The Actual Price of British Citizenship
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- The price of a British passport is a mere £72, but how much does it really cost to get British citizenship? Let's do a deep dive to find out.
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Sources referenced:
Home Office makes thousands in profit on Visa Applications
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
Slash Obscene Home Office Fees say MPs and Campaigners
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
Home Office Citizenship Fees 'Scandalous'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...
Home Office rolls out new UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service (UKVCAS) for in-country visa applications
www.ein.org.uk/news/home-offi...
Eligibility of British Citizenship
www.gov.uk/british-citizenship
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you can tell he's settled in the UK because he's complaining like a brit.
As someone who was born in the UK I agree that we complain a lot
There's nothing wrong with complaining when there's something legit to complain about.
lol I think I even can hear Brit's accent on him even if he's not from there
We don’t complain like this imbecile.
@@_____J______ I can't... but hey, he's lived there a while, not a real surprise...
Sarcastically adding "thanks Tories, appreciate it👍" onto the end of a rant about ur problems? You're ready for that citizenship
Luke My Australian VISA cost me £3400 or roughly that cost and I don’t even live there. I just wanted a VISA that would allow me to come and go for the next ten years!
@@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming mate,that's £3400 for 10 years
And not like £10000 for 7
But the Tories are the reason why it's so expensive now you done any research let me put it this way to contact them by phone it cost 2.50 a minute
@@muhammedmiah5764 uhm read their comment again mate
@@muhammedmiah5764 £1.37 to be precises...not to mention being sent to every other place for information to not get any information then paying for EMAIL lol...and still no answers
$10,000 for your right to drink tea every morning and complain all you want? well that’s splendid
also say cunt in public
loooooool I know rigth
Pounds. Which is like $16,000 in most other currencies (USD, AUD, CAD) Although his number was like £12,000 wasnt it... thats almost $20,000 in some currencies 😳
@@j.b.s1513 It's like 130000 NOK and like 1,5 million JPY. Point is, currencies are crazy sometimes (OK, almost always).
Marcus Myge People in Europe dont exactly have far to travel to migrate to the UK. But when you are talking about people from Australia and New Zealand etc that conversion rate is pretty relevant, considering the money it takes to fly and ship all your stuff to the other side of the world, plus pay these fees.
Why have we not been calling British citizenship “Britizenship” this entire time?
Ye, good point
@@applemaniac8796 you're stupid
Probably the most useful video I've seen in a long time. Its a real eye opener on how difficult it is to become a UK citizen.
Thanks Evan
It’s hard just to get a visa as a student 🙄😢
And how expensive.
Drinking game: Take a shot every time he says £19.20
you'll never take a shot, it's £19.20 not $19.20
Rachel Myers I guess you can say that you REKT him.
Pounds*
Rachel Myers are you surprised at this point? Americans think the world revolves around them
@@citavalo b
I guess it's still cheaper than US health care lol
The cost of US health is a bit exaggerated and often unexplained.
Firstly, many have health insurance through their place of employment.
The elderly and disabled get insurance from the government (Medicare). It mediocre, but its something.
You can purchase insurance from a private company. Yes, it's pricey.
Everyone is taxed, but it's often given to those who strayed accidentally across our Southern border, so they can get that which a citizen paid for but doesn't automatically get, thus citizens get rather upset when tens of millions invite themselves into the country.
Taxes are high, but would be exponentially higher if there was an American version of the NHS.
If you are healthy and young you pay for something you do not need.
If you need it it's hard to get it.
If one is seriously ill, you csn just go to the emergency room at your local hospital. You will get a hefty bill in the mail, however.
The two parties claim to have a solution, that always has a catch hidden in the mix that one wouldn't accept, if you knew it was there. Ok, its basically crap. Although, there isn't a bunch of waiting for treatment. You may spend a small fortune.
@@macvena : the middle class receive health insurance support or coverage, and those higher up don't worry about it. We barely have a middle class, right now. And since they changed "full time" hours from 40 to 30, employers have been keeping employees at 29.5, so they don't have to offer any benefits... because we're just cogs in their machine, when they wear us down they'll replace us...and we're not fighting back. This has hurt a lot of people who need the 40 hours: people are taking on two jobs (neither or which pay benefits because of that hours loophole), just to make it. Many employers don't just ensure you're not receiving benefits, they establish an aggressive culture of fear and constant competition with peers: want that day off because you're being worked into the ground? Sure, but Dave's up for a promotion, and you're not showing your dedication to the company, by taking time for yourself. You're sick? Take a day off, I'm sure the company won't get offers in from desperate folks, willing to be shit on, looking to replace you.
...and spend a small fortune we don't have? Debt is slavery. Insurance is supposed to give people peace of mind. I'm young, and you're right: I probably don't need insurance. But shit happens, and I don't want to be tied to debt; I'd rather pay regularly, knowing I'm helping my countrymen afford their surgeries and check ups, and when my time comes, their contributions will be helping me.
My ear starting bleeding last summer, while I was sick. I called the hospital for a check up estimate, and after beating around the bush for a while they gave me a number in the thousands. My ear bled for four or five days before I found religious "acute" care clinic: they basically only offer antibiotics, shots, and nutrition advice...thank goodness antibiotics are what I needed. Had an ear infection, perforated my eardrum. Could've lost my hearing. I may still.
I don't want anyone in this country to go through that, or having to worry about going into debt or not paying their necessary bills in order to not die or be permanently disabled.
