ok folks I did call in to the British Embassy, and the current fee is P28,600 and not 28,800 as I had been told, the fee has risen from P27,000, thats effectively another £18.00 hmmmm not in line with inflation I have to say.

I have also found out that the initial visa issued is now only for 2 years and is a temporary visa, the visa must be re applied for after 2 year period, to make it a permament residency, I now have been reliably informed that this is to stop dumpers, ( I have referred to them in an earlier post) the visa cannot be renewed without evidence that the Filipina spouse is still living with her husband.

Hmmmm they are getting wise to it.