Here is our APP FORM PAGE. GOT A BIT CONFUSED NOW.

[joebloggs]

Paying your visa application fee

From 6 February 2012 you must pay your visa application fee online in US dollars by Visa or MasterCard credit or debit card. We cannot accept any other types of credit or debit cards. When your online payment has been taken, you will receive a confirmation email from our payment provider WorldPay. You must submit a printout of this email as proof of payment when you submit your application at the visa application centre.

If you would like to withdraw your application and have your visa fee refunded, please use our refund request form.

If biometric data has been submitted and/or your application has been processed, you are not entitled to a refund either from the UK Border Agency or your card issuer. For more information, please see the Terms and Conditions of Service.

If you have applied for the wrong visa category, you will need to withdraw your application and reapply. Please follow the guidance above to request a refund, and then begin a new application.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/co...e=UK%20English

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If you have applied for the wrong visa category, you will need to withdraw your application and reapply. Please follow the guidance above to request a refund, and then begin a new application.[/I]

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/co...e=UK%20English

Does that apply to Philippine applicants paying cash directly into the UKBA bank account?

[joebloggs]

Does that apply to Philippine applicants paying cash directly into the UKBA bank account?

i would have thought so, the fee is a 'processing fee' as this application has been processed i can't see them giving a refund but a call to the embassy would help.

thou, we know it doesn't cost £800 to process a application, it cost only around £200, so i think they should at least refund the £600 profit they make on each settlement application. maybe contacting your MP might help.