Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 738
Diplomatic Service
The Consular Fees Order 2011
Made
16th March 2011
Coming into force
6th April 2011
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of March 2011
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(1) of the Consular Fees Act 1980( 1 ) is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees Order 2011 and comes into force on 6th April 2011.
2. In this Order—
“British overseas territory” means a territory as defined in section 50(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981( 2 ) and includes the territories listed in Schedule 6 to that Act;
“Commonwealth country” means a country listed in Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981;
“Crown Dependencies” means the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man;
“consular officer” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise consular functions, or functions in the United Kingdom which correspond with consular functions (including persons who are not, as well as persons who are, consular officers);
“consular employee” means any person in the administrative or technical service of the consular post or diplomatic mission;
“consular premises” means the building or parts of buildings used for the purposes of the consular post or diplomatic mission;
“direct costs” means expenses that are incidental to the performance of a service, such as the cost of posting documents to a customer’s home address or travel costs;
“entry clearance” means a visa, entry certificate, entry permit or other document which, in accordance with the applicable immigration laws or rules, is to be taken as evidence of a person’s eligibility for entry into the United Kingdom, a Crown Dependency, a British overseas territory, a Commonwealth country or any other country or territory, as the case may be (but does not include a work permit);
“fast-track service” means an application made in person, either by the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within seven days of that application having been made;
“fast-track collect service” means an application made in person, either by the applicant or by another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within seven days of that application having been made, and which permits the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant to collect the passport in person;
“overseas service” in relation to legalisation means the service for the processing by consular officers at consular posts of applications made in person;
“” in relation to legalisation means the same day service for the processing by a London legalisation office dedicated for companies, solicitors and notaries of applications made in person;
“” in relation to passport applications means an application made in person, either by the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within twenty-four hours of that application having been made;
“standard service” in relation to legalisation means the 24 hours service for the processing by the main legalisation office at Milton Keynes, of applications made in person at that office and the processing by that office of postal applications within a reasonable time period.
“the appropriate Registrar General” for the purpose of fee 15 means the Registrar General for England and Wales, the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland, or the Registrar General in Northern Ireland, as the case may be, under the Foreign Marriage Order 1970( 3 ) or the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005( 4 ).
3. The fees set forth in the table in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order are prescribed to be levied by consular officers and by marriage officers under the Foreign Marriage Act 1892( 5 ) and the Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906( 6 ) in the execution of each of their functions specified in those tables.
4. The fees set forth in the table in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to this Order are prescribed to be levied by consular officers and by marriage officers under the Foreign Marriage Act 1892( 7 ) and the Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906( 8 ) in the execution of each of their functions specified in that table for which no fee is imposed under section 51 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006( 9 ).
5. The statutory instruments listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are revoked by this Order.
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 3
SCHEDULE 1
PART 1 TABLE OF GENERAL CONSULAR FEES
Fee | I. LEGALISATION | £ | |
| 1. | Legalising a signature or seal— | ||
| (i) | Standard service (in addition to direct costs, if any) | 30.00 | |
| (ii) | Premium service (in addition to direct costs, if any) | 75.00 | |
| (iii) | Overseas service (in addition to direct costs, if any) | 30.00 | |
II. NOTARIAL AND RELATED MATTERS | £ | ||
