{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-nationality-fees-order-2016/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/177",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/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£525\n4.2A\nSponsorship approval under Sponsor a Worker\n£525\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\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n4.6\nPremium services for sponsors.\n£40,000",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sum in art. 7 table 4 substituted (7.3.2025) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/282), arts. 1(2), 2(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 7 table 4 inserted (7.9.2023) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 2(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in art. 7 table 4 substituted (7.3.2025) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/282), arts. 1(2), 2(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 7(2) Table omitted (9.3.2018) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/329), arts. 1, 2(5)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/177/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:20.488827+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."
}