今天早上收到利物浦大学发来的email， 内容如下：

Home Office Consultation -
Increasing the Fee for Immigration Applications

Dear international students:

Do you know that the Home Office are proposing to increase the fee for international students extending their visas?

Until 1st August 2003 there was no charge to students applying to extend their ‘leave’ (permission to stay) in the UK. The Home Office announced on 10th July 2003 that it would charge a fee to process all applications to extend student visas and that this would come into effect on 1st August 2003. The fee is currently £155 for applications made by post and £250 for premium applications (made in person).

From April 2005, the Home Office is proposing to raise these fees up to as much as £380 (postal service) and £495 (premium service)!

Costs Recovery

The Home Office are proposing to increase these charges to recover not only the cost of administration (processing the applications) but also the cost of appeals and enforcement.

What does this mean?

 Appeals: If a request to extend a visa has been denied and the applicant feels he/she has been treated unfairly or an error has occurred, the applicant has the right to appeal. This is a costly process, and the Home office would like to recoup the expenses by including them in the cost of the application.

 Enforcement: The immigration system is often subject to abuse from fraudulent individuals and organisations. The Home Office would like to recover the cost of policing the system, to ensure that it is safe and effective for processing legitimate migrants. It would like to do this by incorporating all or some of the costs of enforcement into the application fee.

Further details of the charges you can be found on pages 41-53 of consultation paper:
Consultation Document in pdf format - downloads direct to your computer

The University and the Guild of Students have been asked to submit responses with views on how this could affect students here. The comments we submit will help the Home Office to come to a final decision (and possibly to reconsider their recommendations) so it is very important that students participate in the debate. This may affect you, your friends and all international students studying in the UK – now and in the future!

PLEASE COLLECT AND COMPLETE A HOME OFFICE QUESTIONNAIRE FROM THE GUILD OR THE INTERNATIONAL STAND, 1ST FLOOR STUDENT SERVICES CENTRE (RETURN TO RECEPTION DESK).

If you have any questions about the campaign, please email:

The Campaign Officer: guildcampaigns@liv.ac.uk
The International Students’ Officer: guildint@liv.ac.uk

太过分了，该死的英国政府，除了钱眼中再没有别的了
我们学校还没发这样的email, 等发了偶一定填questionnaire，强烈抗议

写信，发EMAIL 去投诉。

回国签回国签~

回国签价钱是一样的。。。。
可恶的英国政府。。。把战争的经济问题算到我们留学生头上了。。。。
法克。。。。 。。
不过还好，我读建筑7年，签证到手。
但是。我还要反对英国政府的这项举措！！！！。
听说伦大CSSA好像商议准备游行。。。我们曼大的也支持以下。

如果不行。。我们所有中国留学生联合起来聘一个律师团，告他们去。

如果还不行，我们所有中国留学生联合起来聘几个杀手把他们的头头全批了。

如果失败了，我们所有中国留学生联合起来........(*^^&%$^$%$$£%$^)

不如大家都撤吧？！

有人投诉没啊至今为止？

大家是不是应该做些什么呢？我觉得不如我们写个抗议书，然有让中国人签名！斑竹有什么意见呢？