Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 330
Immigration
Nationality
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018
Laid before Parliament
16th March 2018
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 68(1), (7), (8) and (10), 69(2), and 74(8)(a), (b) and (d) of the Immigration Act 2014 . These Regulations are made further to provision in the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016 .
Citation, commencement and extentU.K.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 6th April 2018.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) to (6), these Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(4) This regulation and regulations 2, 11, [13A,] [13B, 13C, 13D,] 15 and 17 and Schedule 9 also extend to the Isle of Man, but only for the purpose of issuing entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man.
(5) This regulation and regulations 2, 12, [13A,] [13B, 13C, 13D,] 15 and 17 and Schedule 10 also extend to the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, but only for the purpose of issuing entry clearance to enter the bailiwick concerned.
(6) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 18 have the same extent as the instruments which they revoke.
InterpretationU.K.
2. In these Regulations—
“the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971 ;
“the 1981 Act” means the British Nationality Act 1981 ;
“the 1982 Order” means the British Protectorates, Protected States and Protected Persons Order 1982 ;
“the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 ;
“the 2002 Act” means the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ;
“the 2007 Act” means the UK Borders Act 2007 ;
“the 2008 Regulations” means the Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008 ;
“the 2016 Order” means the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016;
[“administrative review” means administrative review under Appendix AR or Appendix AR (EU) to the immigration rules;]
“approval letter from a designated competent body”—
(b)
... means a letter from a designated competent body, within the meaning of the Isle of Man immigration rules , endorsing a proposed application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant;
[“approval letter from an endorsing body” means a letter from an endorsing body, within the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules, endorsing a proposed application for entry clearance to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Global Talent to those rules;]
“being looked after by a local authority” means being looked after by a local authority (or in Northern Ireland, an authority) under—
(a)
section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989 ;
(b)
section 17(6) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 ;
(c)
article 25(1) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 ; or
(d)
section 74(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 ;
“biometric immigration document” has the same meaning as provided in section 5 of the 2007 Act ;
“certificate of sponsorship”—
(a)
... means an authorisation, allocated by the Secretary of State to a sponsor and issued to a person by that sponsor, in respect of an application, or potential application, for entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a sponsored worker;
(b)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“CESC national” means a person who is a national of a state which has ratified the European Social Charter, agreed by the Council of Europe at Turin on 18th October 1961 ;
“child” means a person under the age of 18;
“contractor” means a person with whom the Secretary of State has entered into a contract, by which the person agrees to provide certain services in connection with immigration or nationality to applicants;
“Convention rights” means the rights identified as Convention rights by section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998 ;
“dependant” in respect of a person (“P”) means—
(a)
the spouse or civil partner of P;
(b)
someone who has been living with P in a relationship akin to a marriage or civil partnership for at least two years; or
(c)
any other person whose entitlement to make an application referred to in these Regulations arises by virtue of a connection between that person and P;
“EC Association Agreement with Turkey” means the agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and Turkey signed at Ankara on 12th September 1963 ;
“entry clearance”—
(a)
in respect of the United Kingdom has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act ;
(b)
in respect of the Isle of Man has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act as extended to the Isle of Man ;
(c)
in respect of the Bailiwick of Guernsey has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act as extended to the Bailiwick of Guernsey ;
(d)
in respect of the Bailiwick of Jersey has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act as extended to the Bailiwick of Jersey ;
[“Global Talent Migrant” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules;]
“immigration rules” means the rules made under section 3(2) of the 1971 Act;
“indefinite leave” has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act;
[“Innovator”—
(b)
... has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;]
“Isle of Man immigration rules” means the rules made under section 3(2) of the 1971 Act as that section extends to the Isle of Man ;
“leave to enter the United Kingdom” means leave to enter the United Kingdom given in accordance with the provisions of the 1971 Act or the immigration rules and any subsequent variation of that leave;
