Statutory Instruments
Diplomatic Service
Made
10th July 2013
Coming into force
1st August 2013
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 10th day of July 2013
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(1), (4A) and (4B) 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 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2013 and comes into force on 1st August 2013.
2.—(1) The Consular Fees Order 2012(2) is amended as follows.
(2) For Part 2 of Schedule 1, substitute—
| 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, but born after 2nd September 1929 (in addition to direct costs if any, other than delivery costs to the extent that these fall within paragraphs C to F, and in addition to any fee relevant to the application set out in paragraphs C to F) | 128.00 | ||
| (b) | where the applicant was born on or before 2nd September 1929 (in addition to direct costs if any, other than delivery costs to the extent that these fall within paragraphs C to F) | Nil | ||
| (c) | where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) (in addition to direct costs if any, other than delivery costs to the extent that these fall within paragraphs C to F, and in addition to any fee relevant to the application set out in paragraphs C to F) | 81.50 | ||
| (d) | where the applicant is— | |||
| (i) | a member of or attached to Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service, and the passport is issued to the applicant in his or her official capacity, | 72.50 | ||
| (ii) | an officer of Her Majesty’s Government, and the passport is issued to the applicant in his or her official capacity | 72.50 | ||
| (iii) | a member of or attached to Her Majesty’s Armed Forces, and the application is made in accordance with the procedure whereby applications are checked and submitted to Her Majesty’s Passport Office by Armed Forces personnel who are nominated for that purpose. | 72.50 | ||
| (e) | where a passport is issued to the applicant in his or her capacity as a dependant of a person falling within sub-paragraph (d) and the applicant is— | |||
| (i) | aged 16 years or over | 72.50 | ||
| (ii) | under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) | 46.00 | ||
| 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— | |||
| (a) | where the applicant does not fall within paragraph A(d)(iii) (Armed Forces passports) and is not a dependant of such a person (in addition to direct costs if any, other than delivery costs to the extent that these fall within paragraphs C to F, and in addition to any fee relevant to the application set out in paragraphs C to F) | 154.50 | ||
| (b) | where the applicant falls within paragraph A(d)(iii) or is a dependant of such a person (in addition to direct costs if any, other than delivery costs to the extent that these fall within paragraphs C to F, and in addition to any fee relevant to the application set out in paragraphs C to F) | 85.00 | ||
| Fee | I. PASSPORT APPLICATION MADE OVERSEAS | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. | Arranging delivery of a passport for an application made abroad for a 32 or 48 page passport and if the application is successful, delivering the passport— | ||
| (a) | to a British Forces Post Office address where the applicant is a member of or attached to Her Majesty’s Armed Forces or a dependant of such a person and the application is made in accordance with the procedure whereby applications are checked and submitted to Her Majesty’s Passport Office by Armed Forces personnel who are nominated for that purpose. | Nil | |
| (b) | to a British Forces Post Office address or a United Kingdom address, where the applicant is a member of or attached to Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service, or a dependant of such a person, and the application has been made in that official capacity | Nil | |
| (c) | to a British Forces Post Office address or a United Kingdom address, where the applicant is an officer of Her Majesty’s Government, or a dependant of such a person, and the application has been made in that official capacity. | Nil | |
| (d) | to an overseas or United Kingdom address where the applicant was born on or before 2nd September 1929 | Nil | |
| (e) | to a United Kingdom address (including a British Forces Post Office address where (a) to (d) do not apply) | 3.00 | |
| (f) | to a United Kingdom embassy, High Commission or consulate by diplomatic channels where (a) to (d) do not apply | 11.41 | |
| (g) | to an address specified by the applicant or the Secretary of State, where (a) to (f) do not apply | 9.70 | |
| D. | Arranging the return of supporting documents accompanying an application or applications (up to a maximum of four applications) made abroad for a 32 or 48 page passport— | ||
| (a) | to a United Kingdom address | Nil | |
| (b) | to an overseas address where the applicant (or all of the applicants) was born on or before 2nd September 1929 | Nil | |
| (c) | to an overseas address specified by the applicant or the Secretary of State, where the applicant (or one of the applicants) was born after 2nd September 1929 | 10.16 | |
