Cost and payment of applications
Cost of applications
The following table shows the cost of Tier 5 Certificate of Sponsorship, visa and leave to remain applications for both the main applicant and dependants.
| Certificates of Sponsorship (not required for dependant applications) | £13 |
| In-country leave to remain (visa) applications | £194 |
| In-country leave to remain (visa) applications for nationals of Turkey, Croatia and FYR Macedonia | £175 |
| Dependant applications included as part of an in-country migrant application | £97 |
| Dependant applications independent of in-country migrant application | £561 |
| Out of country visa applications | £194 |
| Out of country visa applications for nationals of Turkey, Croatia and FYR Macedonia | £175 |
| Dependant applications out of country | £194 |
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 Grant of Leave applications. Departments are not normally responsible for entry clearance/ visa application fees incurred abroad or for fees incurred by dependants.
Methods of payment
Certificates of Sponsorship are paid for on the Work Permits Desk's credit card and cross-charged to 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.
Overseas applicants are responsible for their own visa application fees.