Unregistered immigrants don't get nearly as many benefits as fear-mongerers think they do. I'd rather fucking pay- for everyone, and not fucking worry about somebody dying because insurance companies (and the health industry in general) have a direct conflict of interest with a healthy populace, profit off of suffering, and know they can get people to pay whatever the fuck they want.
@@goldenquill96 That's not been my experience. I've must have won the employment lottery.
💀💀💀
Recently out of interest I took one of the quiz's from the immigration test for fun (being from the UK). I got 60 percent on the history one, which is funny cause not only am I British, I studied History immensely for school. So the fact I got 60 percent shows a lot to be honest.
Greetings from the crown prince of Dubai ❤️
I too am from the UK and failed the life in the UK test
Probably means the people creating the tests are super disconnected from the reality of their average citizens life and how they're educated.
Same problem with the US citizenship test.
For those wondering the total amount from 11,172.4 GBP-USD is....14,468.82.
Holy god.
It cost me about $8000 to get my US Permanent Residency so I'm not surprised at the cost as the UK is cold wet and expensive.
I feel like that's really not that bad tbh. 14k for the life you really want isn't bad at all. If I wanted to move to the UK this wouldn't at all deter me.
I know there is'nt words, to say how bad this is
That's more than an air ambulance.
Thank You!!!!
I hope your passport cover is made of gold.
A British passport is in the top 10 most powerful in the world, so . . . it is.
Nope, now it is blue, made by a French company
Probably not, but at least it will be blue. Which is the only benefit Brexit brings to the UK.
@@simonethompson6190 It won't be in three months...
@@MrHarumakiSensei Easy access to 27 of the closest nations , gone.
Evan, no matter the cost or effort in trying to become a british citizen, you just become one during this video simply by saying "Croydon, Bleh!"
u prolly live in bumfuck nowhere so calm it mate
what's wrong with Croydon?
It's interesting to hear your story. I got my PhD in Medical Science and Engineering 2 years ago. I applied for several positions both in the US (where I'm from), and in the UK, as well as Switzerland. I was quite thrilled to find out that I had been offered the position from both the companies I applied to in the UK and Switzerland (as well as one in the US of course). My initial thought was that it would be lovely to live in the UK. However, when I started doing more research about the requirements and costs of full-time residency and eventual citizenship, I refused the offer, and this is even considering that the company which had given me the job was offering to pay for some of my initial costs. I found it exorbitant and frankly, a little scary.
In the end, I took the offer from a wonderful company in Switzerland, where I've now been for the last year and a half. It's been just amazing.
Good luck to you in your journey!
Dawe good job
a very wise choice! Switzerland is soooo much better than the UK as a place to work as an expat. And it will only become better as brexit kicks in.
@@larrybxl5406 👍
Your choice. The UK's population has been increasing by about 400,000 annually for the last fifteen years, so there are evidently plenty of people who decide differently from you.
Why did I think just after reading SVIZZERA that you'll choose being there? It is amazing; YOU DON;T EVEN MISS THE SEA!!
If you have money. You can live a great life in whatever country you are
I feel sorry for anyone having to go near London at all.
@@zippyGB Londonistan may very well be the biggest shit hole in Europe, definitely top 3 worst places to live in
@Anna U there are some pretty shitty places to live in the United States.
Sucks for all the poor people
@@kaylatarapaskoski2390 I'm middle class and couldn't afford to move to UK - if you saw my other comment it would cost upwards of 14k for a US citizen to move. That's insane. I would have to save up for years to move.
*British Government:* let's take back our country from Europe!
*Also the British Government:* let's let the French run our border!
Irony
And get a french company to print the passports instead of the British company that used to do it.
@@speleokeir And Australia can print your polymer banknotes.
I could be totally wrong especially considering 219 people liked your comment. But considering canada and the UK are linked i feel as though it could make a form of ties between them again? It ironic for them to do this but ? Im actually surprised to hear about the other comment in this thread~ that french print your passports. Again an odd choice of the government but I could understand why they do it. Please educate me if im wrong. I am genuinely interested!!
@@Aaron-mc9rs The new UK Visa and Citizenship Applicaion Service is being phased in gradually and it will be operated in partnership with the French information technology company Sopra Steria.
Not exactly as reported by Evan.
You know that hes basically british if he despises croydon 😂
That and Milton Keynes
That should be the UK citizenship test. It's all that's really necessary.
Hey whats wrong with Croydon 😂😂😂
@@evan You should try going to Luton.
The Life in the UK test is such a sham, even David Cameron himself couldn't pass the test 😂
😂😂😂😂
All the English people in my office wouldn’t be able to pass the test. I know cause I tested them and they all failed🤣
Ramith Gopinath I think that’s everywhere. Most Americans couldn’t pass the citizenship if they tried. Foreigners speak better English than we do haha
I was born in the uk, lived my whole life in the uk, and I still failed the test, bruh.
I passed my test life in u.k nd ceremony too but i want my original nationality back is this possible..?
The UK government have so many copies of Evans fingerprints
stocking up on that exceptional talent i guess .
lean governance
simply collect the fingerprints of a person every year ....because of bitrot in the databases they can't be stored longer than a year, I guess...
They Probably think he cuts his fingers off and steal other peoples fingers
@@danieldelport1537 WAIT!
.....Is that not normal?
