{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-nationality-cost-recovery-fees-regulations-2009/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-nationality-cost-recovery-fees-regulations-2009/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/421",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Nationality (Cost Recovery Fees) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-nationality-cost-recovery-fees-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Fees for entry clearance",
  "text": "(1) In the case of an application to which article 3(2)(aa) of the 2007 Order applies—\n(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), where the application is for entry clearance as a visitor under the immigration rules for a period of—\n(i) twelve months or less in the case of an academic visitor, or\n(ii) six months or less in the case of a visitor other than an academic visitor,\nthe fee is £67;\n(b) the fee referred to at sub-paragraph (a) will be reduced to £46 where the Secretary of State decides that the application is one to which the operation of a scheme for such a reduced fee applies;\n(c) subject to sub-paragraph (d), where the application is for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (General) migrant under the immigration rules and is in respect of a person who has been granted an approval letter under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme that is valid for such an application, the fee is £250;\n(d) where the application is for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (General) migrant under the immigration rules and is in respect of a person who—\n(i) has been granted an approval letter under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme that is valid for such an application; and\n(ii) who is a national of a state which has ratified the Council of Europe Social Charter,\nthe fee is £230;\n(e) where the application is for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (General) migrant who has been granted a valid approval letter under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme under the immigration rules, the fee is £250;\n(f) where the application is for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Post Study Work) migrant under the immigration rules, the fee is £265;\n(g) where the application is for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Post Study Work) migrant under the immigration rules, the fee is £265;\n(h) where the application is for entry clearance as a Tier 4 migrant, the fee is £145;\n(i) where the application is for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 4 migrant, the fee is £145;\n(j) subject to sub-paragraph (k), where the application is for entry clearance as a Tier 5 migrant, the fee is £125;\n(k) where the application is for entry clearance as a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) migrant and is in respect of a person who is a national of a state that has ratified the Council of Europe Social Charter, the fee is £110;\n(l) where the application is for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) migrant, the fee is £125;\n(m) where the application is for entry clearance for passing through the United Kingdom, the fee is £46;\n(n) where the application is for entry clearance as the dependant of a student under paragraphs 76 to 81 of the immigration rules, the fee is £145.\n(2) This regulation is subject to regulations 13 and 14.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12(1)(a)-(g)(j)-(m)(2) in force at 6.4.2009, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 12(1)(h)(i)(n) in force at 31.3.2009, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/421/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:17:03.762897+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."
}