Changes to user pays visa application centres on 1 September 2015

1 SEP 2015

UK Visas and Immigration is converting a number of visa application centres to user pays centres.

From 1 September, applicants will pay a £52 fee to use the application centre, in addition to their visa application fee.

The fee will apply at all user pays centres and is a reduction from what is currently charged at existing user pays centres in nearly 100 other locations.

The affected visa application centres are:

• Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

• Jalandhar, India

• Osaka, Japan

• Jinan, China*

• Izmir, Turkey

• Rostov, Russia

• Dusseldorf, Germany

• Zurich, Switzerland

• Madrid, Spain

• Rome, Italy

• Warsaw, Poland

*Jinan will convert to a user pays centre on 1 October.

The £52 fee only covers the cost of operating application centres in these locations and ensures that customers do not have to travel long distances, or to another country, to apply for a visa.

The fee will apply to all applications submitted and paid for after midnight (UK time) on 1 September.

News Source from : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/changes-to-user-pays-visa-application-centres-on-1-september-2015