But I got a collection just to troll the UK gov! D:
Once he gets the passport, they are legally obliged to delete all the finger prints.
You will make an excellent Brit: you spent the whole fifteen minutes moaning about the country and the government. You just need to practice doing this in the pub and on the bus if you want to become an expert.
Ta mate, you saved me from writing a comment
@@andersknapasjo9576 You haven't seen foreigners moaning on Britain and Brits... As if they've been attached with some invisible anchor to this ship... :D
@@andersknapasjo9576 you from t' north or something?
To be fair though, I’m you’d be pissed off if you were in his position and you wanted to move to a country and they were just scamming the fuck out of you. To be fair he is fighting a losing battle, but at least he has not actually mined about the country, he is just moaning about the financial side of this country with immigration.
Sure*
When I moved to UK back in 2010, my dad paid that total amount for 5 of us!
Greetings from the crown prince of Dubai ❤️
I'm a US citizen who received my ILR back in 2002. It was free back then. BTW, no finger prints required.
Yes, that was before the Tories came to power for like the last decade
I had to pay back in 2004, which wasn't free, but it was only a few hundred.
So like a lot of bad things Blair planted the seed, and then Call Me Dave, Maybot and BoJo nourished it into a giant self-propagating invasive weed.
It was free for you... It cost me in taxes.
In case anyone’s wondering, the total is $14,932.22 in US dollars 😳
ok time to cry
How much do ur organs cost bye parts thinking about it
I felt so sorry for you when you said you had to go Croydon.... This alone isn't worth British Citizenship!
What is wrong with Croydon? Is it "the hood" of London or something???
@@nanay3000 yes, very dangerous
I live there 🤐
Justin Wong that’s a lie, not all of Croydon is ‘dangerous’, on the contrary some parts of Croydon are extremely affluent and a lot of south London’s top private schools are in that area. A lot of companies are relocating to Croydon these days. There’s a lot of 7 figure properties there too so it’s far from ‘the hood’.
@@nanay3000 Parts of it can be, but overall just a bit pants
This just shows how badly immigrants are treated.
He is a white Anglophone immigrant as well - immigrants from developing countries have so many other issues on top.
@@HotClubDeParis You could only imagine how difficult it could be. Particularly with people like Faaarrrage (it hurts me to even type his name) trying so hard to make it even more difficult.
OMG! The only fee I had to pay was to the US to renounce. Norway never charged me anything as an immigrant or when I applied for citizenship. Even got the ceremony for free (not a requirement, just a nice touch); it was a group event and included coffee and cake.
Greetings from the crown prince of Dubai ❤️
If it makes you feel better. My son did the reverse in the US. He was President of a large Corporation and needed citizenship. He paid just as much and more to accountants and lawyers to ease the process. So it works both ways sadly
Exactly..
The Life in the UK book stated that: a fundamental principle of being a UK Citizen is treating others with fairness.
Based on these fees it's pretty safe to assume this does not apply to illegal aliens
Don't remind me about life in the uk, I have to study this stuff right now, hopefully I revise it all and pass 🤞🏾
Err he's a legal alien.
Legal or not, aliens are aliens, the system will milked you the same :D
If there's one thing many British people still need to learn, it's treating others with fairness. They're terrible in taking critical remarks and turn their back on you in horror, for being told. These people haven't learned what emotional maturity is.
@@devonseamoor
I agree !
Sounds easier and cheaper to just marry a British person tbh XD
Spoken like a single person....
Trust me, marriage visa fees are the same if not more!
That's around 1.5k in costs applying from outside the UK, 1k if you're in the country, then you need to renew it after 2 and a half years at the same cost again. There's strict minimum salary requirements as well, even getting to the UK to get married requires specific visas. It won't be as expensive but it's not far off, It is easier though. A far easier route is there for spouse of EEA citizens (british citizens excluded) living in the UK, the application cost for the EU settlement scheme is like £65 and that's it sorted, basically indefinite right to remain.
Yup if you pay $5000 to someone to marry you its lot cheaper
Marriage fees are the same
Hi Evan...
I am a Brit that at some point after a masters degree would really like to move to the US and was wondering if you could do a video on the process towards American citizenships or someone with a masters degree working in a sector such as banking? Thanks for any help! 👍🏻🙂🇺🇸🇬🇧
Dominic Burns this would be awesome
Red Balloon Cool thanks!
It’s kinda shitty here tbh I can’t help you with the citizenship process but I can recommend you states to live in, Texas, New York, California, Washington, And the upper northern east coast states are all good choices in terms of infrastructure, economy, and people those states are the best example of the US imo
After obtaining a masters degree in medicine my parents suggested I move to the US. Thanks to this legit base US administrator +17029079165 at the immigration center, my American citizenship was successful in less than no time. I'm currently based in Texas.
Dominic Burns lol America sucks (I’m American)
Wow, that hurt. So many fingerprints! Also, really liked how you could feel the stress radiating through this video.
it stressed me out the more I realised how much I had spent
My advice, hold on to ALL your paperwork, Financial and citizenship wise. When I was a kid, my dad nearly got deported from the UK, because on his birth certificate he’s American, but he’s lived here since childhood. So when they overhauled immigration after 9/11 he didn’t qualify as a citizen and had to prove how long he lived here through taxes and jobs and our family. It was scary. And I can only imagine it getting worse due to Brexit.
It’ll be fine for Evan. He has an up to date Visa so that’s good and once he has Indefinite Leave to Remain he won’t be deported for anything.
