{"id":3085,"date":"2020-05-15T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mirachsolicitors.com\/good-news-for-some-families-struggling-with-visa-fees"},"modified":"2020-05-15T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:44:00","slug":"good-news-for-some-families-struggling-with-visa-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mirachsolicitors.com\/mirachwp\/good-news-for-some-families-struggling-with-visa-fees","title":{"rendered":"Good news for some families struggling with visa fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst all that&#8217;s going on, there&#8217;s some good news for families struggling in the face of exorbitant Home Office fees for a first spouse visa application, with signs that those who would be made destitute by paying the fees could now find it easier to apply for a fee waiver.<br \/>\nPeople thinking of applying will know that an application for a first spouse visa can (under normal circumstances) only be made from outside the UK. An application of this kind costs \u00a31523 in Home Office visa fees alone, plus \u00a31000 for the Immigration Health Surcharge.<br \/>\nEach application costs the Home Office just \u00a3388 to process, meaning they are making a profit of \u00a31135 on each application, or nearly 300%. This fee is excessive, and is a barrier to many families being able to apply for a visa and start or continue their lives together.<br \/>\nPeople applying for some kinds of visa \u2013 for example a second spouse visa (FLR(M)) &#8211; were able to navigate this by applying for something called a fe&#8230;<br \/><embed style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"\" type=\"\"><\/embed><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst all that&#8217;s going on, there&#8217;s some good news for families struggling in the face of exorbitant Home Office fees for a first spouse visa application, with signs that those who would be made destitute by paying the fees could now find it easier to apply for a fee waiver. People thinking of applying will&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirachsolicitors.com\/mirachwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirachsolicitors.com\/mirachwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirachsolicitors.com\/mirachwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirachsolicitors.com\/mirachwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirachsolicitors.com\/mirachwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mirachsolicitors.com\/mirachwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirachsolicitors.com\/mirachwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirachsolicitors.com\/mirachwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirachsolicitors.com\/mirachwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}