Immigration and nationality refunds policy: caseworker guidance
Immigration staff guidance on the policy for considering and issuing refunds of fees for immigration and nationality applications.
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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff set out when a refund of fees for immigration and nationality applications should be made, either within or outside the UK, for which a fee is specified in the Immigration and Nationality Fees Regulations.
Last updated
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Clarifications throughout the guidance and to the following sections: update to include policy on a refund timescale limit.
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Clarifications throughout the guidance and update to include policy on withdrawing pre-determined applications.
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Updates to guidance on page 17 around the Registered Traveller Service.
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Guidance has been updated.
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Added html version of 'Immigration and nationality refunds policy'.
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Replaced 'Immigration and nationality refunds policy' with new version that reflects April 2022 immigration rules changes.
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Updated guidance with clarifications throughout.
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Updated guidance for use on or after 6 April 2021.
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Updated the immigration and nationality refunds policy to the latest version. Added accessible HTML version of the document.
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Minor clarifications of some of the content, together with the inclusion of details of an additional premium service.
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First published.
Update history
2024-04-24 14:03
Clarifications throughout the guidance and to the following sections: update to include policy on a refund timescale limit.
2023-12-18 11:44
Clarifications throughout the guidance and update to include policy on withdrawing pre-determined applications.
2023-02-13 16:41
Updates to guidance on page 17 around the Registered Traveller Service.
2022-10-26 14:06
Guidance has been updated.
2022-04-11 16:21
Added html version of ‘Immigration and nationality refunds policy’.
2022-04-06 12:31
Replaced ‘Immigration and nationality refunds policy’ with new version that reflects April 2022 immigration rules changes.