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Family and partner visas

  • UK spouse visa cost in 2026: the application fee, the health surcharge and what else you pay — A partner or spouse visa costs £2,064 if you apply from outside the UK and £1,407 if you apply from inside it, plus the immigration health surcharge (£3,105 for the first 2 years 9 months from outside the UK, £2,587.50 for an extension). Settlement (ILR) is a separate £3,226. These are the 8 October 2026 fees and are per person.
  • Spouse visa financial requirement: how the £29,000 minimum income works — For a first partner application, the Immigration Rules require specified gross income of at least £29,000 a year, or cash savings of £16,000 plus 2.5 times any shortfall. A lower £18,600 figure applies only to people who first applied before 11 April 2024 and are extending with the same partner. Loans, benefits such as Universal Credit and property equity do not count.
  • Spouse visa extension after 2.5 years: how the FLR(M) application works — The partner visa is granted in two blocks of about 2.5 years. The extension (GOV.UK's FLR(M) online application) costs £1,407 plus £2,587.50 health surcharge per adult, and you can apply any time before your permission expires. Most people must meet the financial requirement again, show you still live together, and prove English at A2 if A1 was used last time.
  • Spouse visa English requirement: A1, A2 and B1 explained — Partner applicants must show English at CEFR level A1 in speaking and listening for the first visa, and A2 at the extension after 30 months if A1 was used before. You can meet it by nationality of a listed country, a degree taught in English, or an approved SELT taken within two years. People aged 65 or over, and some with disabilities, are exempt.
  • Spouse visa documents: what UKVI asks for, and the rules on how to present them — A UK partner application needs your identity documents, your partner's details, proof of relationship, specified financial evidence (for example 6 months of payslips with bank statements and an employer letter), English evidence, a TB certificate if you are from a listed country, and certified translations. Missing or out-of-date documents are the commonest reason for avoidable refusals.
  • Spouse visa with self-employed income: how the financial requirement is calculated and evidenced — Self-employed income is measured over the last full financial year, or the average of the last two, using tax returns and accounts, not recent bank balances. A self-employed person cannot top up a shortfall with savings, and company directors who own most of a small company follow a separate set of tests. Evidence rules are in Appendix FM-SE paragraphs 7, 9, 13 and 19.
  • Using savings for a spouse visa: the £16,000 rule — Under Appendix FM, cash savings can replace some or all of the £29,000 income requirement, but not pound for pound. The Rules ask for £16,000 plus 2.5 times the gap between your income and £29,000, held in cash for the 6 months before you apply.
  • Switching to a spouse visa from inside the UK — A person already in the UK on another visa can apply to switch to a partner visa at £1,407 plus the healthcare surcharge, if the Rules' status conditions are met. Visitors and people with permission of 6 months or less are generally excluded, and time on the old visa does not count towards settlement.
  • Fiancé visa UK: cost, rules and switching after — A fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner visa lasts up to 6 months, costs £2,064 and does not allow work or study. The couple must marry or form a civil partnership in the UK within that time, and the holder then applies to extend as a partner.
