Cost and payment of applications
Cost of applications
The following table shows the cost of Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship and leave to remain applications for both the main applicant and dependants.
| Certificate of Sponsorship (not required for dependant applications) | £179 |
| Tier 2 (General) leave to remain application - main applicant | £561 |
| Tier 2 (General) visa application - main applicant, national of Turkey, Croatia or FYR Macedonia | £505 |
| Tier 2 dependant application - partner, spouse, child under 18 as dependant of main applicant | £281 |
Nationals of the following countries are exempt from Certificate of Sponsorship fees, but are required to pay visa application fees (at a reduced rate):
| Croatia | FYR Macedonia | Turkey |
It has been agreed that departments should pay for all Certificate of Sponsorship applications and in-country leave to remain applications for the main applicant. Departments are not normally responsible for overseas entry clearance/ visa application fees or for fees incurred by dependants.
Migrants who wish to submit dependant applications together with their own Tier 2 Leave to Remain application must complete the payment page of each dependant's application form with their own credit card details, or supply a cheque made payable to 'Home Office PBS Sponsorship'.
Methods of payment
Certificates of Sponsorship are paid for on the Work Permits Desk's credit card and cross-charge departments.
Departments are asked to provide the cost centre, natural account, activity, source of funds and organisation code (note that this must be a general ledger code - project codes are not acceptable) to cross-charge the application fee to, e.g. AX0000/85210/00/00000/10. The cost of any applications will be charged to this account on a monthly basis.
We are unable to cross-charge application fees to colleges. Therefore, colleges must provide a cheque made payable to the University of Oxford with all Certificate of Sponsorship applications.
Leave to remain (visa) applications for in-country applicants are also paid for on the Work Permits Desk's credit card and cross-charged to departments. Since we are unable to cross-charge application fees to colleges, colleges must complete the payment page of any leave to remain (visa) applications with their own credit card details or provide a cheque made payable to the Home Office.