“leave to remain in the United Kingdom” means leave to remain in the United Kingdom given in accordance with the provisions of the 1971 Act or the immigration rules and any subsequent variation of that leave;
“Life in the UK Test” means the test referred to as the Life in the UK Test in Appendix KoLL [and Appendix KOL UK] to the immigration rules and regulation 5A of the British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003 ;
“limited leave” has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act;
“main applicant” means the person who has made an application or claim in connection with immigration, as distinct from a person applying as the dependant of such a person;
“Points-Based System”—
(b)
... means those categories set out in Part 6A of the Isle of Man immigration rules;
“private medical treatment”—
(a)
in respect of the United Kingdom has the same meaning as provided in Appendix V to the immigration rules;
(b)
in respect of the Isle of Man has the same meaning as provided in Appendix V to the Isle of Man immigration rules;
“process used to take a record of a person's biometric information” means the process, or combination of processes, to which a person may be required to submit in order to enable a record to be taken of that person's biometric information, where the person is required by regulations made under section 41 of the 1981 Act , section 126 of the 2002 Act or section 5 of the 2007 Act to provide such information for the purposes of an application or claim in connection with immigration or nationality;
“shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship”—
(a)
... means a certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of employment in an occupation listed in the Shortage Occupation List [in Appendix Shortage Occupation List] to the immigration rules;
(b)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“sponsor”—
(a)
... means a person licensed by the Secretary of State to issue certificates of sponsorship, or confirmations of acceptance for studies, or both;
(b)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“” means a licence granted by the Secretary of State to a person who, by virtue of such a grant, is licensed as a sponsor;
“sponsored worker”—
(a)
...means a person seeking entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom for the purposes of employment (whether paid or unpaid) or some other economic activity, where that person is required by the immigration rules to obtain a certificate of sponsorship;
(b)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[“Start-up Migrant”—
(b)
... has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;]
[“Tier 1 (General) Migrant” and “Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) Migrant” have the meanings given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;]
“Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant”, “Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant”, ... “Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant” [and], “Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant”...—
(a)
in respect of the United Kingdom have the meanings given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules;
(b)
in respect of the Isle of Man have the meanings given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;
...
...
“Tier 4 Migrant”—
(b)
... has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;
“Tier 5 Migrant”, “Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant” and “Tier 5 (Youth Mobility) Temporary Migrant”—
(b)
... have the meanings given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;
...
“travel document” means a document which—
(b)
allows a person (or, if the person has died, the body of that person) to travel outside the United Kingdom; and
(c)
is issued by the Home Office to a person who is either a refugee or stateless, or cannot obtain or use a passport issued by the person's own country;
“User-Pays Application Centre” means an office at which applicants can access—
(a)
in respect of the United Kingdom, services in connection with immigration or nationality specifically in relation to entry clearance to enter, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom;
(b)
in respect of the Isle of Man, services in connection with immigration specifically in relation to entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man;
(c)
in respect of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, services in connection with immigration specifically in relation to entry clearance to enter that bailiwick;
(d)
in respect of the Bailiwick of Jersey, services in connection with immigration specifically in relation to entry clearance to enter that bailiwick;
“visit visa”—
(a)
[in respect of the United Kingdom means entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor;]
(b)
in respect of the Isle of Man has the same meaning as in Appendix V to the Isle of Man immigration rules.
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
Fees for applications, processes and services in connection with immigration and nationalityU.K.
3. Schedule 1 (applications for entry clearance to enter, and leave to enter, the United Kingdom) has effect to specify—
(a)the amount of the fees for—
(i)specified applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 4 of the 2016 Order;
(ii)specified applications for entry clearance to enter and leave to enter the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 5 of the 2016 Order;
(iii)specified applications for ... an approval letter from [an endorsing body] for the purposes of article 6 of the 2016 Order; and
(b)exceptions to the requirement to pay fees referred to in paragraph (a), and ... circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.