  • Unmarried partner visa: the 2-year rule — An unmarried partner can apply under Appendix FM if the couple have been in a relationship similar to marriage for at least 2 years before the application date. Home Office guidance says the 2 years do not need to have been spent living together, but the financial, English and other partner requirements still apply.
  • UK spouse visa from Pakistan: costs and TB test — A partner applying from Pakistan pays £2,064 plus a £3,105 healthcare surcharge for a 2-year-9-month visa, and normally needs a TB certificate from a Home Office-approved clinic in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi or Mirpur. Pakistan is not on the list of countries whose nationals are exempt from the English requirement.
  • UK spouse visa from India: costs and TB test — A partner applying from India pays £2,064 plus a £3,105 healthcare surcharge for a 2-year-9-month visa, and normally needs a TB certificate from one of the Home Office-approved clinics listed for India. India is not on the list of countries whose nationals are exempt from the English requirement.
  • UK spouse visa from Nigeria: costs and TB test — A partner applying from Nigeria pays £2,064 plus a £3,105 healthcare surcharge for a 2-year-9-month visa, and normally needs a TB certificate from one of six Home Office-approved clinics in Abuja, Benin City or Lagos. Nigeria is not on the list of nationalities exempt from the English requirement.
  • UK spouse visa from Bangladesh: costs and TB test — A partner applying from Bangladesh pays £2,064 plus a £3,105 healthcare surcharge for a 2-year-9-month visa, and normally needs a TB certificate from a Home Office-approved clinic in Dhaka, Sylhet or Chittagram. Bangladesh is not on the list of nationalities exempt from the English requirement.
  • Adult dependent relative visa: fees and the care test — A parent, grandparent, son, daughter, brother or sister who needs long-term personal care can apply from outside the UK under Appendix Adult Dependent Relative. The fee is £3,635, or £452 if the UK sponsor has protection status, and the sponsor must be able to support, house and care for the applicant without public funds.
  • Parent of a child in the UK: how the visa works — The parent route in Appendix FM is for a parent of a child under 18 who lives in the UK and is British, settled or has Appendix EU status. It costs £2,064 from outside the UK (£1,407 inside), needs evidence of an active role in the child's upbringing, and can lead to settlement after 5 years.
  • Bringing family on a Skilled Worker visa: costs and rules — Each partner and child pays the same application fee as the Skilled Worker for the same length of stay (£819 or £1,618 from outside the UK), plus the Immigration Health Surcharge, and must show £285 for a partner, £315 for the first child and £200 for each further child. Restrictions apply to dependants of care workers and some medium-skilled jobs.
  • Care worker visas and dependants: the 11 March 2024 rule — GOV.UK says a partner and children outside the UK can apply to join a care worker or senior care worker only if the worker has been continually employed in that role on a Skilled Worker visa since before 11 March 2024, or the child was born in the UK. Different conditions apply to dependants already in the UK.
  • Domestic abuse and a partner visa: settlement in the UK — If a relationship on which your UK partner visa is based has broken down because of domestic abuse, Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse lets some people apply for settlement without waiting for five years. The Rules set no mandatory evidence list, and the fee can be waived if you are destitute.
  • Settling as a partner after 5 years: ILR and form SET(M) — A partner on the 5-year route can apply for indefinite leave to remain after 60 months of continuous residence on partner permission with the same partner. The application costs £3,226, uses the online form SET(M), and needs the financial requirement, English and Life in the UK test evidence again.