Brexit really only affects people who lived in another EU country first then moved here, people from the EU and people like your Dad who came here young so may not have documentation proving they live here.
Yah, Brexit really won't affect American trying to enter the UK.
Thank you for speaking out on this. I’ve had a very similar journey to you except the exceptional talent stage 😊. I’ve paid a lot of money towards my British citizenship being an African national who first came to the UK as an undergrad. This is minor but I also wish the home office were nicer and more polite when dealing with migrants regardless of where they’re from. If you’re going to take all my money, take it with a smile and say thank you
You lost points for saying math but you made them right back by saying wanky 👍
And finally got denied citizenship:
reason: it appears Evan has 35 fingers...... we suspect a scam attempt
hahahaha
Paying £12041 for a family of five this very week. Can't afford 24 hour service...
Don't forget if you do not have a degree in English or from any of the crown dependency country you pay £180 for English speaking test for just 10 mins. And if live far away the journeys you have to make. I feel your pain.
What is this test you speak of? I've been living in the UK for a very long time (as an EU citizen, however, if that makes any difference), and I've never heard anything about it.
Six Gargoyles I believe it’s the IELTS
Lol it's now over 300
This is guy is bloody honest..rare thing keep kn
Platinum Alchemist lying constantly is not percieved as normal outside the uk. Brits think its normal to lie to people. Outsiders are therefore often thought of as blunt.
That is a crazy amount of money. How are we meant to attracted skilled workers to the UK with those costs. 🤯
Well we fucking manage
the point rather seems to be to deter unskilled workers
Skilled workers can still come to the UK and work.. they dont have to apply for citizenship for that? Im all for immigration but coming to the UK to work is slightly different than applying to be a UK citizen.
I thought the whole point of Brexit was to stop immigrants from coming to your country. Before Brexit a lot of my uni friends wanted to work in the UK after their Master degrees, though that has basically evaporated since.
@@joejones1963 This video seems to show that the system is fiddling them.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣....Man I feel for you
btw the Immigration Health Surcharge has now doubled from £200 to £400
All I paid for my passport is £75.50 (renewal) 😝
xuchia117 come to the US, where skilled workers are needed and contribute to our pursuit of economic growth for all!
yep ... and it's for every year of your visa for every applicant/dependent....So for a three-year visa for a family of four, that's £400 x3 x4 = £4800 just for the NHS surcharge. Add Visa fees (per person) and BRP costs (per person) and maybe premium service (per person) if you're in a hurry to get bankrupt.
@@nateb9768 Sure, if they don't close the legal ports of entry when you try to enter.
L
Its gone to £1000 now
Wow... I just pay for my passport since my Dad is a UK citizen. Thankful for that. 🙂
lucky girl !!
Marry me or adopt me, i don't care whitch.
Hi Evan! I am new to your channel, mainly because of my love for London. However, you are so full of knowledge, and my boys are around your age and I am learning so much about career paths and happiness. You mentioned how you thought of being a teacher and it occured to me that you are. We viewers are all your students. Thank you. You make an excellent teacher!
Greetings from the crown prince of Dubai ❤️
You forgot the passport photos.
DANG I DID! tbf you need to get them every time for the BRP so I could've just added the odd £10 for a snappysnaps photoset down the road from lunar house
@@evan 5 photos for £5 in the booth in Boots. (Birmingham)
Hi Evan! I'm an EU citizen currently applying for citizenship (naturalisation paperwork is with the Home Office now, if all EU applications aren't cancelled when Brexit happens, I'll hear back within six months). The costs were a way, WAY lower for me since EU citizens don't need to apply for visas or ILR, but they still added up to over £2,000 which definitely could be high enough to stop someone from applying.
Also when you apply for a Permanent Residency card (equivalent of ILR for EU citizens), there is absolutely no alternative, you HAVE to send your passport into the Home Office for 4 to 6 months. There was a service run by local councils to double check documents so you could pay £80 and not have to send originals with your application for naturalisation (the big £1,330 one), but they have just shut that down. I didn't know why they closed it, but now having seen your video, I suspect they've probably just privatised the service and are going to bring out a shittier and pricier version.
Interesting background, but - as far as giving up your passport for an extended period - see new procedures effective 18 November 2018 which may see an end to this "UK Visa Information (UKVI) explained: "To help improve peace of mind for customers using the centres, it will now be possible, in the majority of cases, to take digital copies of evidence meaning that people won't have to hand over important documents, such as passports, while their applications are processed."
See Evan's link "Home:Office Rolls Out ..." in his More Information section.
(imho to have to give up your passport for 4 - 6 months is plainly absurd.)
Really they took the council checking service away? My council was brilliant when I did mine, they were so helpful and far cheaper than a solicitor. Best of luck to you with your application.
Can I ask how long have you been waiting for naturalisation so far?
@@acaseofunderjoyed I applied in late September 2016 and the letter of acceptance came through on Christmas Eve that year. Ceremony was in early January 2017. I was also an EU citizen with a permanent residence card. My understanding of the legal process is that they will follow the law as it was on the day you submitted your application. So even if Brexit changes things for future applications it will not affect yours of you've already submitted it.
Can I ask where you are getting the info re: what law applies at what point? I submitted my application mid-December and I have been checking my bank account several times a day to see if they've taken payment/started processing the application yet but they haven't. I'm not going to be confident they won't yank the rug from under my applciation until I have a passport in my hand tbh.