4. Schedule 2 (applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom) has effect to specify—
(a)the amount of the fees for—
(i)specified applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom for the purposes of articles 4 and 5 of the 2016 Order;
(ii)applications for an approval letter from [an endorsing body] for the purposes of article 6 of the 2016 Order; and
(b)exceptions to the requirement to pay fees referred to in paragraph (a), and ...circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.
5. Schedule 3 (documents and administration) has effect to specify—
(a)the amount of the fees for specified applications and requests for the purposes of article 6 of the 2016 Order; and
(b)exceptions to the requirement to pay fees referred to in paragraph (a), and ... circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.
6. Schedule 4 (sponsorship) has effect to specify the amount of the fees for specified applications, processes, services and premium services for sponsors in relation to sponsorship for the purposes of article 7 of the 2016 Order.
7. Schedule 5 (consular functions) has effect to specify—
(a)the amount of fees for specified consular functions for the purposes of article 8 of the 2016 Order; and
(b)... circumstances in which such fees may be waived.
8. Schedule 6 (premium services (in the United Kingdom)) has effect to specify—
(a)the amount of the fees for specified premium services offered in the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 9 of the 2016 Order ; and
(b)... circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
9. Schedule 7 (premium services (outside the United Kingdom)) has effect to specify—
(a)the amount of the fees for specified premium services offered outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 9 of the 2016 Order; and
(b)... circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.
10. Schedule 8 (nationality) has effect to specify—
(a)the amount of the fees for—
(i)specified applications, processes and services in connection with nationality for the purposes of article 10 of the 2016 Order;
(ii)specified applications for certain documents, specified applications for the review of certain applications, or the process of taking a record of an applicant's biometric information for the purposes of article 6 of the 2016 Order; ...
[(aa)an exception to the requirement to pay specified fees referred to in paragraph (a)(i);]
(b)the circumstances in which the fee for arrangement of a citizenship ceremony must be refunded[; and
(c)... circumstances in which one of the specified fees referred to in paragraph (a)(i) may be waived.]
11. Schedule 9 (applications relating to entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man and premium services) has effect to specify—
(a)the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, and for an approval letter from a designated competent body, for the purposes of articles 4, 5 and 5A of the 2016 Order ;
(b)[exceptions to the requirement to pay specified fees] referred to in paragraph (a);
(c)the amount of the fees for specified premium services offered outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man for the purposes of article 9A of the 2016 Order as it relates to the Isle of Man; and
(d)... circumstances in which fees mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c) may be waived or reduced.
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
12. Schedule 10 (applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey and premium services) has effect to specify—
(a)the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of articles 4 and 5 of the 2016 Order ;
(b)the amount of the fees for specified premium services offered outside the United Kingdom and the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey (as the case may be) for the purposes of article 9A of the 2016 Order as it relates to the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey; and
(c)... circumstances in which fees mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) may be waived or reduced.
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
13. Schedule 11 (miscellaneous fees) has effect to specify—
(a)the amount of the fees for—
(i)the administration of the Life in the UK test, for the purpose of fee 3.2.1 in the table in article 6 of the 2016 Order;
(ii)an administrative review of a decision for the purpose of article 6 of the 2016 Order; and
(b)exceptions to the requirement to pay the fee referred to in (a)(ii), and ... circumstances in which such a fee may be waived or reduced.
[Windrush Scheme: power to waive feesU.K.
13A. The Secretary of State may waive any fee specified in these Regulations which would otherwise be payable by a person for or in connection with an application made under the Windrush Scheme.]
[Power to waive fees: exceptional circumstances affecting a number of individualsU.K.
13B.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where the Secretary of State considers that—
(a)there are exceptional circumstances significantly affecting a number of individuals who are in the same or a similar situation, and
(b)those circumstances are beyond the control of those individuals.
(2) Where the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so because of the effect of those circumstances on those individuals, the Secretary of State may decide, in relation to every one of those individuals, to waive the payment by them of any fee specified by these Regulations in respect of any particular description of application, request, process or service.