Work visas

  • Sponsor licence cost for employers in 2026 — A UK sponsor licence for the Worker routes costs £611 for a small or charitable sponsor and £1,682 for a medium or large one. Each Skilled Worker certificate of sponsorship then costs £525, plus the Immigration Skills Charge, which the employer must pay and may not recover from the worker.
  • Applying for a sponsor licence: steps and documents — An employer applies online, then must email a signed submission sheet and the required documents within 5 working days. The Home Office checks the business is genuine, trading and able to meet its duties. There is no right of appeal against a refusal, and a six-month cooling-off period usually follows.
  • Sponsor licence duties: what UKVI checks — A licensed sponsor must report worker changes within 10 working days and organisation changes within 20, keep records, and comply with wider UK law. The Home Office can visit unannounced, downgrade to a B-rating with a £1,579 action plan, suspend or revoke the licence, with no right of appeal.
  • Nurses moving to the UK: visa, NMC and costs — An overseas nurse needs a sponsored job, a visa (£324 for up to 3 years, no healthcare surcharge) and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. NMC fees for the route total £1,226 if the Test of Competence is needed, and a sponsor may employ a nurse before registration for up to 8 months.
  • Doctors moving to the UK: visa and GMC steps — Doctors in codes 2211 and 2212 can use the Health and Care Worker visa, which costs £324 for up to 3 years and has no healthcare surcharge. A sponsored doctor must hold the registration the job needs (GMC registration for a doctor), and the sponsor must report if it is withdrawn.
  • Skilled Worker visa from India: costs and TB test — Applying from India, the Skilled Worker fee is £819 for up to 3 years or £1,618 for longer, plus the healthcare surcharge, usually £1,035 a year. India is on the GOV.UK TB test country list, so a chest x-ray certificate from an approved clinic is needed for stays of 6 months or more.
  • Global Talent visa: endorsement routes and fees — The Global Talent visa has no employer sponsor. Most applicants first pay £561 for an endorsement from an approved body, then £205 for the visa (£766 in total); prize winners pay £766 and skip the endorsement. Each grant lasts up to 5 years, and settlement is possible after 3 or 5 years depending on how you were endorsed.
  • High Potential Individual visa: cost and length — The High Potential Individual (HPI) visa is an unsponsored UK route for recent graduates of universities on the Home Office global list. It costs £880 plus £252 for the Ecctis qualification check and the healthcare surcharge, lasts 2 years (3 for a PhD), cannot be extended and does not lead to settlement. It is capped at 8,000 applications a year.
  • Innovator Founder visa: endorsement and costs — The Innovator Founder visa needs an endorsement from a Home Office approved body for a new, innovative, viable and scalable business. The visa costs £1,357 from outside the UK or £1,693 inside, plus a £1,000 endorsement fee and £500 per contact meeting, plus the healthcare surcharge. It lasts up to 3 years and can lead to settlement after 3 years if the business meets set criteria.
  • Skilled Worker visa cost: worker and employer totals — A worker applying from outside the UK for up to 3 years pays £819 plus £1,035 a year in healthcare surcharge, and usually needs £1,270 held in savings. The employer separately pays a £525 certificate fee and the immigration skills charge, and its licence fee if it is new.
  • Skilled Worker salary: £41,700 and going rates — Under Appendix Skilled Worker the general salary test is at least £41,700 a year and the occupation's going rate, whichever is higher. Lower thresholds of £33,400, £37,500 or £25,000 apply to specific groups, and only guaranteed basic pay counts.
  • Medium-skilled jobs after July 2025: the ISL and TSL — Since 22 July 2025 the Skilled Worker route is open to degree-level jobs, plus mid-level jobs only if they are on the Immigration Salary List or the Temporary Shortage List, or if the worker already held permission before that date. Both lists have a cut-off date for new certificates.
  • Care worker visa in 2026: who can still apply — Under rule SW 6.1B, care workers (6135) and senior care workers (6136) can only apply for permission to stay, not for entry clearance from abroad. The rule allows either a switch after at least three months working legally for the sponsor, with an application before 22 July 2028, or an application by someone already holding permission in those codes.
  • Care workers changing sponsor: the rules in 2026 — A care worker or senior care worker who wants a new sponsor applies to update their visa with a new certificate of sponsorship. The new employer must be registered with the Care Quality Commission if the job is in England, and the fee is £324 for up to 3 years with no health surcharge.
  • Health and Care Worker vs Skilled Worker visa — The Health and Care Worker visa is a version of the Skilled Worker route for listed health and social care jobs with approved employers. It costs £324 for up to 3 years with no health surcharge, against £819 plus £1,035 a year on the standard Skilled Worker route. Which one applies depends on the job and employer, not on cost.
  • Switching from a Student visa to a Skilled Worker visa — A Student visa holder in the UK can apply to switch to a Skilled Worker visa if the job and sponsor qualify and one of three course conditions is met: the course is finished, the job starts after it ends, or a full-time PhD is at least 24 months in. The in-UK fee is £943 for up to 3 years.
  • Graduate visa to Skilled Worker: timing and cost — A Graduate visa cannot be extended, but GOV.UK says holders may be able to switch to a Skilled Worker visa. The Graduate visa lasts 2 years if you apply on or before 31 December 2026 and 18 months from 1 January 2027, and total time on Graduate and Skilled Worker new entrant terms is capped at 4 years.
  • Changing jobs on a Skilled Worker visa — A Skilled Worker must apply to update their visa if they move to a different employer, or to a job in a different occupation code. The update needs a new certificate of sponsorship and costs £943 for up to 3 years from inside the UK. You can keep working your current job until a decision, but should not start the new one.
  • B2 English for Skilled Worker visas from 2026 — New Skilled Worker and Health and Care Worker applicants must show English at level B2 in reading, writing, speaking and listening. People who held the visa before 8 January 2026 and are extending or updating need B1. Settlement applications from 26 March 2027 need B2 in speaking and listening.

Refusals and appeals

  • UK visa refused: appeal, administrative review or reapply? — Your refusal letter says whether you can ask for an administrative review (£80; 14 days in the UK, 28 days outside, 7 if detained) or appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (£82 or £144; 14 or 28 days). Appeals are only for refused protection or human rights claims and a few other decision types. Making a new application withdraws a pending administrative review.
  • Administrative review of a UK visa refusal — Administrative review is a Home Office check of whether a refusal was caused by a caseworking error. It costs £80 and must be requested online within 14 days if you were in the UK, 28 days if you applied from outside, or 7 days if detained. It only covers routes listed in Appendix AR, usually ignores new evidence, and GOV.UK says results can take 12 months or more.
  • Immigration appeal to the First-tier Tribunal — You can only appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) if the decision carries a right of appeal, mainly a refused protection claim, a refused human rights claim, or a revoked protection status. The fee is £82 without a hearing or £144 with one, and the notice of appeal must reach the tribunal within 14 days if you are in the UK or 28 days if you are outside it.
  • Spouse visa refused: options and deadlines — A refused UK partner (spouse) application is not on the administrative review list. You can appeal to the First-tier Tribunal only if the decision refused a human rights claim, which your decision letter should say; the deadline is 14 days in the UK or 28 days outside it and the fee is £82 or £144. Otherwise the usual step is a new application at £2,064 (outside the UK) or £1,407 (inside), plus the healthcare surcharge.
  • UK visitor visa refused: what you can do next — A refused UK Standard Visitor visa application has no administrative review (Appendix Visitor is not on the list in Appendix AR) and visitor refusals do not usually carry an appeal. The usual next step is a new application, which costs £135 for a 6-month visa and is decided on the evidence it contains. Judicial review is only for unlawful decisions and must be started within 3 months.
  • Skilled Worker visa refused: options and deadlines — A refused Skilled Worker application can be challenged by administrative review (£80; 14 days if you applied in the UK, 28 days if you applied from abroad) because Appendix Skilled Worker is on the eligible list. A certificate of sponsorship that has been used in a refused application cannot be used again (SW 5.1(d)), so a fresh application needs a new certificate and a new visa fee.
  • UK Student visa refused: review or reapply — A refused Student visa can be challenged by administrative review because Appendix Student is on the list: £80, 28 days if you applied from outside the UK, 14 days if you applied in the UK. A Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies that was used in a refused application cannot be used again (ST 7.2), so applying again needs a new CAS from the university. Nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan are barred from applying for entry clearance as a Student.
  • ILR refused: what happens to your status — Refusal of indefinite leave to remain (ILR) does not by itself tell you how long you can stay: that depends on whether your current permission has expired and whether you applied before it did. If you did, section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971 extends your leave while a review or appeal could be brought or is pending. A new application made within 14 days of the refusal, or of the review or appeal window ending, is not treated as overstaying (SUI 13.1).
  • British citizenship refused on good character grounds — Good character is a legal requirement for naturalisation. The Home Office guidance (version 7.0, 30 April 2026) lists what normally leads to refusal: a custodial sentence of 12 months or more, deception, illegal entry and some recent immigration breaches. There is no right of appeal; you can ask for reconsideration (form NR, £513) or make a new application with a new fee.
  • Section 3C leave: your status while a decision is pending — If you apply to extend or change your UK leave before it expires, section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971 extends that leave on the same conditions until the application is decided, and while an appeal or administrative review is possible or pending. It does not apply to late or invalid applications, and it ends if you leave the UK.
  • Overstayed your UK visa: what the rules say — Overstaying means staying after your permission has ended. Under Part Suitability a short gap can be disregarded in limited cases (an application within 14 days with a good reason beyond your control, or after an in-time application was refused or rejected). Overstayers have no right to work, rent or claim benefits, and leaving can trigger re-entry bans of 12 months to 10 years.
  • Sponsor licence revoked: what it means for your visa — If your sponsor loses its licence, the Immigration Rules say your permission may be cancelled. Home Office guidance says that where you were not involved, cancellation normally leaves you 60 days to apply for permission with a new sponsor or to leave. There is no appeal or administrative review against cancellation. A temporary arrangement currently protects care workers.
  • Exploited by your sponsor: the October 2026 Skilled Worker change — From October 2026 a new Skilled Worker rule (SW 18.3) lets the Home Office amend the work conditions of a Skilled Worker who has a positive Conclusive Grounds decision from the National Referral Mechanism, so they can do any work for the rest of their permission. It is discretionary, it does not lengthen the visa and it does not give access to public funds.
  • The 2026 UK visa brake: who it affects — Since 26 March 2026, entry clearance applications for a Student visa are refused for main applicants who are nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar or Sudan, and Skilled Worker applications for Afghan nationals. Other routes and nationalities are not affected, existing visas stay valid, and the Home Office describes the brake as an initial 18-month measure that will be reviewed.