Why aren't you getting your potential employer to pay for the visa fees???
You're the fucking employee acting as if people are in a place to demand that, why would they pay to employ you instead of just getting the equally qualified next in line.
@@toproudtooadmitmitsake1842 it's usually paid for by the company, it's not America where employees dont matter
Tayo Wilde Idk about the UK but Japanese companies pay for everything when you get hired the other commenter is right most countries besides the US support you
@@Bamiyanbigasf He's asking about the UK, how is he right, that rarely happens in the UK, he asked a question why are you making it about right or wrong, i answered his question, ur weird dude.
Tayo Wilde so much agro tho chill dude
And yet it’s still cheaper than a broken leg in America😂😂
sleepyeyes it’s not that easy for people that don’t speak the language natively, or have access to our history. In American government we took a mock test, only 15 out of 37 students passed the test and we all were born and raised here.
Not funny
I am an American who lived in the UK for a number of years on a tier 2 visa and I feel you on this one big time. They did a biometric fingerprint of our 7 year old and checked her at the border every time. The 4 year old narrowly avoided it by being 3 at the time of getting the visa. The nickel and diming and bureaucracy going on is rampant and it is one of the reasons why we chose not to stay. But we ended up in Australia and where we live we have to pay 5k AUD per year per kid to use the public (local) schools as non permanent residents. This is on top of all the taxes that we pay. WTF? But at least it doesn't rain all the time right?
Marissa Swinghammer Wait, WTF, I had no idea that the few immigrants that Australia let’s in (from my knowledge) have to pay so god damn much just so their kid can go to school. Ffs Australia.
that's $3,568 (I googled it) per child to send your kids to *public school* omg. It would probably be cheaper to go private or home school, surely? If I'm paying all that, I'd at least want a decent education! Idk about Australia, but I know pubic school in the US are shit.
@@theneekofficial8829 For the record it is not all of Australia. It varies by state and I think maybe even by county. But yeah it is some horseshit.
@@koutashinji Not all public schools in the USA are shit, we lived in Massachusetts and they have some of the best schools in the world. The schools here are very good, especially in the area that we settled in. And we are walking distance from school which the private schools can't match. Except for a handful of Catholic schools the private schools are all well over 5K a kid. Think 20-40 grand a year. And the Catholic schools are a far enough drive that it is worth it to pay a little bit more so the kids can walk to their school. Not that we don't sometimes dream of moving to Ohio and getting a big cheap house and retiring early!
Depends on the private school in Aus, the real poncy ones can be $20000AUD + per year
As someone who was born in this country just wanna say on behalf of this entire process, I am so sorry.
LightsIn TheSand I'm not. Those who want it will pay the money. Citizenship is priceless. And of course it's pricey but is spread out over time.
The UK has been fucked up for a long ass time 😂
LightsIn TheSand don't be just pray the terrorist payed that aswell as compensation or something
It's sad some set of people avoided all that cost because they came in illegally,through the sea and other ways,you can guess which ppl am talking about...its free for them the processing and all...And the legal immigrants have to pay high prices ..
Triple that price if you are family of 3
This is literally in the process in most countries.
One of the BEST TH-cam video I’ve seen so far on here ...Thank you for sharing.x
Hey. First I just watched cause you were fun and thought nothing more of it. But I really appreciate how you not only bring up these issues in a casual but actually serious way in the middle of the fun, but you also explain them so that people who don’t know can do so and form an opinion. You don’t have too, but you do. And that is great. Decent. 👍
/Swede who lived in London
I wonder if British citizens could answer all the test questions. I think not.
It's stuff we're all taught in school so I think most of us could
If people don't know it they weren't paying attention. It's stuff people should know if they've lived here and gone to school here?
Answer is no they wouldn’t, I challenged my British friends to it and none of them passed! They asking bout years and dead Kings that aren’t even applicable in day to day life
No - guaranteed.
Darren Woodward Lies, as most of the questions are history and about accent, which I doubt every person takes history lesson at school. All my British friends couldn’t answer the questions. Says a lot about your scamming government.
How to become stressed in 15 minutes and 30 seconds...
Gosh, thanks for sharing Evan. Despite all this, you've still managed to be consistent with your channel-really appreciate that.
If I could help change things, I would. Some family members of mine have immigrated here but of course never felt the need to discuss such with me at my young age (back then). It enough to make one weep at how the government mange to take such extortionate amounts of money from people who wish to live here.
Hey Evan I’m a Brit who lives in Canada. When I applied for my citizenship 35 years ago it cost the equivalent of about $60.00 pounds so the uk gov needs to get a grip and figure themselves out,also I think they are trying to keep certain people out like your dear old pres.
The UK's population has been increasing by 400,000+ annually for fifteen years. It really, really to keep people out.
Very well presented mate
My husband went through this whole process a few years ago, but about 6 months before he was eligible to apply for ILR, the Home Office was like, "lol, nah" and curtailed his visa. So he had to leave the UK. We'll be moving back to the UK after he gets citizenship in Canada (another ~7000 GBP), so we have this whole process to look forward to again, now at double the cost because I'll be immigrating too. I won't want to look at my bank account at the end of this....
I'm scared of what will happen with uk immigration because of Brexit, I can imagine it's only going to get tougher. It already sounds difficult from what you've said, flippin heck 😭
Brexit won’t affect that. And to be honest, the whole difficulty of the process is deliberately hard to reduce immigration.
