Quote Originally Posted by lastlid View Post
Looking at the link submitted by Rusty. I wondered how much over the odds the fees for the Spouse visa were and now I know as I didn't think it would cost the UKBA 800 quid to process a Spouse visa. Some more than others maybe but on average........ Big difference between the fee and the average cost per head. We pay (paid) double what it costs to process a Spouse visa.....
2007 a settlement visa was £500
http://collections.europarchive.org/...=1006977150007

you not just paying for the processing fee, UKBA, but your also paying for the privilege of living in the UK. no i'm not joking..