Home Office application fees are extremely expensive. If you’re already in the UK and applying for leave to remain, you’ll usually have to pay around £2593 per person, upfront, to apply – this is a huge amount of money to have to save every 30 months. 
However, if you’re in the UK and making an application based on your human rights, but you can’t afford the fee, you might be able to apply for something called a fee waiver. If it’s granted, you won’t have to pay the Home Office application fee, and/or the Immigration Health Surcharge. 
Applying for a fee waiver can seem very complex, so our lawyers have put together an information sheet about who can apply, what evidence you’ll need to provide and how to apply online. 
Download the info sheet

What is a fee waiver?

When you apply for leave to remain (LTR), you need to pay two fees to the Home Office: the Home Office fee and the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS).
However, you can apply to the…