<p>An Impact Assessment has been prepared to accompany the dependant changes to the Student route, announced in May 2023, which came into force in January 2024. The Impact Assessment will be published in due course.</p><p>Impact assessments estimating the impacts of increasing visa fees and the Immigration Health Surcharge were published alongside the explanatory material for the changes. These can be found at <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1004/impacts" target="_blank">The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 - Impact Assessment (legislation.gov.uk)</a> and <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348252637/impacts" target="_blank">The Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2023 - Impact Assessment (legislation.gov.uk)</a>.</p>