NHS Surcharge for PBS migration switching to ILR

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Dear Home Office,

I understand that applicants applying to extend their Tier 2 visa from April 2015 will have to pay the NHS Surcharge of £200/ month upfront, which is £600/person for the duration of the 3 year visa.

I would like to know what happens to those applicants who are applying to extend their Tier 2 leave, but will qualify for ILR through the 10 years long residence route after 6 months of visa application. Will the NHS surcharge for the remaining 2 and half months be refunded as surely this fee is not applicable to permanent non-EU resident?

It wouldn't be fair on new applicants acquiring ILR to be paying for NHS charges when other permanent non-EU residents are exempted.

Yours faithfully,
June E.

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Please can you inform us as to when you sent the email you are refering to. Once this is known we will look into this query.

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Dear FOI Requests,

I understand that applicants applying to extend their Tier 2 visa
from April 2015 will have to pay the NHS Surcharge of £200/ month
upfront, which is £600/person for the duration of the 3 year visa.

I would like to know what happens to those applicants who are
applying to extend their Tier 2 leave, but will qualify for ILR
through the 10 years long residence route after 6 months of visa
application. Will the NHS surcharge for the remaining 2 and half
months be refunded as surely this fee is not applicable to
permanent non-EU resident?

It wouldn't be fair on new applicants acquiring ILR to be paying
for NHS charges when other permanent non-EU residents are exempted.

Yours sincerely,

[name removed] [name removed]

Dear FOI Requests,

The email was sent on the 31st of March 2015. This is what I wrote:

Dear Home Office,

I understand that applicants applying to extend their Tier 2 visa
from April 2015 will have to pay the NHS Surcharge of £200/ month
upfront, which is £600/person for the duration of the 3 year visa.

I would like to know what happens to those applicants who are
applying to extend their Tier 2 leave, but will qualify for ILR
through the 10 years long residence route after 6 months of visa
application. Will the NHS surcharge for the remaining 2 and half
months be refunded as surely this fee is not applicable to
permanent non-EU resident?

It wouldn't be fair on new applicants acquiring ILR to be paying
for NHS charges when other permanent non-EU residents are exempted.

Yours sincerely,
[name removed] [name removed]

DMC (Croydon), Home Office

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your email correspondence of 27th June, I am sorry for the delay in replying to your email.

Please be informed that we are not able to respond to your specific enquiry by email. Could you provide your contact telephone number so we can call you and provide the information.

Yours Faithfully,

Edwin Thomas

UK Visas and Immigration

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Dear DMC (Croydon),

Thank you for your email. I am afraid I cannot send my telephone number online as it will be available to everyone. I also prefer the answer to my request to be given in the form of a formal letter.

Thank you

Yours sincerely,

[name removed] [name removed]

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Dear Mr [name removed],

 

Please find enclosed a reply to your Freedom of Information request. I
again apologise for the length of time this has taken and your complaint
to the Information Commissioner about the delay is being taken forward
separately.

 

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Peter Edwards

Croydon Premium Service Centre

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