What does work visa renewal cost for my family?

Start with the route and visa length

Figures below were checked on 14 October 2026. They describe the published standard fees; the official application confirms your actual charge. Fees can change before you apply.

Health and Care Worker applications cost £324 per person for up to three years, or £628 for more than three years. The fee is the same for applications inside or outside the UK. Eligible Health and Care Workers and their dependants are exempt from the immigration health surcharge.

Separate Skilled Worker fees and the surcharge

For an ordinary Skilled Worker application made inside the UK to extend, switch or update, the standard fee is £943 per person for up to three years or £1,865 for more than three years. Lower application fees apply where the job is on the immigration salary list: £628 or £1,235 respectively.

The immigration health surcharge, often called IHS, is a separate charge. Where it applies, the usual rate is £1,035 a year, with a £776 rate for applicants under 18 and specified student-related categories. The amount depends on the permission length and part-year charging rules.

Check ages at application, route and the actual period being granted. A course or employment contract’s length is not always the same as the visa length.

Use an example with its assumptions visible

Made-up example: three eligible family members each apply for Health and Care Worker permission of up to three years. At £324 each, the application fees total £972, with no IHS under that route’s exemption.

For comparison, assume three ordinary Skilled Worker in-country applicants, two adults and one under-18 child, each receive exactly three years of permission and no fee reduction applies. Fees are 3 × £943 = £2,829. IHS is 3 × (2 × £1,035 + £776) = £8,538. The combined illustration is £11,367.

Those examples do not establish family eligibility or quote the cost for your application. Extra permission time, a different route or a different fee category changes the result.

Keep savings requirements separate from fees

Money that you may need to show for living costs is not another application fee. Check any financial evidence requirement and exemption separately. Do not add a required bank balance to fees as if all of it is paid to the Home Office.

Add any optional faster service, translation, appointment or professional charges that apply to your choices. Ask for prices before booking.

In Financial Readiness, record the assumptions behind your estimate and review them before payment. Keep quotes and receipts. Family costs should be checked person by person, even when you apply together.

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