U.K Immigration Proposed Appeal Fee Increases

In April 2016, the Government made proposals to increase Immigration appeal fees by nearly five times what it is today. The purpose behind this proposal is to make the Immigration Tribunal entirely self-funded.

The fees for an appeal on paper at the First Tier Tribunal is proposed to increase from £80 to £490 and from £140 to £800 for an oral hearing. There is also a proposal to introduce a fee of £455 for an application to the First Tier Tribunal for permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal.

The proposal also includes fees for appeals to the Upper Tribunal with a fee of £350 for a permission application to the Upper Tribunal. If the appeal hearing goes ahead after permission is granted then another fee of £510 will be payable.

The suggested advantages of this proposal is that the number of appeals will decrease and the impact assessment assumes that there will be a 20% reduction in the number of appeals. However, many will be unable to afford the fees to appeal and thereby lose a great opportunity to battle their case. This would clearly not be in the interest of justice.

Even people appealing with an out of country right of appeal and who are not even present at the hearing will have to pay the higher fees.

If an appeal succeeds the Home Office will repay the appeal fee as is currently the case.

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