Petition · past parliament · Home Office

Reduce extortionate and unnecessary UK Visa and Health Surcharge fees.

Closed 23 signatures

What the petition asks

Drastically reduce Visa and Health Surcharge fees for foreign NHS workers & foreign spouses and children of British Citizens, and refund a percentage of fees paid if their application is unsuccessful.
Visa and Health Surcharge fees are spiraling out of control and making it impossible for genuine immigrants to come and live in the UK. It causes distress and heartache to so many people and families, so this greed needs to stop! The Home Office has never given a reasonable explanation for their charges and needs to be held to account. Each application only costs a fraction of what is being charged, so the rest is profit. If your application fails, you lose all of your money which is just wrong.

Timeline

29 Jul 2020 Petition opened for signatures
29 Jan 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 23
Status Closed
Department Home Office
Opened 29 Jul 2020
Closed 29 Jan 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.