There has been some confusion with regard to getting refunds for Immigration Health Surcharge payments when a second application is submitted across a time period when an IHS charge has already been paid.
Our understanding initially was that the person or company who paid the first IHS payment would receive a refund for each complete six months period that was not used due to a new visa being issued (and therefore new IHS being paid).
However it now appears that the refund is made to the person or company paying the IHS with a new application and the original payer gets nothing back.
Sorry I’m not sure I understand. I have recently changed employers and was granted a Tier2 General work visa. The first one was for Jan 2019 to Jan 2022. The new one is Nov 2019 to Nov 2022. I paid the IHS again but most of it is for an overlapping period. I paid this personally. Does this mean the refund would go back to me?
Dear Alejandra
Yes, the refund will come back to the card with which the new IHS payment has been made.
I already submitted my UK Visa application and paid the IHS but I withdrew my application because there’s error in it. Then, I submitted a new Visa application and paid IHS once again. I already got my Visa and currently in the UK. It has been more than 6 weeks, but I didn’t receive my IHS refund yet. Can I still receive the refund? Should I contact them or just wait?
Dear Danielle
Please use link to contact them if it has been over 6 weeks – https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/refunds