Rejected petition No Increase in Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) Payment for Non EU Migrants

The Ministers have made plans to increase the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) for migrants from £200 per year to £400 per year. Although, the suggestion is that the increase in the IHS is to reflect the actual cost of such patients to the NHS; the increase seems increasingly unfair on migrants

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The prospective increase is extremely unfair on prospective migrants (e.g. an applicant applying for leave to enter the UK under the UK Ancestry route with a spouse and two dependent children will need to pay £8,000 up front for Immigration Health Surcharge, which does not include the visa application fee).
The proposed increase of IHS to £400 per year is extremely harsh and unfair and should therefore not increased.

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Date submitted 7 December 2018
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