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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-and-nationality-fees-order-2016/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-and-nationality-fees-order-2016/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111142691",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-and-nationality-fees-order-2016",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Sponsorship",
  "text": "(1) A fee is to be charged for attending to an application or request for a service or process of a type specified in table 4.\n(2) Table 4 also specifies the maximum amount that may be charged in respect of each application, service or process.\nTable 4\nNumber\nType of application, service or process\nMaximum amount\n4.1\nA sponsor licence, or renewal or maintenance of such licence.\n£2,000\n4.2\nAllocation of a certificate of sponsorship.\n£300\n4.3\nAllocation of a confirmation of acceptance for studies.\n£300\n4.4\nThe process of determining, or a plan to determine, a sponsor’s status or their suitability to be included on or remain on the register of licensed sponsors maintained by the Secretary of State.\n£2,000\n4.5\nPermission for a person with leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom to change his/her sponsor or course of study.\n£300\n4.6\nPremium services for sponsors.\n£40,000",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111142691/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:08:48.347129+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}