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Will things change ?
« on: June 24, 2016, 01:28:41 PM »
Sooo does anyone think the immigration process for spouse visas and such may change after the "brexit" vote?
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2016, 01:50:41 PM »
wouldn't this only affect people trying to come to the UK through the EU?? as a new immigrant to the UK this is kinda scary!!!
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2016, 02:06:36 PM »
Quote from: usagirl on June 24, 2016, 01:50:41 PM
wouldn't this only affect people trying to come to the UK through the EU?? as a new immigrant to the UK this is kinda scary!!!

Been here a while....and I'm not feeling too well either....
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2016, 02:12:36 PM »
(As a Brit, I'm horrified and saddened by the result)

Any changes will take a long time to implement, as we'll probably be renegotiating...everything...with the EU for the next several years, so I wouldn't expect any rapid changes to the process or requirements.
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2016, 02:19:01 PM »
I don't think it will affect those of us coming in right now. Things may change in the next few years but I think what we're used to will probably stay the same.

The visa costs will still go up in April, the rules will probably stay the same as the UK is still an anti-immigration as ever.

I'd love to be proven wrong. I just haven't ever seen a fee go down once it's been raised...
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2016, 03:54:20 PM »
Quote from: lyonaria on June 24, 2016, 02:19:01 PM
visa costs will still go up in April

A lot of uncertainty....but this is truth.
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2016, 04:12:28 PM »
Basically no one knows exactly what is going to happen.

However my guess is that in the future visa applicants from the EU will have to follow the same procedures we have to. But again, who knows?!
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2016, 04:20:59 PM »
Dare I ask? I know the fees just went up in March...but they're going up again in April?
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2016, 04:30:19 PM »
They go up every year. Usually in April to coincide with the tax year but this year they were early.
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2016, 04:31:37 PM »
Ah, didn't know that.
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2016, 04:39:24 PM »
Quote from: brittanysevier-weightman on June 24, 2016, 04:31:37 PM
Ah, didn't know that.

No one does the first time they apply, unless they've scoured the internet a ridiculous amount. For your first application you've got tunnel vision about what do I need right now. I know I did. :)

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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2016, 05:54:56 PM »
Quote from: larrabee on June 24, 2016, 04:30:19 PM
They go up every year. Usually in April to coincide with the tax year but this year they were early.

And for a couple of years they even went up in both November AND April.

Since I joined the forum in Jan 2007, the cost of visas has skyrocketed, increasing every single year.

Spousal visa fee in Jan 2007 = £260
Spousal visa fee in June 2016 = £1,795

Work or student visa fee in Jan 2007 = £85
Tier 2 General visa fee in June 2016 = £575
Tier 4 visa fee in June 2016 = £328

FLR(M) visa fee in Jan 2007 = £335 (or £500 in person)
FLR(M) visa fee in June 2016 = £1,311 (or £1,811 in person)

ILR visa fee in Jan 2007 = £335 (or £500 in person)
ILR visa fee in June 2016 = £1,875 (or £2,375 in person)

Naturalisation fee in Jan 2007= £200
Naturalisation fee in June 2016 = £1,236

Total cost from spousal visa to naturalisation (2 years on a spousal visa, 1 year on ILR, then citizenship) in Jan 2007 (by post) = £795

Total cost from spousal visa to naturalisation (2.5 years on a spousal visa, 2.5 years on FLR(M), then ILR, then citizenship) in June 2016 (by post) = £6,217
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2016, 08:29:31 AM »
Quote from: ksand24 on June 24, 2016, 05:54:56 PM
And for a couple of years they even went up in both November AND April.

Since I joined the forum in Jan 2007, the cost of visas has skyrocketed, increasing every single year.

Spousal visa fee in Jan 2007 = £260
Spousal visa fee in June 2016 = £1,795

Work or student visa fee in Jan 2007 = £85
Tier 2 General visa fee in June 2016 = £575
Tier 4 visa fee in June 2016 = £328

FLR(M) visa fee in Jan 2007 = £335 (or £500 in person)
FLR(M) visa fee in June 2016 = £1,311 (or £1,811 in person)

ILR visa fee in Jan 2007 = £335 (or £500 in person)
ILR visa fee in June 2016 = £1,875 (or £2,375 in person)

Naturalisation fee in Jan 2007= £200
Naturalisation fee in June 2016 = £1,236

Total cost from spousal visa to naturalisation (2 years on a spousal visa, 1 year on ILR, then citizenship) in Jan 2007 (by post) = £795

Total cost from spousal visa to naturalisation (2.5 years on a spousal visa, 2.5 years on FLR(M), then ILR, then citizenship) in June 2016 (by post) = £6,217

When I arrived in 2001 to go to uni it cost a grand total of £0. Showed up at the immigration desk thingy at the airport, showed them my acceptance letter and some American bank statements with money in and they stamped my passport until October 2005. Times have certainly changed.
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2016, 08:54:36 AM »
Plus health care surcharge.
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Re: Will things change ?
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2016, 09:30:03 AM »
Quote from: sonofasailor on June 25, 2016, 08:54:36 AM
Plus health care surcharge.

I included the IHS surcharge in the prices I quoted above :).
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