By Halimah Olamide
The United Kingdom Home Office has announced a new fee regime for visa applications. The government explained that the new fee increase is to enable it priotise other government services and improve on services. The new fee regime will take effect from October 4, 2023. To this effect, applicants for visitor visa will now pay £115 which is about N111,878.28 as opposed to the initial £15 (N14,592.70. before now.
Student visa fee has also seen an upward review and is now £490 (N476,677.59) from £127 (N123,537.58), representing a 286 percent increment.