(3) The Secretary of State’s power under paragraph (2) is in addition to, and does not limit, the Secretary of State’s other powers under these Regulations to waive the payment of fees.
Power to waive fees in consequence of a decision of a court or tribunalU.K.
13C.—(1) The Secretary of State may waive the payment of any fee specified in these Regulations where the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so in consequence of a decision of any court or tribunal in the United Kingdom.
(2) The Secretary of State’s power under paragraph (1) is in addition to, and does not limit, the Secretary of State’s other powers under these Regulations to waive the payment of fees.
General power to refund feesU.K.
13D. The Secretary of State may refund any fee, or any part of a fee, paid under these Regulations.]
Amendment of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees Order 2011U.K.
14. Schedule 12 (amendment of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees Order 2011) has effect.
Rate of exchangeU.K.
15. Where a person seeks to pay any fee specified in these Regulations in a currency other than sterling (“the foreign currency”), the fee payable in the foreign currency is determined by reference to the Home Office Exchange Rate Policy on the date that the payment is made.
Consequences of failing to pay the specified fee for an applicationU.K.
16.—(1) Where a person is required to pay a fee specified in these Regulations for an application, but fails to pay that fee, the Secretary of State may—
(a)reject the application as invalid; or
(b)request the person to pay the outstanding amount.
(2) Where paragraph (1)(b) applies—
(a)the person must pay the outstanding amount within 10 working days beginning with the day on which the request for payment was made;
(b)if the outstanding amount is not paid within the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), the Secretary of State must reject the application as invalid.
(3) The period of 10 working days referred to in paragraph (2)(a) begins—
(a)where the request for payment is made in writing, on the day that the request is sent;
(b)where the request is made by telephone or in person, on the day that the request is made.
Payments for in person applicationsU.K.
17.—(1) Where—
(a)an application is made in person; and
(b)the applicant pays the fee in relation to such an application prior to the date that the application is made,
the fee payable is that in relation to the relevant application on the date of payment.
(2) In this regulation, the date of payment means the date on which the payment is made by the applicant, unless it is made by post, in which case it means the date that the payment is posted.
RevocationsU.K.
18. The following are revoked—
(a)the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2017 except regulation 14 of, and paragraph 1(1) and (3) of Schedule 12 to, those Regulations;
(b)the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 .
Caroline Nokes
Minister of State
Home Office
We consent
Paul Maynard
Craig Whittaker
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
Regulation 3
SCHEDULE 1U.K.APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER, AND LEAVE TO ENTER, THE UNITED KINGDOM
InterpretationU.K.
1.— [(1)] In this Schedule—
“liable to immigration detention” means being liable to detention under—
(a)
paragraph 16(1), (1A) or (2) of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act ;
(b)
section 62 of the 2002 Act ;
(c)
paragraph 2(1), (2) or (3) of Schedule 3 to the 1971 Act ; or
(d)
section 36(1) of the 2007 Act;
“member of HM Forces” has the meaning given by paragraph 2(d) of Appendix Armed Forces to the immigration rules;
“present and settled” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules;
...
...
[(2) In this Schedule, a reference to an application for entry clearance under an Appendix to the immigration rules being for entry clearance—
(a)as the dependant partner or dependant child of a particular description of person, or
(b)as a dependant partner or dependant child, or any other description of dependant, on a particular route under that Appendix,
is to be construed in accordance with the Appendix in question.]
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
Fees for, and in connection with, applications for entry clearance to enter and leave to enter the United KingdomU.K.
2.—(1) Table 1 specifies the amount of—
(a)the fees for the specified applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom; and
(b)the fee for an application for an approval letter from [an endorsing body].
(2) Table 2 specifies the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant.
(3) Table 3 specifies the amount of the fee for an application for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a member of HM Forces.