| E. | Arranging for return of supporting documents accompanying an application made abroad for a 32 or 48 page passport to an address in the United Kingdom by secure delivery, at the applicant’s request | 3.00 | |
| F. | Forwarding an application or applications (up to a maximum of four) made abroad for a 32 or 48 page passport to a Regional Passport Processing Centre or Application Processing Centre for consideration— | ||
| (a) | where the applicant (or one of the applicants) was born after 2nd September 1929 | 13.31 | |
| (b) | where the applicant (or all of the applicants) was born on or before 2nd September 1929 | Nil | |
| Fee | II. PASSPORT APPLICATION MADE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM | £ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. | 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 but was born after 2nd September 1929 | 72.50 | |||
| (ii) | where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) | 46.00 | |||
| (iii) | where the applicant was born on or before 2nd September 1929 | Nil | |||
| (b) | for applications made in person— | ||||
| (i) | using the fast-track service | ||||
| (aa) | where the applicant is aged 16 years or over but was born after 2nd September 1929 | 103.00 | |||
| (bb) | where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) | 87.00 | |||
| (cc) | where the applicant was born on or before 2nd September 1929 | 30.50 | |||
| (ii) | using the fast-track collect service— | ||||
| (aa) | where the applicant is aged 16 years or over but was born after 2nd September 1929 | 123.00 | |||
| (bb) | where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) | 103.50 | |||
| (cc) | where the applicant was born on or before 2nd September 1929 | 50.50 | |||
| (iii) | using the premium service— | ||||
| (aa) | where the applicant is aged 16 years or over but was born after 2nd September 1929 | 128.00 | |||
| (bb) | where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) | 106.00 | |||
| (cc) | where the applicant was born on or before 2nd September 1929 | 55.50 | |||
| H. | 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 | 85.00 | |||
| (b) | for applications made in person— | ||||
| (i) | using the fast-track service | 111.00 | |||
| (ii) | using the fast-track collect service | 123.00 | |||
| (iii) | using the premium service | 137.00 | |||
| Fee | II. PASSPORT APPLICATION MADE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. | 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 | |
| J. | Arranging for return of supporting documents accompanying an application made in the United Kingdom for a 32 or 48 page passport to an address in the United Kingdom by secure delivery, at the applicant’s request | 3.00” | |
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order further amends the Consular Fees Order 2012 to make amendments to fees in connection with passport applications. The Order substitutes a new table of consular fees relating to passport services to make the following changes:
(i)Overseas applicants for Diplomatic and Official passports, and members of HM Forces where the application is made via nominated Armed Forces personnel, and their dependants, will no longer pay the standard overseas application fee, but will instead pay the same fee as that imposed for a postal application made in the UK.
(ii)Applicants born on or before 2nd September 1929 are entitled to free 32-page passports if they apply by post, and pay only the uplift if they apply by the fast-track, fast-track collect or premium services. Applicants born on or before 2nd September 1929 continue to pay the full fee for 48 page passports. Overseas applicants born on or before 2nd September 1929 do not have to pay fees for the delivery of passports, the return of supporting documents, or forwarding applications to a processing centre.
(iii)For overseas applicants, the existing fees for delivery of passports and supporting documents are being simplified and either remain the same or are being reduced. Except in the few cases where passport delivery is by diplomatic bag (in which case a fee of £11.41 continues to apply), there is now a single fee of £9.70 for delivery of a passport overseas, and £10.16 for delivery of supporting documents overseas. There is no charge for delivery of a passport to an address in the UK, and for delivery of supporting documents to an address in the UK there is a fee of £3.00. The fee of £13.31 for forwarding an application to a Regional Passport Processing Centre or Application Processing Centre remains the same. None of these delivery fees apply to applicants born on or before 2nd September 1929. For all applicants of all ages, whether overseas or in the United Kingdom, there is a new optional fee of £3.00 if the applicant requests the return of their documents to an address in the UK by secure delivery, rather than second class mail.
(iv)There is no change to the fees for collective passports, or to the fees for passports applied for in the UK, except for people born before 2nd September 1929. No fees are increased.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
1980 c. 23: subsections (4A) and (4B) were inserted by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Identity Documents Act 2010 (c. 40).
S.I. 2012/798, relevant amendments have been made by S.I. 2012/1752.