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Increased fee for immigration applications should be stopped

Submitted on Friday 8th March 2013

Published on Wednesday 13th March 2013

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 13th June 2013

Signatures: 7

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Economy ~ Immigration ~ Tax ~ UK

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Increased fee for immigration applications should be stopped

Additional Information

UKBA has recently announced new Visa Fee to be enforced wef 06-04-2013 after parliamentary approval. Visa Fee for all categories has been raised heavily which is totally unfair. It has already been increased for a Main applicant and at a ridiculous level for each dependent. Unfortunately, the statement of the immigration minister about this increase gives an impression that migrants are not UK tax payers. (Source www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk News 25 February 2013)

In fact, migrants are equally contributing towards the economy by paying taxes and NI. I believe that such statements create confusions and may put migrants at risk of facing direct or indirect racial abuse from the majority of the public who are not aware of the ins and outs of current immigration system and who think that every migrant is on welfare benefits.

I therefore through this petition request you to stop these unjustified increases.


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