Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 2nd October 2017.

Amendment of the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2017

2.The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2017( 3 ) are amended as follows.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. In regulation 3(a)(i) (setting of fees for the purposes of article 4 of the 2016 Order), omit “and variation of such leave”.

Amendment of regulation 4

4. In regulation 4(a)(i) (setting of fees for the purposes of articles 4 and 5 of the 2016 Order), after “leave to remain”, insert “and variation of such leave”.

Amendment of regulation 15

5. In regulation 15 (rate of exchange), for “the Consular Rate of Exchange” substitute “the Home Office Exchange Rate Policy( 4 )”.

Amendment of Schedule 1

6. —(1)Schedule 1 (applications for entry clearance to enter and leave to enter the United Kingdom) is amended as follows.

(2) In table 1 (fees for applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom)—

(a) in the type of application described at 1.1.2, for “where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations”, substitute “where the fee at 1.1.8 does not apply”;

(b) in the type of application described at 1.3.11, omit “Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Short Term Staff Migrant or a”.

(3) In table 2 (specified fees for dependants), in the type of application described at 2.1.5, at the end insert “or as the dependant of a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Short Term Staff Migrant”.

(4) In table 4 (exceptions in respect of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom), omit both the heading (entry 4.4 in that table) to the fee exception at 4.4.1, and the fee exception itself.

Amendment of Schedule 2

7. —(1)Schedule 2 (applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom) is amended as follows.

(2) In table 6 (fees for applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom and connected applications) in the type of application described at 6.2.11, omit “Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Short Term Staff Migrant or a”.

(3) In table 7 (fees for specified applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a dependant), in the type of application described at 7.1.3, at the end insert “or as the dependant of a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Short Term Staff Migrant”.

(4) In table 9 (exceptions in respect of fees for applications for, or in connection with, leave to remain in the United Kingdom), in the fee exception described at—

(a) 9.8, omit “the initial period of”;

(b) 9.9, in paragraph (a)(vi) of that exception, omit “D-ILRPT.1.1. and”.

Amendment of Schedule 3

8. —(1)Schedule 3 (documents and administration) is amended as follows.

(2) In table 13 (exceptions to the requirement to pay fees for applications for biometric immigration documents and the process used to take a record of biometric information)—

(a) in the fee exception described at 13.2, for “had”, both times that it appears, substitute “has”;

(b) in the fee exception described at 13.7, in paragraph (a)(vi) of that exception, omit “D-ILRPT.1.1. and”; and

(c) in the fee exception described at 13.8, for “10.7” in the heading and in the fee exception itself, substitute “10.6”.

Amendment of Schedule 8

9. In paragraph 1(2) (interpretation) of Schedule 8 (nationality) omit “subject to regulation 16 of these Regulations,”.

Amendment of Schedule 9

10. —(1)Schedule 9 (applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man) is amended as follows.

(2) In table 21 (fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man), in the type of application described at 21.2.10, omit “Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Short Term Staff Migrant or a”.

(3) In table 22 (specified fees for dependants), in the type of application described at 22.1.4, at the end insert “or as the dependant of a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Short Term Staff Migrant”.