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Cost of applying

This page provides details of the fee that you need to pay when applying to extend your temporary permission to stay in the United Kingdom (we call this 'leave to remain') or for permanent residence (we call this 'indefinite leave to remain').

Some applications do not require a fee. This includes applications on forms HPDL, ELR, ECAA (ILR), Turkish ECAA (Main and Dep), and Turkish employed.

When a fee is required, you must pay the full fee when you make your application. The fee you need to pay will depend on the type of application you are making. You can find more information about fee payment on the application form, including details of what to write on cheques or postal orders.

In some cases you can include children under 18 or other dependants on one application form and pay only one fee. There are exceptions, so you should read the information on the application form.

Members of your family who are applying on separate application forms will need to pay the full application fee. If you are posting your applications, you can send more than one application form in the same envelope, but you must make a separate payment for each form.

However, if you complete form postal leave to remain - multiple applications, you can pay for up to 25 applications with a single payment and will not need to fill in the payment details on each individual application form. You can download the form from the right side of this page. You do not need to use this form if you wish to make a single payment to cover a number of premium service applications when applying in person at one of our public enquiry offices.

How to pay

You may only pay by:

  • cheque;
  • postal order;
  • credit card: Visa (including Electron) or MasterCard;
  • debit card: Delta, Maestro, Switch (including Solo);
  • banker's draft; or
  • cash - but only for applications at a public enquiry office; please do not send cash by post.

Personal cheques must have a valid cheque guarantee card that covers the full amount you are paying.

We accept any Maestro card if you are applying in person at a public enquiry office but if you are applying by post we only accept Maestro cards issued in the United Kingdom.

If you are paying using a bank account or credit card that belongs to someone else, you should give that person's details on the payment slip. If you are applying in person at a public enquiry office, the person named on a credit or debit card must be present to authorise the transaction.

Application to extend your visa

Husband, wife, civil partner, or unmarried or same sex partner - form FLR (M):

Postal application: £395
Application in person at public enquiry office: £595

Other categories (see Extend your visa for details) - form FLR (O):

Postal application: £395
Application in person at public enquiry office: £595

Student, student nurse, prospective student or sabbatical officer, to re-sit examination or write thesis - form FLR (S):

Postal application: £295
Application in person at public enquiry office: £500

Transfer of visa to a new passport - form NTLOC

Postal application: £160
Application in person at public enquiry office: £500

Application for permanent residence

Husband, wife, civil partner, or unmarried or same sex partner - form SET (M):

Postal application: £750
Application in person at public enquiry office: £950

Other categories (see Settling in the United Kingdom for details) - form SET (O):

Postal application: £750
Application in person at public enquiry office: £950

Victim of domestic violence

Postal application: £750
Application in person at public enquiry office: not available

Family member of person settled in the United Kingdom - form SET (F)

Postal application: £750
Application in person at public enquiry office: £950

Business person, sole representative, retired person of independent means, investor or innovator - form BUS:

Postal application: £750
Application in person at public enquiry office: not available

Transfer of visa to a new passport - form NTLOC

Postal application: £160
Application in person at public enquiry office: £500

Points-based system applications

Applications for tier 1 post study may be made at our public enquiry offices from 1 December.

Applications for other tier 1 routes may not be made at a public enquiry office at this time.

Tier 1 Post Study

Postal application (from inside the UK): £400

Application in person at public enquiry office: £600