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- Visa Fees
Visa fees are set centrally by the British Government in Pounds
Sterling, and are converted into local currencies by British Posts
overseas. The table below shows visa fees for all posts in China.
The fee is payable in Chinese Yuan (RMB) cash only. Credit cards
and other currencies are not acceptable.
ENTRY CLEARANCE APPLICATION FEES
CONSULAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: 16 RMB = £1
Category FEE (RMB)
| Category
of visa |
RMB |
£ |
| Visit
|
|
|
|
Visit: single, double and multiple, valid up to 6
months |
945 |
65 |
| Visit:
longer term visit (1, 2, 5 and 10 years) |
2,975 |
200 |
|
Visit: family |
945 |
65 |
|
Visit: business |
945 |
65 |
|
Visit: for marriage/civil partnership
| 945 |
65 |
|
Visit: medical treatment
| 945 |
65 |
|
Visit: academic visitor, up to 12 months
| 945 |
65 |
|
Visit: exercise the right of access to a child
| 945 |
45 |
|
Visit: Minister of Religion, up to 6 months
| 945 |
45 |
| Visit:
religious worker, non pastoral
| 945 |
65 |
| Visit:
Agreed Destination Scheme (ADS), up to 30 days only
| 655 |
45 |
| Visit:
joining ship/aircraft
| 655 |
45 |
| Visit:
transit
| 655 |
45 |
| Visit:
Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
| 945 |
65 |
| Direct
Airside Transit (DAT)
| 655 |
45 |
| Visit:
Overseas Territory
| 640 |
44 |
| Handling
applications on behalf of Commonwealth countries
| 855 |
59 |
| Study
| |
|
| Student
visitor (short courses, less than six months)
| 945 |
65 |
|
Student Student nurse
|
1,435 |
99 |
|
Clinical attachments and dental observation
| 1,435 |
99 |
|
Prospective student
|
1,435 |
99 |
|
Student: writing up a thesis
| 1,435 |
99 |
| Student:
Chevening Scholarship
|
0 |
Free |
|
Student: British Marshall Scholarship
| 0 |
Free |
|
Student: Rhodes Scholarship
|
0 |
Free |
|
Student: Fulbright Scholarship
| 0 |
Free |
|
Chevening Fellowship
| 0 |
Free |
| Employment
| |
|
| PLAB
Test
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Postgraduate doctor
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Postgraduate dentist
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Work Permit Holder
| 8,700
|
600 |
| Highly
Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) Transitional, (for
applicants with valid HSMP letters)
| 2,900
|
200 |
|
Sponsored Researcher
| 2,975 |
205 |
| Entrepreneur
| 8,700
|
600
|
|
Training and work experience (TWES)
| 2,975 |
205 |
| Permit
Free Employment
| |
|
| BUNAC
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Off Shore Workers
| 2,975 |
205 |
| Rudolf
Steiner Establishment
| 2,975 |
205 |
| Jewish
Agency
| 2,975 |
205 |
| Japan
Youth Exchange
| 2,975 |
205 |
| IAESTE
| 2,975 |
205 |
| Reprsentatives
of overseas insurance agencies
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Research Assistant to Member of Parliament (MP)
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Overseas newspapers, news Agencies and broadcasting
organisations news or broadcasting agency
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Missionary
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Member of a religious order
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Sports person and entertainers
| 1,435 |
99 |
|
Permit free festivals
| 1,435 |
99 |
|
Post Study Work
| 2,975 |
205 |
| New
China Work Experience
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Airport-based ground staff of overseas airlines
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Au pair
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Overseas domestic worker
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
EC Business Association Agreement
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Innovator
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Investor
| 8700 |
600 |
| Journalist
| 2,975 |
205 |
| Self
employed lawyers
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Minister of Religion
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Overseas government employees
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Seasonal agricultural worker
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Setting up a business
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Sole representative
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Teachers and language assistants
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Voluntary worker
| 1,435 |
99 |
|
Writer, composer or artist
| 2,975 |
205 |
| Settlement
| |
|
| Husband/Wife/Civil
Partner
| 7,470 |
515 |
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Unmarried/Same Sex Partner
| 7,470 |
515 |
|
Marriage/Civil Partnership
| 7,470 |
515 |
|
Child or dependant relative of a settled person
| 7,470 |
515 |
|
Adopted child of settled person
| 7,470 |
515 |
|
Family reunion
| 0 |
Free |
|
Armed Forces
| 7,470 |
515 |
| Exempt/Others
| |
|
| Diplomats:
official visit/posting Members of international organisations
on official visits/postings
| 0 |
Free |
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Course F (up to 6 months)
| 945 |
65 |
|
Course F (over 6 months)
| 1,435 |
99 |
|
Family member of an EEA national
| 0 |
Free |
|
Family member of a Swiss national
| 0 |
Free |
| Member
of UK or Visiting Forces
| 0 |
Free |
|
Dependant of member of the UK or visiting Forces
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Retired person of independent means
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Returning resident
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
Right of Abode
| 2,975 |
205 |
|
UK ancestry
| 2,975 |
205 |
Category
- Points Based System (PBS)
| |
|
Tier
1 general applicant
| 600
|
8700 |
Dependant
of tier 1 general applicant
| 600
|
8700 |
Tier
1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional
arrangement)
| 200 |
2900 |
Dependant
of tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter
(transitional arrangement)
| 200
|
2900 |
Tier
1 investor or entrepreneur
| 600 |
8700 |
Dependent
of tier 1 investor or entrepreneur
| 600 |
8700 |
Tier
1 post study applicant
| 205 |
2975 |
Dependent
of tier 1 post study applicant
| 205 |
2975 |
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FOR DEPENDENTS OF ANY OF THE ABOVE, THE FEE IS THE SAME AS FOR
THE PRINCIPLE APPLICANT.
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