https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...April_2014.pdfOriginally Posted by SimonH
Firstly, show me a profit margin link to verify your statement
Secondly, and more to the point, the scheme has as much to do with a settlement visa as it has to do with the cost of a loaf of bread. Read it again Joe after all you started the topic, it's a scheme to fast track TOURIST visas. Nothing to with any other sort of visa, the cost of a loaf of bread or anything else
settlement fee £885 , processing fee £378 profit £507
visit visa short fee £83 , processing fee £115LOSS OF £32 -
of course it has if the visa is processed at the same place as this fast track visa or any other visa. soon as the caseworker gets one of these 'priority' visas, they will have to put a side the visa app they are processing to do a 24hr one, andme , i don't know why people don't think that a British Citizen who has married a Filipino should not be a priority
as for checks, one of the mains points of a settlement visa is that you intend to make the UK your home, so the HO doesn't need to waste time and money on evaluating the risks they will overstay compared to business, student and visit visa's where there is a greater risk that they will overstay or work when they are not suppose to, these checks you would have thought take time and money to process.
next if the spouse visa takes so long to process because of 'local checks' surely these and even more checks should be done on people visiting this country and less on those married to British citizens.
did you see the word 'priority' about family permits
you've seen the profits now and you've seen the time scales, dont tell me you dont think the Brit who is sponsoring a settlement visa has not come off worse
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