Health Surcharge fir spouse visa
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Health Surcharge fir spouse visa
Im puzzled regarding about this health surcharge.. anu idea about this.? Do i need to pay this? Im a filipina and my husband is my sponsor..
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Re: Health Surcharge fir spouse visa
Yes it's a surcharge on all the non EU citizen coming on a Spouse visa and has to be paid, it's a way for pre paying for any NHS treatment ypou may need.
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Do you have any idea how much will be the cost?
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Re: Health Surcharge fir spouse visa
EU citizens and their non-EU dependants have been asking on other lists if they can buy this £200 a year IHS instead of having to buy private health insurance, but have been told that they can't.
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https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigr...n/how-much-pay
I know the visa application fee for the 'family of a settled person' is £1500, then again at FLR and at ILR - £4500 +the NHS charge
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...2015_03_30.pdf
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Re: Health Surcharge fir spouse visa
The second spouse visa is for 30 months. £200 x 2.5 = £500 (or x 2.5 whatever the IHS is per year at the time of the application).
The IHS fee is returned if the visa is refused. The visa fee isn't.
When they apply for ILR, they don't pay the IHS.
If ILR isn't granted and LLR is given instead, then UKVI will contact them to pay the IHS for the duration of their new visa before their visa is issued.
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Re: Health Surcharge fir spouse visa
I thought I remembered, when I read about this earlier, that there was exemption from the IHS for folks who had paid UK NICs for ten years or more, or who were currently in receipt of the British state pension. This will be my wife's situation, if she decides she wants to come to live in the UK. But, looking at the documentation online, I don't see that as one of the listed reasons for being exempt from the IHS.... ?
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I thought I remembered, when I read about this earlier, that there was exemption from the IHS for folks who had paid UK NICs for ten years or more, or who were currently in receipt of the British state pension. This will be my wife's situation, if she decides she wants to come to live in the UK. But, looking at the documentation online, I don't see that as one of the listed reasons for being exempt from the IHS.... ?
If your wife has ILR then she won't need to pay the IHS when she decides to live in the UK as ILR will make her a permanent resident of the UK.
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Re: Health Surcharge fir spouse visa
There was talk about 7 years NICs in the government's consultation, but that didn't seem to make it into the law. I assume that got blocked/thrown out by the opposition as the Immigration Bill worked it's way through parliament and became law?
If your wife has ILR then she won't need to pay the IHS when she decides to live in the UK as ILR will make her a permanent resident of the UK.
If your wife has ILR then she won't need to pay the IHS when she decides to live in the UK as ILR will make her a permanent resident of the UK.
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I know it's been said before but the more one thinks about this IHS the more bizarre it is. NHS is funded out of general taxation. An immigrant comes to live in England, they become a taxpayer from day one in the country. So ... what, again, is the justification for having to pay the IHS?
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I know it's been said before but the more one thinks about this IHS the more bizarre it is. NHS is funded out of general taxation. An immigrant comes to live in England, they become a taxpayer from day one in the country. So ... what, again, is the justification for having to pay the IHS?
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I know it's been said before but the more one thinks about this IHS the more bizarre it is. NHS is funded out of general taxation. An immigrant comes to live in England, they become a taxpayer from day one in the country. So ... what, again, is the justification for having to pay the IHS?
There was one lady on this forum lately.....she has only just entered the UK on spouse visa and is already pregnant - asking about NHS services.