alyssalou

I just paid my health surcharge as part of my application, and the total came to $1644 - about $300 more than I was expecting based on the current USD to GBP exchange rate. I'm guessing that I was charged for 3 years of health care instead of 2.5 - is that normal? If not can I seek any sort of refund without jeopardizing my application?

christmasoompa

That’s right - you pay a full year for six months or more.

https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigr...n/how-much-pay

HTH.

alyssalou

Dang. Has that been changed recently? Everything I can remember reading on it said that for the spouse visa it would be £1000 total.

christmasoompa

It's always been the case that you pay a full year for any part year 6 months or more that I recall. But the fee itself did increase about a year ago if that's what you're thinking of?

BritInParis

It should be £1000. You should’ve paid in pound sterling. Did you receive an emailed receipt?

spouse of scouse

I thought it was £1,000 as well, but inputting info into this calculator from the position of applying for a spouse visa, the amount to pay is £1,200.
https://www.immigration-health-surch...k/checker/type

The below seems to suggest that the reason may be because the visa's validity period is 33 months?

You’ll pay half of the yearly amount if your application includes part of a year that is less than 6 months.
You’ll pay for a whole year if your application includes part of a year that is more than 6 months.
https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigr...n/how-much-pay

Edit: sorry for the duplicate link Christmasoopma!

BritInParis

Good catch. My brain wasn’t fully engaged. Yes, the initial spouse visa is valid for 33 months so it’ll be £1200, not £1000.

xmiki

I paid on a UK card and mine came to £1,247.28. Does anyone know why the extra 47.28 has come out? It can't be conversion fees of GBP to dollar because that came out later at a price of £34.30.

Lond

So did I and I was charged £1241.93, these differences seem like it has something to do with conversions. Of course I am just guessing so maybe someone will enlighten us.

j4v3d

Ah, the solicitor that I was with, I did go to see him and he mentioned that the price had gone up! I'm sure it was something like £600 before.

Now I'll have to pay £1,000. Yikes.

christmasoompa

Possibly more depending on when you apply - it's about to go up again.