| Heading: |
Visas: Scientists |
| Question ID: |
1787462 |
| UIN: |
HL6048 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
567 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Hain
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| Asking Member handle: |
PeterHain
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@PeterHain
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average cost of a visa for a scientist from overseas to work in the UK, and whether they have benchmarked this against costs for similar visas provided by other countries. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
533 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hanson of Flint
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hanson of Flint
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
The cost of a visa for a scientist to work in the UK will vary depending on the visa route they enter the UK through. Visa fees are published on gov.uk and can be viewed through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-tran... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |