Originally Posted by irishman12
I'm not really into this kind of stuff irishman12 .......
But if you open the link for the new VFS centre in Cebu then right in the centre of the screen it states:-
(Applicants who wish to lodge their UK Visa application via the UK Visa Application Centre in Cebu will be required to pay an additional service fee of Php 3,900 in cash at the Visa Application Center)
The other link for UKBA visa fees is up to date and correctly states the visa fees as charged by the British Embassy.
That service fee of P3900 is just that. A service fee of VSF.
VSF offer a range of services that each have a charge. (Priority visa service,VIP premium lounge service,Courier service,Photocopying service,Photograph service,SMS status tracking service)
These are optional of course.The Service Charge of P3900 at their Cebu office is not.
Here's what VFS state about the service fees:-
Any additional service fees are just for VFS and are not to be included in the visa fees....To use them, you will need to pay an extra fee in addition to the visa application fee
Visa fees are strictly payable to the 'British Embassy' per UKBA instructions and in accordance with the UKBA visa fees table that I provided a link to.
Of course the P3900 will not be included in the UKBA Visa fees table since it is not a visa fee, nor any part of the visa fee and should not be included as such in any payment of visa fees made to the British Embassy.
VFS Global is a commercial company, working in partnership with UK Border Agency at the British Embassy here in the Philippines providing services to help people apply for a visa to enter the United Kingdom
