Recent changes to UK Healthcare arrangements

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Cynic UK / Netherlands Expert

Member since 15 September 2015

CynicUK / Netherlands Expert23 October 2017 19:44:57

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Something changed today (23 October 2017), that hasn't received much notice in the Press. The change affects non-urgent care and to be entitled to this free at the point of delivery, you will either need to have a UK passport, or a "Right to Remain" in the UK document. If you don't have either of these, then you will need to either have private insurance or pay up-front.

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Nodandsmile4bbMember07 December 2017 06:21:26

At present all non EEA UK Visa applications are now subject to a mandatory IHS charge before processing it amounts to about £150 for students and £200 per year for all others I think

https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application

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