Which really I find quite stupid. The people who come here legally are not the people we need to get rid of, they benefit our country. We need to be getting rid of illegal immigrants .
The only thing Brexit will do is that EU citizens will now have to go through this process. Not making it worse but making it worse for more people
@@benfarmer-webb1016 many UE citizens will probably leave UK after Brexit if they have to go through this process.
It's going to make it harder. Naive folks would like to think that it just means EU nationals have to jump through the same hoops as everyone else, but a UK that can fully, completely implement it's own mental xenophobia? Of course we'll end up adding more border controls, for literally everyone and anyone who dares to come and live on our Island. Our government is still very much of a generation who reckons that we're a powerful Empire, we'll keep all at bay, regardless of the true fact that we're just a damp lonely Island with a decreasing number of friends.
@@tayetrotman And what's one big reason people emigrate to the UK (or anywhere else) illegally? Because of the cost of doing it legally. The concept of "illegal immigration" is ridiculous when you consider the lack of opportunities to follow the hard-set "legal" route. People like to think that illegal immigrants exist because they want to live here but don't want to contribute; that's just a myth. The vast majority of illegal immigrants aren't legal because they couldn't be.
i'm so glad that i migrated to uk when i was in my late-childhood and, so soon as I finish my GCSEs, I can get my British Citizenship done
Why ? It'll be soon worthless, after brexit, it might even become a curse
I love you channel and that last part about the passport cost was sooo funny 😂
I just had to complete this ILR process.... £5000 total this time + all the other Tier 2 applications the previous years upwards of £3000.
To be honest that wasn't as bad as all the stress of every application and not sleeping for 2 weeks trying to get a Premium Service appointment online logging in at 4:00am...73 page application...etc.
I feel you man. I feel you
And you’ll get the piece of paper but everyone will still correctly regard you as a foreigner.
@@Danc1978 Well not everyone, just xenofobic people
Lol 😂 same situation
I just ask my Mother also has ILR, but the cost to her was nothing in the 80's and she got it on the day she set foot in the country. Lucky.
Any decent company headhunting you should cover all transfer costs as part of the move.
This. As someone who has lived and worked overseas in several countries, that should certainly be expected of the employer for the visas required to reside to work. The citizenship itself might be more of a personal expense but that was only the last few parts of the costs covered in this video.
Olly Lyons In my experience they may help with relocation but that's it
Cute, but not reality for most people.
Olly Lyons damn I wish I was contacted by one of those companies I legalised myself in Brazil the easy way and just claimed asylum
the information was interesting, thank you.
2 semesters of comunity college. Or 4 days at a University
Expensive citizenship costs is not unique to the UK. I am an Australian and British dual citizen, my wife (South Korean) and I married in Australia and decided to move to the UK 4 years ago, the cost of her visa was £1500 + medical/police checks and we had to wait 8 months. Her visa must be renewed every 2.5 years costing £1000 each time + medical/police checks.
In December 2018 we started an application for my wife to get Permanent Residency back in Australia for when we decide to move back in the future. The cost of the visa was £4000 + medical/police checks from both of us from UK, Australia and South Korea as well as £1200 in solicitor fees and have been asked to wait up to 18 months for a response.
no. he's pointing out that other counties charge a lot too.
Try getting the same in Korea matey! They don't let any old Joe bag of doughnuts in there
I think videos like this are really important because many people don’t know how hard it is to become a citizen. (I’m not an immigrant, but I know many people who are)
@@AndrewTFenn who is harder getting the uk citizenship or the us ?
It’s far simpler for EU citizens and the cost is also far lower. Roughly £1500 for all the applications and all the tests. In total you have to submit two applications, one for PR and one for citizenship. The process for non-EUs is unnecessarily complicated and expensive!!
@@Dakerino-fz3rk US citizenship is harder to get
Update the health surcharge price to 400 per year now.
Update: it's £624 per year now
Also you didnt take into consideration couples or families applying for these. Multiply these costs by the number of members in your family. Its enough to make all skilled immigrants apply to other countries
omg, please don't tell me its 800 now 😭
@@anna-wt2tz unfortunately it's £624 per year now 😕
I used your info in my dissertation 😂 great video!
Greetings from the crown prince of Dubai ❤️
the UK is my birth country and in all honesty... i cant wait to get out. this place is a mess.
Mademoco It really aint
Come to the United States! If you are skilled you can find good work here, just get used to constantly being fired and laid off however.....
Yes get out leave your mother land and let people like anjum chaudry takeover. Fucking coward
Totally agree. Sadly I'm stuck here. Too damn poor.
@P.O. you have it spot on there, people honestly wont realise the state of this country untill they have lived here for a number of years or better yet been born and bred in the uk, it's truly a mess and you wont be able to see it from the outside.
"The Actual Price of British Citizenship"
Your dignity
You drank our tea
Pay up
P T (sarcasm)
P T My name’s not Britain, I’ve never been to India. How am I supposed to account for why Britain went to India?
P T yes history knowledge, not theology
It has been my dream to move to the UK for many years, but every time I look into it I end up getting depressed over just how far away that dream really is. I don't have a lot of money, I work in hospitality and my only real skills are in the arts (specifically music and video). I'm an Australian citizen so logically as that's part of the Commonwealth it wouldn't be that hard...right? Wrong! If I were 7 years younger, if one of my grandparents was a citizen of the UK, then there'd potentially be a few easier options, but as it's stands the more I look into it, the harder and more complicated it seems. I can understand that they don't want to let people in who won't contribute, but despite being a hard worker, I'm at best eligible for minimum wage jobs. I'd have to be extremely lucky to get the kind of job with the right company.
