Students who want to study in the UK will now need to pay higher visa fees
Starting October 4, UK visa fees will rise, with a £15 increase for visit visas and £127 hike for student visas, affecting travellers worldwide, including Indians. Starting October 4, UK visa fees will rise, with a £15 increase for visit visas and £127 hike for student visas, affecting travellers worldwide, including Indians. The British government has recently announced a proposed hike in visa fees for visitors and students, effective October 4. The rise applies to travellers around the world, including Indians, making UK visit visas more costly and UK student visas ã127 more expensive. INCREASED FEES FOR VISIT AND STUDY VISAS The proposed legislation, tabled in Parliament on September 24, outlined the changes to visa costs from the UK Home Office. A visit visa for less than six months will now cost ã115, an increase of ã15. Students applying for visas from outside the UK will need to fork out ã490, aligning in-country and international application fees. Prime Minister Rishi...