Immigrants & Asylum Seekers To Pay For Appeals
The Ministry of Justice has announced that immigrants and asylum seekers will soon have to pay for appeals against decisions made over their cases.
The fees will apply to appeals against decisions refusing someone leave to enter, leave to remain or vary their current leave to remain in the UK.
Although some people will be exempted the proposed fees will be between £60 and £250.
£115m was spent last year to run the immigration appeals system. As it stands the immigration and asylum tribunals system does not charge an appeal fee. Costs are met by the taxpayer.
People that will be excluded from these fees include those who qualify for legal aid, those who are receiving asylum support and applicants who are in the asylum detained fast track process.
The fee will not be charged to people with appeals relating to revocation of leave; deportation; deprivation of citizenship or right of abode.
