A guide as to why UK immigration fees keep rising in 2018
Whenever anybody asks why UK visa and immigration application fees are increasing and so expensive, the Home Office traditionally responds that the immigration system should be “funded by those who benefit from it”, that is in order to reduce taxpayer expense.
This is seen by many critics to be a suitably convenient political argument to justify income generation for the Home Office.
This is how the Home Office has justified major increases in application and other fees associated with the UK immigration system in recent years.
This guide on UK visa and immigration fees and why it is rising so quickly in 2018 will explore this topic.