Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tony Colman (Labour), on Wednesday, 26 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 48 members in total.

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VISA FEES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS

That this House notes that fees of ??155 and ??250 for certain categories of visa were introduced, without prior consultation, earlier this year; notes with great concern the impact of such fees on the economic and cultural contribution of overseas students to the United Kingdom; is further concerned by evidence of delay in the batch processing of payments at the Cannock office and suggests that such students be enabled to make prepayment at a bank; draws attention to the considerable disparity in fees paid by overseas students at entry clearance offices abroad, namely ??36, and those now paid in the UK; considers that the new fees regime was introduced with insufficient notice to those directly affected and without sufficient resources to process applications with the efficiency warranted by the high level of those fees; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to review the fees regime as a matter of urgency and to bring before this House proposals to rectify the manifest defects of that regime.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

113 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Administrative delays Fees and charges Overseas students Visas

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk