The UK has announced an increase in the cost of student and tourist visas.
According to a statement by the UK’s Home Office on Friday, the cost of a visit visa for less than 6 months will increase from £15 to £115, while the fee for a student visa will rise from £127 to £490.
The Home Office said the increases will enable the government to allow more funding to be prioritised for the public sector. The income from fees charged plays a vital role in the Home Office’s ability to run a sustainable immigration & nationality system, the statement added.
The changes come less than six months after the UK announced increments in the cost of visa applications and health surcharges
“If we’re going to prioritise paying public sector workers more, that money has to come from somewhere else because I’m not prepared to put up people’s taxes and I don’t think it would be right to borrow more because that would just make inflation worse,” Rishi Sunak, said in July.