Settlement and citizenship

  • ILR fee in 2026: £3,226 per person and extras — Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) costs £3,226 for each person applying, and the Home Office fee table of 8 October 2026 shows no change from the current fee. Most applicants aged 18 to 64 also pay £50 for the Life in the UK Test, and can pay £500 or £1,000 more per person for a faster decision where the application type allows it. There is no health surcharge for ILR.
  • ILR after a Skilled Worker visa: the 5-year test — Settlement as a Skilled Worker needs 5 continuous years with permission on listed work routes, absences of no more than 180 days in any 12 months, a sponsor that still approves and pays you at least the settlement salary, and the Life in the UK Test. Rule SW 22A.1 adds B2 English for applications made on or after 26 March 2027. The fee is £3,226 per person.
  • Earned settlement: what is proposed vs the rules now — Earned settlement is a proposal in a Home Office consultation that opened on 20 November 2025 and had a closing date of 13 February 2026. It is not in the Immigration Rules. The rules read on 10 October 2026 still set 5 years for Skilled Worker settlement and 3 or 5 years for Global Talent, and 3 years for Innovator Founder.
  • B2 English for UK settlement from 26 March 2027 — The Immigration Rules already say that, for applications for settlement made on or after 26 March 2027, speaking and listening English must be shown at level B2 instead of B1 on a long list of routes, including Skilled Worker, Long Residence, Global Talent, Private Life and partner and parent settlement. It is a rule that has been laid, not a proposal, and it applies to people already on the path.
  • ILR absences: the 180-day rule explained — For most routes to indefinite leave to remain, the Rules say you must not have been outside the UK for more than 180 days in any 12-month period, counted on a rolling basis for permission granted since 11 January 2018. A short list of absences does not count, and time on long residence before 11 April 2024 follows older limits.
  • Long residence ILR: 10 years' lawful UK residence — Long residence is a route to indefinite leave to remain for people who have lived in the UK lawfully and continuously for 10 years. Most permission counts, visitor and some other time does not, dependants cannot be included, and the application fee is £3,226 (£1,407 for a two-year extension if English or Life in the UK is not met).
  • British citizenship cost: £1,709 plus £130 ceremony — Applying to naturalise as a British citizen costs £1,709, and a £130 citizenship ceremony fee is added, so £1,839 in total. Registering a child costs £1,000. The Life in the UK Test is £50 and the optional priority service is £500 more, according to GOV.UK and the Home Office fee table of 8 October 2026.
  • When you can apply for citizenship after ILR — Under section 6(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981, most people must have held indefinite leave to remain for 12 months and have lived in the UK for 5 years, been in the UK on the exact day five years before the Home Office receives the application, and not been outside it for more than 450 days in the 5 years or 90 days in the last 12 months. People married to a British citizen use a different route.
  • Citizenship as a British citizen's spouse: 3 years — A person who is married to, or the civil partner of, a British citizen can naturalise under section 6(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 after 3 years in the UK, once they have indefinite leave to remain and without the 12-month wait that applies on the five-year route. The fee is £1,839 and the other requirements, such as good character and the Life in the UK Test, still apply.
  • Form AN: applying for British naturalisation step by step — Form AN is the paper form for naturalisation as a British citizen; most people apply online. GOV.UK gives the cost as £1,839 (£1,709 plus a £130 ceremony fee), with a decision usually within 6 months and an optional £500 priority service.
  • Is my UK-born child British? Form MN1 explained — A child born in the UK is automatically British if, at the birth, a parent is a British citizen or settled in the UK. Otherwise the child may be entitled to register on Form MN1 for £1,000 once a parent becomes settled or British.
  • EU Settlement Scheme late applications: how the rules work — The deadline for most people to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme was 30 June 2021, but a later application is still possible if your deadline is later or you have reasonable grounds for the delay. The application costs nothing, and a certificate of application protects your rights while it is decided.
  • Pre-settled to settled status: what happens and when — Pre-settled status is 5 years of limited leave. GOV.UK says it is usually extended by 5 years before it expires and may be converted to settled status automatically, or you can apply once you have 5 years of continuous residence. There is no application fee.

