Published 5 january 2018.
Home office fee waiver form 2017. Background to the policy on fee waivers. Guidance for uk visas and immigration staff on the circumstances in which applicants will qualify for a fee waiver in respect of certain types of leave to remain application. The home office amended their fee waiver policy guidance fee waiver. Hello everyone i submitted my fee waiver form 3 weeks ago.
Human rights based and other specified applications on 30 august 2017 but also make clear it that applicants who fail to disclose their financial circumstances in full or who provide false information in their fee waiver application may have current or future. Home office immigration and nationality fees from 6 april 2017. Two cases form the basis of home office policy on fee waivers. A migrant will qualify for an application fee waiver if one of the following three circumstances can be satisfied section 2 0.
They do not have adequate accommodation or any means of obtaining it and or they cannot meet their essential living needs. On 18 august 2017 the home office published a new fee waiver policy the following information summarises the policy as it applies to people in receipt of social services support and sets out what local authority practitioners may need to do to assist those who are in the process of making immigration applications. This affects fee waiver requests in the following way. If applicant cannot satisfy either one of the criteria above there are exceptional circumstances in their case such that a home office fee waiver should be granted.
1 when the applicant has demonstrated that they are destitute i e. From 4 january 2019 from 4 january 2019 fee waiver requests are to be made using the digital online. In some cases if an applicant cannot pay the fee for their application to remain in the uk because they are destitute or may become destitute as a result of paying the fee they can use the on line form to request a fee waiver. Evidence for a home office fee waiver.
Relevant home office guidance fee waiver. Post by theforeigner sun may 17 2020 3 29 pm hello everyone. This article was originally published in september 2017 and has been updated to take into account recent changes to the fee waiver policy. Pdf format pdf 114kb 3 pages this file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
Published for home office staff on 4 january 2019 changes from last version of this guidance the immigration application process is undergoing a transition to digital applications. Anyone know how long take for a decision please thank you. The burden is on the applicant to demonstrate that they qualify for a home office fee waiver and in all cases evidence must be up to date. The most recent home office fee waiver guidance is dated 4 january 2019.