Clarification of Fee Waivers for VTS Route

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryUnited Kingdom

Operative dateJanuary 30, 2023

CategoryOther

Policy toolFees

Affected groupNew applicants

Policy effect

Amendment to regulations to clarify that fee waivers apply to applications under the new Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Amendment to regulations to clarify that fee waivers apply to applications under the new Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery.

Official source excerpt

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… other purposes, on 30th January 2023. (3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Amendments to Schedule 2 to the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 20182. (1) Schedule 2 to the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 20184 (applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom) is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph 1(1) (interpretation), omit the definitions of “positive conclusive grounds decision”, “the Trafficking Convention” and “Trafficking Convention reason”. (3) In paragraph 2, in Table 9 (exceptions and waivers in respect of fees for applications for, or in connection with, leave to remain in the United Kingdom), in 9.10— (a) for the heading substitute “Grant of leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery to the immigration rules”5; (b) in 9.10.1, for the words from “No fee” to “decision” substitute— “No fee is payable in respect of the first grant of leave under Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery to the immigration rules) (“the Appendix”) (whether or not an application is made for such leave … Majesty’s armed forces where the application is checked and submitted to His Majesty’s Passport Office by armed forces personnel who are nominated for that purpose The fee specified in the table in paragraph 2 for a postal application made by, or in respect of, an over-16 prospective passport holder who lives in the United Kingdom plus £11”. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends Schedule 2 to the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/330) so as to clarify that the waiver of fees otherwise payable by those who … fall within the Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery to the immigration rules (HC 719) issued on 18th October 2022 applies to all those coming within that Appendix. That regulation also makes consequential amendments to that Schedule. Regulation 3 of, and the Schedule to, these Regulations amend the Passport (Fees) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/660). The amendments increase some of the fees imposed in Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule to those Regulations in respect of passport applications by approximately 9.1% and reduce the fees in respect of certain …

UK Legislationlegislation.gov.uk. Clarification of Fee Waivers for VTS Route. Effective 2023-01-30.Open official source

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Clarification of Fee Waivers for VTS Route

Policy effect

Conditions and exceptions

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other United Kingdom changes operative in 2023