(4) Table 4 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in Tables 1, 2 and 3, and Table 5 provides for the waiver or reduction of fees specified in Tables 1, 2 and 3 in specified circumstances [(and see paragraphs 3A and 4)].
(5) Paragraph 3 makes provision for the amount of fees to be paid in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom by a dependant of a main applicant in cases where the fees specified in 1.4.1 or 1.4.5 of Table 1 or in Table 2 or Table 3 do not apply.
[(5A) Paragraph 3A provides for the reduction in specified circumstances of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom [under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules].]
(6) The fees specified in Table 1 are subject to paragraph 4 (applications by CESC nationals).
(7) Each of the fees specified in 1.1.2 to 1.1.4 and 1.1.8 in Table 1 is calculated by reference to an annual rate.
(8) The annual rate referred to in sub-paragraph (7) for each of the fees in question is determined by dividing the amount of the fee by the number of years to which the application relates.
Table 1 (Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom)
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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1.1 | Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor |
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1.1.1 | Application for a visit visa for a period of six months or less [, except where the fee at 1.1.7 applies.] | [£95] |
1.1.2 | Application for a visit visa for a period of two years where the fee at 1.1.8 does not apply. | [£361] |
1.1.3 | Application for a visit visa for a period of five years. | [£655] |
1.1.4 | Application for a visit visa for a period of ten years. | [£822] |
1.1.5 | Application for a visit visa as an academic for a period of more than six months but not more than twelve months. | [£190] |
1.1.6 | Application for a visit visa for private medical treatment for a period of more than six months but not more than eleven months. | [£190] |
1.1.7 | [Application for entry clearance as a transit visitor under Appendix V: Visitor to the immigration rules.] | £64 |
1.1.8 | Application for a visit visa for a period of two years where the applicant is a Chinese national applying under the Chinese visa scheme . | [£95] |
1.2 | [Fee] for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a short-term student |
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. . . | . . . | . . . |
1.2.2 | [Application for entry clearance under Appendix Short-term Student to the immigration rules.] | £186 |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
1.3 | Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom [under Tier 1 or as a worker, temporary worker or student] |
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. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
1.3.4 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant. | £1,021 |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
1.3.6 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant. | £1,623 |
[1.3.6A | Application for entry clearance—
(a) under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker,
(b) under Appendix Intra-Company Routes to those rules, on the Intra-Company Transfer route under that Appendix, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on that route,
(c) under Appendix T2 Minister of Religion to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the T2 Minister of Religion route under that Appendix, or
(d) under Appendix T2 Sportsperson to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the T2 Sportsperson route under that Appendix,
where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less and fee 1.3.6C does not apply.
| £610 |
1.3.6B | Application for entry clearance—
(a) under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, or
(b) under Appendix Intra-Company Routes to those rules, on the Intra-Company Transfer route under that Appendix, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on that route,
where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years and fee 1.3.6D does not apply.
| £1,220 |
1.3.6C | Application for entry clearance under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less. | £464 |
1.3.6D | Application for entry clearance under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years. | £928 |
1.3.6E | Application for entry clearance under Appendix Intra-Company Routes to the immigration rules, on the Intra-Company Graduate Trainee route under that Appendix, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on that route. | £482 |
1.3.6F | Application for entry clearance—
(a) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Seasonal Worker to the immigration rules,
(b) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Youth Mobility Scheme to those rules,
(c) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Religious Worker to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Religious Worker route under that Appendix,
(d) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Charity Worker to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Charity Worker route under that Appendix,
(e) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative or Sporting Worker to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Creative or Sporting Worker route under that Appendix,
(f) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) International Agreement Worker to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the International Agreement Worker route under that Appendix, or
(g) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Government Authorised Exchange Worker to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Government Authorised Exchange Worker route under than Appendix.
| £244] |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
[1.3.11A | Application for entry clearance under—
(a) [Appendix Student] to the immigration rules, other than an application for entry clearance as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Student ..., or
(b) [Appendix Child Student] to those rules.
