British Nationality: Children

(asked on 22nd October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what use is made of the £1,012 fee when an application to register a child as British is rejected.


Answered by
Seema Kennedy Portrait
Seema Kennedy
This question was answered on 30th October 2019

Refunds are not provided when applications are refused. It is made clear that the fee paid is for the consideration of an application and is payable regardless of the decision made.

Fee income is retained by the Home Office and funds the direct and indirect costs associated with the provision of chargeable visa and immigration services, and also contributes towards the cost of the wider immigration system, as permitted under Section 68(9) of the 2014 Immigration Act.

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