 9 February 2017 — See all updates

Documents

Fees: factsheet

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Part 8 of the act reduces demand for migrant labour in jobs that can be filled by domestic workers and consolidates charging arrangements for Home Office services by:

• introducing an immigration skills charge for employers who preferentially employed skilled migrants
• enabling civil registration to become financially self-supporting through fees, rather than relying on central government funding
• allowing the Registrar General to receive funding, from the registrars and superintendent registrars, for the services they currently provide for free
• maximising the flexibility of the passport fees framework to allow for cross-subsidy and over-cost recovery powers, while keeping down the cost of a standard passport application

Published 17 September 2015
Last updated 9 February 2017 + show all updates

1. 9 February 2017

   Updated fact sheet.

2. 12 July 2016

   New Immigration Act factsheet on fees and charges.

3. 17 September 2015

   First published.