| £348] |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
[1.3A | Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom [under Appendix Innovator or Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules]] |
[1.3A.1 | Application for entry clearance [under Appendix Innovator to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Innovator route under that Appendix]. | £1,021] |
[1.3A.2 | Application for entry clearance [under Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Start-up route under that Appendix]. | £363] |
[1.3B | Fees for and in connection with applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom [under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules] |
1.3B.1 | Application to the Home Office for an approval letter from an endorsing body in respect of a proposed application for entry clearance [under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix]. | £456 |
1.3B.2 | Application for entry clearance [under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix,] where fee 1.3B.1 applies. | £152 |
1.3B.3 | Application for entry clearance [under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix,] where fee 1.3B.1 does not apply. | £608] |
1.4 | Fees for other applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom |
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1.4.1 | (a)paragraphs 319V to 319VB of, or paragraph EC-DR of Appendix FM to, the immigration rules, for entry clearance as a parent, grandparent or other dependant relative of a person with limited leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a refugee or beneficiary of humanitarian protection; or
(b)paragraphs 319X to 319XB for entry clearance as the child of a relative, who is not a parent, and who has limited leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a refugee or beneficiary of humanitarian protection.
| £388 |
1.4.2 | Application for entry clearance for the purposes of obtaining a replacement biometric immigration document. | £154 |
1.4.3 | Application for entry clearance for the purposes of joining a ship or aircraft as a member of the crew of that ship or aircraft. | £64 |
1.4.4 | Application for entry clearance on a route to settlement in the United Kingdom (that being an application made with a view to becoming ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom without being subject to any restriction on the period for which an individual may remain there) where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations. | £1,523 |
1.4.5 | Application for entry clearance as a parent, grandparent or other dependant relative of a person present and settled in the United Kingdom under Appendix FM to the immigration rules. | £3,250 |
1.4.6 | [Application for entry clearance under Appendix Representative of an Overseas Business to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Representative of an Overseas Business route under that Appendix.] | £610 |
1.4.7 | Application for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom made by a person physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention. | £1,033 |
1.5 | General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom |
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1.5.1 | Application for entry clearance where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations. | £516 |
Table 2 (Specified fees for dependants)
Number of fee | Type of application for entry clearance | Amount of fee |
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2.1 | Specified fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant |
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2.1.1 | Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant. | £608 |
[2.1.1A | Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant. | £363] |
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[2.1.6 | Application for entry clearance under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix. | £608] |
Table 3 (Fee for applications for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom – dependants of members of HM Forces)
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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3.1 | Fee for applications for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom |
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3.1.1 | Application for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a member of HM Forces. | £2,389 |
Table 4 (Exceptions in respect of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom)
Number and description of the exception | Fees to which exception applies |
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4.1 | Officials of Her Majesty's Government |
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4.1.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application made in connection with the official duty of any official of Her Majesty's Government. | All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3 |
4.2 | Dependants of refugees or persons granted humanitarian protection |
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4.2.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application made under paragraphs 352A to 352FI of the immigration rules. | Fee 1.5.1 |
4.3 | Applications under [Appendix ECAA Extension of Stay to the immigration rules] |
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4.3.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application made under [Appendix ECAA Extension of Stay to the immigration rules]. | Fee 1.5.1 |
4.4 | Applications for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom (by applicants physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention) where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights |
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4.4.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom, made by an applicant physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention, where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights. | Fee 1.4.7 |
[4.5 | Applications for entry clearance under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the immigration rules |
4.5.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the immigration rules. | Fees 1.4.4 and 1.5.1 |
4.6 | Applications for entry clearance by relevant Afghan citizens and their dependants under Part 7 of the immigration rules |
4.6.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom made by—
(a) a relevant Afghan citizen (within the meaning given by paragraph 276BB1 of the immigration rules) in connection with an application under paragraph 276BA1 of the immigration rules for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom;
(b) the partner of a relevant Afghan citizen (within the meaning given by paragraph 276BK1 of the immigration rules) in connection with an application under paragraph 276BA1 or 276BJ1 of the immigration rules for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom; or
(c) the minor dependent child of a relevant Afghan citizen or their partner (within the meaning given by paragraph 276BP1 of the immigration rules) in connection with an application under paragraph 276BA1 or 276BO1 of the immigration rules for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom.
