UK visa fees: the Home Office table of 8 October 2026

How to read the fee table

The spreadsheet is organised by where the application is made, not by visa: section 1 holds visas applied for outside the UK, section 2 work visas from abroad, section 7 the same work routes from inside the UK, and so on down to nationality and sponsorship. A route that appears twice can therefore have two prices. The label also tells you who pays: "main applicant and dependants" means the same amount for each person, while a "dependants only" line prices family members alone: the partner and children of a Global Talent holder, or the families of routes closed to new applicants such as Tier 1. Skilled Worker lines are split by the length on the certificate of sponsorship, three years or less, or more than three years, and a child who joins later pays the fee for the parent's full length, not the time left.

The table moves more often than most people think: 12 versions since 31 January 2024, some changing a single line. The amounts below are read from the current file, and the calculator uses the same lines, so the figure you see here is the figure you will be asked to pay on the day this table applies.

Work visas

Most work routes charge one fee per person, the main applicant and each dependant alike, and the fee depends on where you apply. Applying from inside the UK (an extension or a switch) is dearer than an entry clearance from abroad for Skilled Worker, Innovator Founder and the overseas business routes; it is the same for Global Talent, Scale-up and the High Potential Individual route.

Family, settlement and citizenship

The family route has two fees only: £2,064 for a partner, child or parent joining from abroad (the table calls it "route to settlement") and £1,407 for an extension or a switch inside the UK. Settlement is £3,226 for each person on any route. Naturalisation is £1,709 plus the £130 ceremony, which the table says is added to the application fee; registering a child as British costs £1,000.

Study, visits and optional services

A Student visa costs £558 from abroad or in the UK, and the Graduate visa, applied for in the UK only, £937. Visitors pay £135 for six months; nationals who do not need a visa pay £20 for an electronic travel authorisation instead. Priority and super priority services are optional and sold per application where the visa centre offers them.

The sponsorship fees paid by employers (licence, certificates of sponsorship) are on the sponsor licence page, and the way each fee moved since 31 January 2024 on the fee history page. The official spreadsheet remains the reference: if a fee here ever differs from it, the Home Office figure applies.