Please voice out and support the creation of Canzuk Union, with 4 freedoms of movement between Canzuk Citizens!
Jesus why would anyone come to the UK.
to learn theater
To steal wealth-fare and rape
Because it is best country in the world bitch 😠😠😠😠😠😠😠
No school shootings
@@Arceus-ke1kx the UK doesn't have school shootings you melon. America is the world's leading in them
As soon as he gets the citizenship Teresa is gonna be gone next election.
Man You r amazing, love the way You describe everything, really funny, thanks for the information
12:45
Honestly sounds about the right percentage increases for train prices in the UK tbh. Great analogy
As painful as I find these videos, they're really important and eye-opening to able to hear about immigration processes first hand. It makes me despair to be British! (Also, I know the train example was just to illustrate your point, but it's crazy that an on the day ticket from Edi to LDN would probably be nearer £300-500! Saw a tweet the other day saying someone had bought a ticket from Manchester to London for over £300. It's absolutely disgusting. Stop privatisation!)
taylorp0rk I remember reading a story of a guy who wanted to go from Manchester to London (I think) and couldn't afford a train ticket, so he ended up flying from Manchester to Mallorca and then from there to London because that was cheaper
Even a return from Swindon to London, a 2 hour drive, is in the region of £150 unless you get a super advanced ticket.
@martin corderoy that is a good point, i've never thought about that before. I know that public transport use is highly defined by class, with people on lower incomes using buses much more than higher earners.. I think nationalisation would generate revenue for the government though, meaning they could run the service without charging extra to the taxpayer. I'm by no means an expert though so that's just a generalisation.
DaveVespa that’s bullshit
Either make it more private (so buisnesses can fail and actually have to be good at there job) or go full norway and tax middle class 60%
For a solid minute there i thought the ‘Exceptional Talent Visa” was a ‘Sexual Talent Visa” and was... confused, to say the least.
Hey Evan - I think I've seen all of your videos ! You truly seem like an awesome guy, and I'm so sorry our government our making things so damn hard, and expensive ! I think the general British public have no idea how hard it can be for anyone outside of the UK to settle here. Those fees are INSANE ! I'm so glad you chose the UK as your home, and you are so welcome here. I wish you all the best, and many happy days ahead.
New subscriber 😁 Video so apt 👍🏽
1:16 you look like Jay from the Inbetweeners on that visa thing lol
Thank you Evan! I want to study/live/teach in the UK someday, and your videos are really, really helpful. I need to start saving up more money :'(
I paid 6 times of this for my self and my family. I am a doctor serving NHS.
Thanks for the video man, not enough people mentioning this!
This is something I've had to deal with recently. I was born in Amsterdam and moved here when I was 2. My family was told that I wasn't eligible for a British passport because neither of my parents were born here and only one of my grandparents was born here by descent. Because of the uncertainty of brexit and me only having a european passport we felt it was a necessity for me to gain british citizenship. I think it appalling justifying me having to pay over £1000 to gain citizenship to a country I have lived in for almost all of my life.
Tom I can feel you. And do you know why?
Cuz strangely the same thing is happening to the Middle Eastern countries like Saudi, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait.
I am an Indian and was born and brought up in Bahrain. My parents have been living here for almost 40 years and still aren't eligible for citizenship. In order to be naturalized, you'd have to spend a "continuous period of 30 years in Bahrain" but that rule isn't being applied anymore cuz they want to keep immigrants off the country. Plus, they've raised living expenses and the immigrants are suffering while nationals benefit from welfare programs who contribute nothing to the nation.
I think it's a global thing at the moment. Globalization is backfiring big time...
Tom Humphries that’s sooooo grim man
£1000 well it's hard but relax I have spent almost in excess of £60,000 from 2010 till now still not an resident and citizen!
£1000 is dirt cheap. with a british passport, you'll have the freedom of the commonwealth. historically, the british and dutch are the great explorers, global traders, venture-capitalists, bankers, scientists, economists, modern christians... dutch/british nationality is the next best thing to a swiss passport!
I completely agree with you.
Yaay, my Sunday is not complete without some Evan! Love to you from Finland Edit: I'd love for you to do a video over Brexit if you haven't already
What would be the point? Brexit doesn’t affect him as much as it does somebody from an EU country.
Brexit chat is literally BANNED where I used to work, you wanna talk about it then you have to pay. We fucking hate it.
@@nowthatswhaticallimo Don't vote for it then
Yes going through this exact pain now! I’m applying for ILR and the fees is quite daunting!
I am sorry to hear that, man. I had it much easier. My mom is from Scotland, but I was born and grew up in Ohio. When I found out that I could apply for British Citizenship in 2016 I jumped to it. The ONLY thing I had to do was send a copy of my mom's passport to the Home Office, and they sent me a passport within two weeks.
You have NO IDEA how much I’ve been wanting this video. I have been wondering for YEARS what it would take to become a citizen of the UK. Thank you so much for breaking this down and being 1000% real about it. You’re amazing, Evan.