| Fees 1.4.4 and 1.5.1] |
[4.7 | Applications for entry clearance under Appendix Service Providers from Switzerland to the immigration rules |
4.7.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom made under Appendix Service Providers from Switzerland to the immigration rules. | Fee 1.5.1 |
4.8 | Applications for entry clearance under Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor to the immigration rules |
4.8.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom made under Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor to the immigration rules. | Fees 1.1.1, 1.1.6 and 1.5.1 ] |
Table 5 (Waivers or reductions in respect of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom)
Number and description of the waiver or reduction | Fees to which waiver or reduction applies |
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5.1 | General waiver |
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5.1.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application where the Secretary of State determines that the fee should be waived. | All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3 |
5.2 | Scholarships funded by Her Majesty's Government |
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5.2.1 | The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the application is made by a candidate for, or holder of, a scholarship funded by Her Majesty's Government and is in connection with such a scholarship. | Fees 1.1.1, 1.1.8, [1.2.2] and [1.3.11A] |
5.3 | International courtesy |
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5.3.1 | The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee as a matter of international courtesy. | All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3 |
5.4 | Visitors under a [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office] Bilateral Programme |
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5.4.1 | The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the applicant intends to visit the United Kingdom, in connection with programmes operated by the [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office] to give funds directly to Embassies and Missions outside the United Kingdom, to support activities directly connected to the United Kingdom's international priorities. | All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3 |
5.5 | Visitors under a [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office] Strategic Programme |
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5.5.1 | The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the applicant intends to visit the United Kingdom, in connection with programmes of funding operated by the [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office] to promote action on global issues in areas of strategic importance to the United Kingdom. | All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3 |
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
Applications by dependantsU.K.
3. Except in respect of applications for which a fee is specified in 1.4.1 or 1.4.5 of Table 1 or in Table 2 or Table 3, and subject to the exceptions and waivers set out in Tables 4 and 5 [and to paragraph 3A], the fee for an application for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom made by the dependant of a main applicant (whether or not that application is made at the same time as that of the main applicant) is the fee specified in Table 1 in respect of the main applicant's application.
[Reduction of fees for Health and Care Visa applications and related applications by dependantsU.K.
3A.—(1) In this paragraph—
a “Health and Care Visa application” means an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, where the certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of the application confirms the applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by the Health and Care Visa Guidance;
a “relevant dependant’s application” means an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker where—
(a)
the certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of the application by the main applicant confirms the main applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by the Health and Care Visa Guidance, or by the Tier 2 Policy Guidance where the main applicant’s application was made before 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020, or
(b)
the applicant has a sponsor’s letter or email referred to in paragraph 9 of the Health and Care Visa Guidance.
(2) In the case of a Health and Care Visa application, the fee under 1.3.6A, 1.3.6B, 1.3.6C or 1.3.6D of Table 1 payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules is to be reduced—
(a)by £378, where it is the fee specified by 1.3.6A of that Table;
(b)by £756, where it is the fee specified by 1.3.6B of that Table;
(c)by 50%, where it is the fee specified by 1.3.6C or 1.3.6D of that Table.
(3) In the case of a relevant dependant’s application where the application by the main applicant was made at or after 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020, the fee payable by virtue of paragraph 3 in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker is to be reduced—
(a)by £378, where it is the fee specified by 1.3.6A of that Table;
(b)by £756, where it is the fee specified by 1.3.6B of that Table;
(c)by 50%, where it is the fee specified by 1.3.6C or 1.3.6D of that Table.
