Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department’s policy is on assistance with the fee for processing a biometric residency permit where the person has indefinite leave to remain.
We have no current estimate for the number of non-EU nationals born outside the UK who have been residing here since before 2008 with settlement visas but who have not obtained a biometric residence permit (BRP).
The fees for immigration documents are set out in schedule 3 to The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018.
Foreign nationals who are eligible to apply under the domestic violence provisions may, if proven to be destitute, apply for a fee waiver to lodge an application which, if granted, will result in a BRP without being charged.