| 2. | Preparing any certificate, declaration or document not listed elsewhere in this table | ||
| (i) | in English | 45.00 | |
| (ii) | in any other language | 70.00 | |
| 3. | Preparing and/or signing a declaration of existence (except if required by a department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom) | 15.00 | |
| 4. | Administering an oath, marking of exhibits or making a declaration or affirmation | 55.00 | |
| 5. | Witnessing a signature | 20.00 | |
| 6. | Making or verifying a copy of a document (including certifying when necessary) | 30.00 | |
| 7. | Uniting documents | 20.00 | |
| 8. | Fixing a photograph to a document and, if necessary, certifying it as a true likeness | 20.00 | |
| 9. | Supplying certified copies of documents which form part of the records of a court which is, or was formerly, established under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts 1890( 10 ) and 1913( 11 ), for each page | 65.00 | |
III. NATIONALITY | £ | ||
| 10. | Forwarding an application for registration, naturalisation or renunciation to the Home Office | 65.00 | |
| 11. | Administering an oath of British Citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1981( 12 ) | 85.00 | |
IV. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS AND DEATHS | |||
| 12. | Receiving notice of an intended marriage, civil partnership or overseas relationship, including an application for a Nulla Osta | 65.00 | |
| 13. | Issuing a certificate (either in English or in the local language spoken at the place of the consular post or diplomatic mission) that no impediment to an intended marriage or civil partnership has been shown to exist, or issuing a Nulla Osta or “certificate de coutume” for an intended marriage or overseas relationship in accordance with local law | 65.00 | |
| 14. | Solemnising a marriage under the Foreign Marriages Acts 1892( 13 ) and 1947( 14 ), administering oaths to the parties and registering the marriage; or registering a civil partnership under the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005( 15 ) | 140.00 |
| 15. | Forwarding to the appropriate Registrar General a record of a marriage under the local law or an overseas relationship, together with any necessary certification | 35.00 |
| 16. | Administering an application for the registration of a birth or a death | 105.00 |
| 17. | Making an addition to or correction in the consular register as necessary | 35.00 |
| 18. | Issuing a certified copy of an entry in the consular register | 65.00 |
V. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS | £ | |
| 19. | Providing the services of a consular officer or consular employee to affect or attempt to affect service of a document in relation to civil proceedings or proceedings in which State Immunity is in issue, for each hour or part hour | 140.00 |
| 20. | Providing evidence of service or attempted service of a document | 130.00 |
| 21. | Forwarding a request to a local authority for the taking of evidence or the service of a document and, where necessary, certifying the accuracy of an accompanying translation | 130.00 |
VI. MARITIME SERVICES | £ | |
| 22. | Providing or administering a service not otherwise covered in this Schedule in relation to shipping, seamen and related matters, for each hour or part hour (and in addition to direct costs, if any) | 130.00 |
VII. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE | £ | |
| 23. | Administering an application for, and if successful providing, an Emergency Travel Document | 95.00 |
| 24. | Exceptionally, administering an application for, and, if successful, providing an Emergency Passport, on occasions when it is not possible to provide an Emergency Travel Document | 75.00 |
| 25. | Arranging, exceptionally, for currency to be made available against the deposit of funds | |
| (i) £0.01-£99.99 | 10.00 | |
| (ii) £100.00-£499.99 | 30.00 | |
| (iii) >£500.00 | 80.00 | |
VIII. SERVICES UNDERPINNING OTHER SERVICES | £ | |
| 26. | Providing the services of a consular officer or a consular employee in relation to any other service which the consular post or diplomatic mission has agreed to undertake, for each hour or part hour (to include travel time if performed away from the consular premises) and in addition to direct costs, if any | 130.00 |
PART 2 TABLE OF CONSULAR FEES RELATING TO PASSPORT SERVICES
Fee | I. PASSPORT APPLICATION MADE OVERSEAS | £ | ||
| A. | Administering an application made abroad, including applications for replacing an expired passport, replacing a passport of restricted validity with a new passport of full validity, issuing a new passport with amended personal details and replacing a lost or stolen passport and, if the application is successful, providing a 32 page passport— | |||
| (a) | where the applicant is aged 16 years or over (in addition to direct costs if any) | 128.00 | ||
| (b) | where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) (in addition to direct costs if any) | 81.50 | ||