Choosing an adviser

  • How to check a UK immigration adviser is registered — In the UK only a "qualified person" may give immigration advice: an IAA-registered adviser, a solicitor, barrister or chartered legal executive, or someone working under their supervision. Ask for the regulator and registration number, then check it yourself on the IAA Adviser Register or the SRA Solicitors Register.
  • IAA adviser levels 1, 2 and 3: what each can do — The IAA registers immigration advisers at three levels. Level 1 covers straightforward applications, Level 2 adds casework such as complex applications and administrative review, and Level 3 adds representation at immigration tribunal appeals. Advisers must not work above their authorised level.
  • Immigration solicitor or IAA adviser: the difference — Both are allowed to give UK immigration advice. Solicitors are regulated by the SRA and must publish prices for immigration applications; IAA advisers are registered at Level 1, 2 or 3 and limited to that level. The differences are in scope, where they can practise, how they handle money and where you complain.
  • How much does an immigration solicitor cost in the UK? — On the price pages of four SRA-regulated firms read on 9 October 2026, legal fees for a spouse or partner visa application started between £2,000 and £8,000 plus VAT, and hourly rates ran from £175 to £800 plus VAT. Home Office fees and the healthcare surcharge are paid on top.
  • Free immigration advice in the UK: who offers it — Advice at no charge comes mainly from two places: legal aid, for the immigration matters the law lists (asylum, detention, trafficking, domestic abuse and a few others) if you pass the means test; and IAA organisations registered as non-fee-charging. Paid advice at law firms typically starts with a consultation costing a few hundred pounds.
  • Legal aid for immigration: what is covered — In England and Wales, legal aid covers only the immigration matters listed in LASPO 2012 Schedule 1: mainly asylum and protection, detention, trafficking and modern slavery, domestic abuse settlement, and some judicial reviews. Most other matters need exceptional case funding. You usually also have to pass a means test.
  • Questions to ask an immigration adviser before you pay — Before you pay, a UK immigration adviser should be able to show you their registration, their level, a fee scale and a written client care letter. IAA advisers must invoice you, give a receipt, keep money paid in advance in a separate client account, and wait seven days after an invoice before taking a pre-authorised card payment.
  • Unregistered immigration advisers: how to spot one — In the UK it is a criminal offence to give immigration advice or services without being registered with the IAA or authorised by a legal regulator such as the SRA. You can check any adviser on the IAA Adviser Register or the SRA register, and report unregulated advice to the IAA. GOV.UK warns that you cannot get your money back if an adviser is not regulated.
  • How to complain about an immigration adviser — Complaints about IAA-registered advisers, and about advice from unregulated people, go to the Immigration Advice Authority. Service complaints about solicitors and other legal professionals go first to the firm and then, after 8 weeks or an unsatisfactory reply, to the Legal Ombudsman. Serious misconduct by a solicitor can be reported to the SRA.
  • Who can represent you at an immigration appeal — At the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) you can be represented by anyone not prohibited by section 84 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999: in practice a Level 3 IAA-registered adviser, a solicitor, a barrister or another authorised lawyer. You can also represent yourself. Judicial review in the Upper Tribunal needs a representative with rights of audience in the High Court.

Study visas

  • Graduate visa: 2 years now, 18 months from 2027 — The Graduate visa lasts 2 years if you apply on or before 31 December 2026 and 18 months if you apply on or after 1 January 2027, with 3 years for a PhD. The application fee is £937, plus the health surcharge, and it is the date of application that decides the length.
  • UK Student visa cost: fee, health surcharge and funds — A UK Student visa costs £558 plus the health surcharge at £776 per year, and you must also show funds for your course fee and living costs: £1,529 a month in London or £1,171 elsewhere for up to 9 months. Those monthly figures rise on 30 November 2026.
  • UK visitor visa from Nigeria: cost and documents — A person travelling on a Nigerian passport needs a visa before visiting the UK: Nigeria is on the Immigration Rules' visa national list. A Standard Visitor visa for up to 6 months costs £135, is applied for online, needs an appointment at a visa application centre, and is usually decided within 3 weeks.
  • UK visitor visa cost: 6-month, 2, 5 and 10-year fees — A UK Standard Visitor visa costs £135 for up to 6 months. Long-term visas cost £506 (2 years), £903 (5 years) and £1,128 (10 years), each with a maximum stay of 6 months per visit. Fees are per person and are not refunded if the visa is refused.