Build a budget in pounds and baht, keeping application charges, IHS, service fees and money you must show separate.
Rules and sources checked: 5 November 2026. General information; confirm the rules for your application date.
Checked against the fee schedule effective 8 October 2026: Standard Visitor up to 6 months £135; 2 years £506; 5 years £903; 10 years £1,128. Partner/fiancé(e) entry clearance is £2,064; an in-UK family application is £1,407. Student is £558. Standard Skilled Worker entry clearance is £819 for sponsorship up to 3 years or £1,618 over 3 years. Immigration Salary List and Health and Care cases have different fees.
The IHS is normally £1,035 per year for adults, or £776 for students, their dependants and applicants under 18. It is based on permission length, not simply course or employment length, with part-years charged under the official half-year rules. Visitors do not pay it; an application from outside the UK for permission of 6 months or less is also exempt. Other exemptions exist.
A usual 33-month adult partner entry grant therefore costs £2,064 + £3,105 IHS = £5,169 before other costs. A usual 30-month adult partner extension or switch costs £1,407 + £2,587.50 IHS = £3,994.50 at today’s rates. Fees may change before a later application. Tests, translations, travel and optional VFS services are separate.
Our published service prices are in Thai baht and payment to us is by bank transfer only. Pound-to-baht conversions are estimates; the government and other providers determine their own payment amounts and exchange rates. Confirm your written service quote before transferring.
Separate four amounts: government application fees, IHS, provider charges, and our administrative service fee. Fees and IHS usually apply to each applicant. A child’s IHS rate can differ from an adult’s, while an adult Student dependant uses the Student rate. A family-route calculator cannot price every adult-dependent-relative or work/study dependant case.
Income and maintenance requirements are evidence of resources, not an additional fee paid to UKVI. Currency conversion in an online estimate is not a guaranteed payment rate. Allow separately for tests you actually need, translations, appointment-location charges, travel and optional services. Ask each provider for its current price instead of relying on an old approximate bundle.
Official sources: Fees · Ihs · Vfs Services
You normally need a TB certificate when coming to the UK for 6 months or more if you have lived in a listed country, including Thailand, for at least 6 months and were living there within the last 6 months. The fiancé(e)/proposed civil partner family route can require screening even though permission is for 6 months. Nationality alone does not decide whether a test is needed.
GOV.UK lists both IOM Bangkok and BNH Hospital as approved providers in Thailand. Their published fees are IOM ฿3,800 for applicants aged 11 or over and ฿2,350 under 11; BNH ฿4,000 for adults and ฿2,500 for children. Confirm the applicable fee, location and any additional tests with the clinic before booking. A certificate is normally valid for 6 months from the chest X-ray date.
Tell the clinic about previous TB and pregnancy. The clinician decides which tests are necessary. Sputum testing can take several weeks; do not assume everyone with previous TB receives the same test or timetable. Children must attend the appropriate assessment even when an X-ray is not required.
Official sources: Tb · Tb Thailand
Meet the unpaid course-fee amount on your CAS for the relevant academic year, plus living costs. For applications made before 30 November 2026, living costs are £1,529 a month in London or £1,171 outside London, up to 9 months: maximum £13,761 or £10,539.
For applications made on or after 30 November 2026, the published rule change raises these amounts to £1,570 and £1,203 a month, respectively: maximum £14,130 or £10,827. The permitted offset for accommodation paid to the sponsor rises from £1,529 to £1,570. Do not deduct arbitrary private accommodation payments.
Where relying on personal cash funds, hold the required balance for 28 consecutive days, with the end of that period within 31 days before applying. Eligible official sponsorship and student loans have their own evidence rules. Permitted accounts can include your own, a parent’s or legal guardian’s with consent and relationship evidence, or a qualifying partner’s account under the finance rules.
Thai nationals are on the differential-evidence list. This generally means you do not submit financial evidence initially, but you must still meet the financial requirement and supply evidence if UKVI asks. Certain applicants with at least 12 months of valid UK permission do not have to meet the financial requirement. Confirm the rule that applies to your application.
Official sources: Student Money · Student Rules · Changes
The usual minimum income requirement for a new partner application is £29,000 a year. There is no additional child uplift under that standard threshold. Specified benefit cases use an adequate-maintenance test instead, and exceptions or human-rights cases need individual advice.
For a qualifying income shortfall at entry or extension, the usual cash-savings calculation is £16,000 + 2.5 × the annual shortfall. Savings alone therefore require £88,500. For example, £21,000 of eligible annual income leaves an £8,000 gap: £36,000 of qualifying savings is the usual amount. Savings must meet the ownership, access, source and evidence rules; normally the relevant amount must have been held for 6 months, with specific exceptions such as qualifying proceeds from assets held for the required period.
These rules do not mean every income source can be combined with savings. Employment, self-employment, company-director income, pensions and other income have different calculation and evidence requirements. Overseas earnings of an applicant coming from Thailand are not simply added to a sponsor’s UK salary. Returning sponsors may have a specific overseas-employment and UK-job-offer route.
If the first partner application was made before 11 April 2024 and you continue with the same partner, transitional rules may use £18,600 plus £3,800 for the first relevant child and £2,400 for each further relevant child, capped at £29,000. Children with specified British, Irish or settled status are excluded. The £38,700 proposal is not the current standard partner threshold.
Official sources: Family Income · Finance
A refused visa application does not normally produce a refund of the application fee. If you cancel, whether that fee is refunded depends on how far processing has progressed and how you proved your identity. The IHS is different: it is normally refunded in full if the application is refused or withdrawn, usually automatically within 6 weeks of the decision.
VFS optional-service charges have VFS’s own cancellation terms. Our service fee is separate; see the written quote and our refund policy. Paying for preparation or priority processing never guarantees approval.
If refused, read the decision letter before making another application. It states whether you have a right of appeal or administrative review and the deadline. An overseas appeal, where available, is normally due within 28 days of receiving the decision. An eligible overseas administrative review is normally requested within 28 days and costs £80. A new application can affect a pending review. Get qualified advice promptly on which remedy applies.
Official sources: Cancel · Ihs Refunds · Appeal · Review
This guide summarises the linked official sources and cannot determine an individual application. For eligibility, exceptions, refusals or appeals, consult a suitably authorised adviser. UKVI makes the decision. Our administrative service fees are separate from government and third-party charges.
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