The Home Office fees table for 8 October 2026, updated on 10 September 2026, shows no fee changes for visas, nationality, sponsorship or premium services. Fees stay at their 8 April 2026 level.
Follows the 8 April 2026 fee table, which raised many of these fees.
Key facts
- Who: Applicants and sponsors paying immigration and nationality fees, inside and outside the UK
- From: 8 October 2026
- Source: Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 October 2026
UK Visas and Immigration has published a fees table headed "Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 October 2026". It has twelve sections, covering applications made outside and inside the UK, premium services, nationality, sponsorship and overseas qualification assessment. Each row gives a "Current fee", a "Fee from 8 October 2026" and a "Fee change". The fee change is £0 in every row.
The "Current fee" column matches the amounts that took effect on 8 April 2026. Examples from the table:
- Visit visa, short, up to 6 months: £135.
- Visit visa, long, up to 2 years: £506.
- Student, main applicant and dependants, outside the UK: £558.
- Skilled Worker, three years or less, applied for outside the UK: £819. Over three years: £1,618.
- Skilled Worker, three years or less, applied for in the UK: £943. Over three years: £1,865.
- Indefinite leave to remain, main applicant and dependants: £3,226.
- Naturalisation (British citizenship): £1,709.
- electronic travel authorisation (ETA): £20.
Sponsorship fees are also unchanged. A Worker sponsor licence costs £1,682 for a large sponsor and £611 for a small sponsor. A Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), or approval under Sponsor a Worker, costs £525 for Skilled Worker, T2 Minister of Religion and Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker. For Temporary Worker routes, including Scale-up, it costs £55. A Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS) costs £55.
The 8 April 2026 table is published alongside it. Its first sections show the earlier increases, for example visit visa (short) from £127 to £135 and the ETA from £16 to £20.
What this means for applicants
The 8 October 2026 table lists the same amounts as the 8 April 2026 table, so no listed fee rises on 8 October 2026. The source points to the visa fees tool for checking the cost of a visa in the country where the applicant is.
Related guide
Sources
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 October 2026, UK Visas and Immigration, updated 10 September 2026
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 April 2026, UK Visas and Immigration