To: U.K. Prime Minister -Theresa May
Stop NHS Surcharge Fee Payment for children of Destitue families
The government should stop compelling families with children who are destitute to pay the mandatory NHS surcharge fee for immigration purposes when applying to regulaties their stay. In most cases these families are receiving section 17 support from local authorities and are exempted from paying application fees when making application to the Home Office. This concession should be extended to cover the NHS surcharge fee stipulated in various home office application, as these families are already in destitute situation and cannot afford the £500 per head fee which could run into thousands of pound depending on number of family members making the application.
Why is this important?
It is important to remove the fee so that most families can be able to make application especially as more children could be further trapped in destitution and limbo if they could not afford such payment in other to regularies their stay, and will therefore continue to be supported by their respective local authority with continuous burden on the tax payer.