| B. | Administering an application made abroad, including applications for replacing an expired passport, replacing a passport of restricted validity with a new passport of full validity, issuing a new passport with amended personal details and replacing a lost or stolen passport and, if the application is successful, providing a 48 page passport (in addition to direct costs if any) | 154.50 | ||
II. PASSPORT APPLICATIONS MADE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM | £ | |||
| C. | Administering an application made in the United Kingdom, including applications for replacing an expired passport, replacing a passport of restricted validity with a new passport of full validity, issuing a new passport with amended personal details and replacing a lost or stolen passport and, if the application is successful, issuing a 32 page passport— | |||
| (a) | for applications made by post— | |||
| (i) | where the applicant is aged 16 years and over | 77.50 | ||
| (ii) | where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) | 49.00 | ||
| (b) | for applications made in person— | |||
| (i) | where the applicant is aged 16 years or over using the fast-track service | 112.50 | ||
| (ii) | where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) using the fast-track service | 96.50 | ||
| (iii) | where the applicant is aged 16 years or over using the fast-track collect service | 124.50 | ||
| (iv) | where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) using the fast-track collect service | 106.50 | ||
| (v) | where the applicant is aged 16 years or over using the premium service | 129.50 | ||
| (vi) | where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) using the premium service | 109.50 | ||
| D. | Administering an application made in the United Kingdom, including applications for replacing an expired passport, replacing a passport of restricted validity with a new passport of full validity, issuing a new passport with amended personal details and replacing a lost and stolen passport and, if the application is successful, issuing a 48 page passport— | |||
| (a) | for applications made by post | 90.50 | ||
| (b) | for applications made in person— | |||
| (i) | using the fast-track service | 120.50 | ||
| (ii) | using the fast-track collect service | 124.50 | ||
| (iii) | using the premium service | 138.50 | ||
| E. | Administering an application made in the United Kingdom and, if the application is successful, issuing a collective passport— | |||
| (a) | for applications made by post | 39.00 | ||
| (b) | for applications made in person | 54.00 | ||
PART 3 TABLE OF CONSULAR FEES RELATING TO ENTRY CLEARANCE
| Fee | DOCUMENTS RELATING TO TRAVEL OR ENTRY INTO THE COMMONWEALTH, OVERSEAS TERRITORIES AND CROWN DEPENDENCIES | £ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. | Preparing or forwarding, or both, any letter, certificate, declaration or other document which may be required by an authority in any country or territory in connection with an application for or the issue or renewal of an entry clearance (for a country or territory for which the consular officer does not himself have authority to issue entry clearance), a residence permit or identity card or forwarding any other certificate or document (except a Home Office travel document and application for registration and naturalisation) | 65.00 | |||
| G. | Receiving an application for entry clearance to a Commonwealth country or British overseas territory | 48.00 | |||
| H. | Receiving, outside the United Kingdom, an application for— | ||||
| (a) | entry clearance to the Crown Dependencies— | ||||
| (i) | as a visitor, for single, double and multiple entries valid— | ||||
| (aa) | for up to six months from the date of issue | 70.00 | |||
| (bb) | for between six months and up to two years from the date of issue | 245.00 | |||
| (cc) | for between two years and up to five years from the date of issue | 450.00 | |||
| (dd) | for between five years and up to ten years from the date of issue | 650.00 | |||
| (ii) | for settlement | 750.00 | |||
| (iii) | as a student | 220.00 | |||
| (iv) | as a work permit holder, unless (v) below applies | 350.00 | |||
| (v) | as a work permit holder where the application is in respect of a person who is a national of a State which has ratified the Council of Europe Social Charter | 300.00 | |||
| (vi) | as a temporary or voluntary worker unless (vii) below applies | 130.00 | |||
| (vii) | as a temporary or voluntary worker where the application is in respect of a person who is a national of a State which has ratified the Council of Europe Social Charter | 120.00 | |||
| for any purpose other than those listed in sub-paragraphs (i) to (vii) above | 245.00 | ||||
| (b) | a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode in the Crown Dependencies | 245.00 | |||
Article 5
SCHEDULE 2
| Statutory Instruments revoked | References |
|---|---|
| Consular Fees Order 2010 | S.I. 2010/238 |
| Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2010 | S.I. 2010/2681 |