{"id":524,"date":"2023-07-15T13:20:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T13:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/?p=524"},"modified":"2023-07-15T13:28:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T13:28:42","slug":"uk-visa-fees-to-increase-as-sunak-seeks-to-end-strikes-with-new-pay-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/2023\/07\/15\/uk-visa-fees-to-increase-as-sunak-seeks-to-end-strikes-with-new-pay-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Visa Fees to Increase as Sunak seeks to end Strikes with New Pay Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-07-15T13:20:47+00:00\">July 15, 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Government reacted to unending strike actions by the Labour Unions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UK announced moderate salary increment for the public servants<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UK to raise over \u00a31bn from new proposed Visa fees and Health Surcharge <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/servpay.ng-1-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/servpay.ng-1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/servpay.ng-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/servpay.ng-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/servpay.ng-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!--more Read More-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UK economy has been on the edge since the beginning of 2022. The cost of living and inflation rate have been record breaking high. Labour Unions have engaged the UK government severally and have demanded for higher wages to help public employees cope with the high cost of living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The economy has also witnessed several strike actions by Doctos, Teachers and even Transport workers to  force the government attend to their demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the government is currently working hard to stabile the economy, the PM had maintained that any salary increment would push up the inflation rate. Meanwhile, the Bank of England raised its interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.0% during its June meeting, marking the 13th consecutive hike. This announcement was greeted will more strike actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After accepting the recommendations of the pay review Bodies, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday offers teachers, doctors and other workers pay increases of 6% and above. The Police and Doctors were the highest beneficiary not exceeding 7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Today&#8217;s offer is final. We will not negotiate again on this year&#8217;s settlements and no amount of strikes will change our decision,&#8221; Sunak said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/what-pay-rises-will-british-public-sector-workers-get-2023-07-13\/\">pay increases<\/a>&nbsp;are below Britain&#8217;s current 8.7% inflation rate but this would bridge the gap following the country&#8217;s worst bout of industrial unrest in more than 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to Finance the Salary Review<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK government proposed to generate over \u00a31 billion to support the salary review by upward adjustment of immigration visa fees and the cost of accessing the IHS without adding to the burden on UK taxpayers. This funding will be essentially to ensure the successful implementation of the salary increase for public employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Implication on Visa and IHS Fees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new policy means anybody going to the UK will pay more than before. As at 14th of July 2023, visa fees outside of UK for 6months, 2 years and 5 years  are \u00a3100, \u00a3376 and \u00a3670 respectively. Nigerians on Postgraduate Study Visa in the UK currently pays \u00a3363 and \u00a3705 for IHS (average of N1,142,760). Priority visa application cost \u00a3250. With the new policy, Nigerians planing to study in the UK for Postgraduate might be paying over N1,800,000 to apply for study visa and IHS fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[150,21,152,69,151],"class_list":["post-524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ihs","tag-servpay-ng","tag-study-visa","tag-uk","tag-visa-fees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servpay.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}