Once you get your citizenship and you're more secure, you should create a startup or a way to raise awareness on this. You have a platform which most don't. As a British person, I honestly had no idea the cost of the process. I work at a private school in the admissions department and we get a lot of students on tier 4 visas who need sponsorship, but apart from that, I had no idea about the complexity of it all!
Olivia Seidler British citizenship is a privilege, not a right.
People like to bitch and moan Olivia. You get what you pay for. Compared to the USA, Australia seems like heaven in regards to public services and standards of living (aka no mass murders from gun violence, free to see any doctor, prescription-medicine costs sweet-fuck all, streets aren't dangerous and air is clean). But then someone from the UK could look at Australia and say "fuck we have it so much better" and in many respects they do due to paying more tax - so we definitely get what we pay for in that regard. But at the end of the day for a person in the USA to say other countries have high costs associated to get permanent residency or citizenship is an absolute farce considering it's basically impossible to become a US citizen.
I’m legally and genetically Polish but I was born in the UK, my parents came here I think 13 years ago and she just told me she has to take another test... like what? She’s already a citizen
Greetings from the crown prince of Dubai ❤️
Just wondering, did you have to do the fingerprints? 😂
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly
funny how the ones who complain about taxes are the ones who also shout loudest about cuts to benefits and services. You can't have it both ways!
I just couldn’t resist the opportunity of making a Hamilton reference, nothing else :)
Pauline Then king George turns around and runs a spending spree
I'm the opposite of you. Born and raised in the UK and moved to the US when I was 16. Legal immigration here is hell... 10 years later, approx $200,000 later, Im still not eligible to become a citizen because the system is so messed up
I'm sorry but how? How did you spend $200,000 and get nothing?
@@MattTheMatt1 They are so backlogged on their applications. I started as a dependent on my dads visa when I was 16 and we applied for green cards when I was 19. The application process was so backlogged that I turned 21 before we got green cards so I got disqualified as a dependent even though I was under 21 when we applied. I was in the middle of college so I had to switch to a student visa to stay in the country. I met my husband in college and we got married 3 years ago. I got a conditional green card which is 2 years (they do that to stop people getting married and divorced quickly for immigration purposes) After 2 years we got interviewed to check our marriage is legit and so they could grant me a permanent green card (which they did.) I have to wait another 2 years of having this green card before applying for citizenship. So its not like I didn't get anything but every single transition and application has cost money.
why didn't you marry with an american?
@@alexalexy1809 I am married to an American. You still have to go through all the interviews and processing even if you were already living here before meeting them
@@racheltodd2836 my cousin married with an american after 2 years of relationship and after 3 more years she got US citizenship.
Similar experience as me. US to UK in 2004 on a Sports and Entertainment Visa, which doesn’t accumulate tenure. After three of those, I switched to Tier 1 (with the help of powerful/expensive solicitors), had to have that for 5 years, then ILR for a year, then citizenship. About £15-20k.
And, because I keep my US citizenship, I still have to file US taxes! Yay!
I will be applying for ILR this year too Evan!!! Congratulations for reaching this point. :)
Love this. I’ll have to refer back to it when I am old enough to go through this process!!!
Somebody SALUTE this guy!!! I appreciate you putting this all together
Hey Evan, HaligonianType1/Jason/Del here. Your channel is doing amazing! Kudos to you for that. I haven't watched much of your content lately but would love to see you play the ukelele sometime again.
I remember commenting a ways back, years ago, that you were going places. I have good judge of character. Hah.
And your American, Imagine coming from a 3rd world country. It must be like 5 times harder and more.
U call America a 3rd world country?
Its easier for them depending on the situation. Refugees are allowed citizenship for free and are given grants up to 30000 and housing.
You’re**
Not worth that depressing wet island is not worth it!
@Fhjthnl Lol Iuyo unless your escaping a war zone or laundering money no one wants to go to that rain soaked rock with bad food and ugly woman
and America despite all its problem is THE GREATEST country in the world!!
@@nabeelwork2747 yeah those endemic meth heads, daily shootings and healthcare surcharges REALLY make me want to visit.....
Don't come here then if you feel that way 😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠
Nabeel Work --- Hmmmm, the UK has produced some of the greatest literature, music and scientists throughout history. And still does. It's landscape is extremely beautiful and diverse, as is the wildlife and nature. It's not really all that wet and rainy compared with other parts of the world. That's a misconception many people have. I've visited the US many times I wouldn't describe 95% of it's people extremely attractive, much like the rest of the world. When you grow up you'll realise that superficial attributes like the way a person looks, doesn't define who they are, or what they can achieve.
@@Maliothemaster I dont think you you understand me the first time America DESPITE all of it problems is the greatest country in the world!!
Im sure all the terror and acid attacks with 1 in 4 people being homeless is all hunky dory
I was born in Nigeria but my dad is British so I was eligible for citizenship, i now have a British passport, but to get one my family had to travel up and down the country to prove our eligibility, paying both exorbitant train fees on top of the fees for citizenship. Let’s not forget how my mother was pregnant at the time. But it’s either she did it then or got deported.
Hi I just discovered you today and July will be my very first time traveling and I will be moving from New providence, Bahamas to the UK for good I really can not wait
Since your video was first published, the priority fee has increased by £190 to £800 per appointment as of 29.Mar.2019, therefore, your total fee will need adjusting based on requirements. I went through similar journey with less cost but my mrs will have an estimated higher cost by the time of citizenship😢