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To apply for a British National (Overseas) visa, or to apply to switch to or extend one, you must:

• pay the visa application fee
• pay the healthcare surcharge

The first time you apply you must prove that you have enough money to support yourself and your family members for at least 6 months while you鈥檙e in the UK.

Visa application fee

You and your family members will each need to pay a visa application fee.

It costs:

• 拢193 if you鈥檙e applying for 2 years and 6 months
• 拢268 if you鈥檙e applying for 5 years

As part of your application, you might need to go to an appointment to give your fingerprints and a photo (biometric information).

Healthcare surcharge

You and your family members will each need to pay the healthcare surcharge.

This is so you can use the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. You鈥檒l still need to pay for some NHS care such as prescriptions, dental care and eye tests.

For each adult (18 or older) it costs:

• 拢2,587.50 if you鈥檙e staying for 2 years and 6 months
• 拢5,175 if you鈥檙e staying for 5 years

For each child (under 18), it costs:

• 拢1,940 if you鈥檙e staying for 2 years and 6 months
• 拢3,880 if you鈥檙e staying for 5 years

You pay the healthcare surcharge as part of your online visa application.

If you鈥檙e extending your visa and you receive benefits

You do not need to pay the application fee or healthcare surcharge if all of the following apply:

• you鈥檙e extending your visa for 30 months
• you鈥檙e receiving benefits
• you cannot afford to pay the fee or healthcare surcharge

You will have to pay if you鈥檙e extending your visa for 60 months.

You鈥檒l need to give evidence that you鈥檙e receiving benefits and cannot afford the fee or healthcare surcharge when you apply to extend your visa - for example, bank statements dated within the last 3 months.

Money to support yourself and your family

When you apply for the first time, you鈥檒l need to show you have enough money to pay for your housing and to support yourself and your family for 6 months.

This can include:

• your income and savings as well as your family member鈥檚
• money you will earn in your current job in the UK
• money you will earn if you鈥檙e transferring to a job in the UK with your current employer
• an offer of help from family or friends

As well as money for housing costs, you鈥檒l need at least the same amount as someone would get on Income Support in the UK.

How much you need depends on how many family members are applying with you. For example, you鈥檒l need about:

• 拢2,000 as a single adult
• 拢3,100 as a couple with a child
• 拢4,600 as a couple with 3 children
• 拢9,200 as a couple with 2 parents and 2 adult children

Check what documents you need to show this.