(4) In the case of a relevant dependant’s application where the application by the main applicant was made before 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020, the fee payable by virtue of paragraph 3 in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker is to be reduced—
(a)by £378, where it is the fee specified by 1.3.7 of Table 1 as it continues to have effect by virtue of regulation 14(1) of the Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 2 and Fees) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;
(b)by £756, where it is the fee specified by 1.3.8 of that Table as it continues to have effect by virtue of that regulation;
(c)by 50%, where it is the fee specified by 1.3.9 or 1.3.10 of that Table as it continues to have effect by virtue of that regulation.
(5) In sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)the references to “the Health and Care Visa Guidance” are references to the document entitled “Health and Care Visa Guidance” published by the Home Office;
(b)the reference to “the Tier 2 Policy Guidance” is a reference to the document entitled “Tier 2 of the Points-Based System – Policy Guidance” published by the Home Office.]
Applications by CESC NationalsU.K.
4.—(1) Where an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom of a kind within sub-paragraph (2) [or (2A)] is made by a CESC national, and the applicant is the main applicant, the fee set out in Table 1 is to be reduced by £55.
(2) An application is of a kind within this sub-paragraph if it is an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as—
(a)a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant;
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(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[(2A) An application is of a kind within this sub-paragraph if it is an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom under any of the following Appendices to the immigration rules—
(a)Appendix Skilled Worker;
(b)Appendix Intra-Company Routes;
(c)Appendix T2 Minister of Religion;
(d)Appendix T2 Sportsperson;
(e)Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Seasonal Worker;
(f)Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Religious Worker;
(g)Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Charity Worker;
(h)Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative or Sporting Worker;
(i)Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) International Agreement Worker;
(j)Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Government Authorised Exchange Worker;
(k)Appendix Innovator;
(l)Appendix Start-up;
(m)Appendix Global Talent.]
[(3) Where the application is a Health and Care Visa application within the meaning of paragraph 3A, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) to the fee set out in Table 1 is to be read as a reference to that fee as reduced under paragraph 3A.]
Regulation 4
SCHEDULE 2U.K.APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
InterpretationU.K.
1.—(1) In this Schedule—
“Article 3 or Refugee Convention application” means an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made on the basis that the applicant is—
(a)
a person making a claim for asylum under Part 11 of the immigration rules which has either not been determined or has been granted;
(b)
a person who has been granted humanitarian protection under that Part of the immigration rules;
(c)
a person claiming that, due to an ongoing medical condition, removal from the United Kingdom would be incompatible with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights;
(d)
a person who is a dependant of a refugee or person granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules and is applying for leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraphs 352A to 352FI of the immigration rules; or
(e)
a child who was born in the United Kingdom to a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
“claim for asylum” has the meaning given by section 94(1) of the 1999 Act ;
“positive conclusive grounds decision” means a decision made by a designated competent authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Trafficking Convention that the applicant is either—
(a)
a victim of human trafficking; or
(b)
a victim of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour;
“specified human rights application” means an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under—
(a)
paragraph 276ADE(1) of the immigration rules;
(b)
section R-LTRP.1.1. (a), (b) and (d) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;
(c)
section R-LTRPT.1.1. (a), (b) and (d) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules; or
(d)
any other application other than an Article 3 or Refugee Convention application in which the applicant relies solely or primarily on a claim that to remove the applicant from the United Kingdom or to require the applicant to leave the United Kingdom would be unlawful under section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (public authority not to act contrary to Convention rights);
“the Trafficking Convention” means the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings ;
“Trafficking Convention reason” means a reason, in accordance with the United Kingdom's obligations under the Trafficking Convention, that the applicant's stay in the United Kingdom is necessary —
(a)
because of the applicant's personal situation;
(b)
because the applicant is co-operating with a police investigation or criminal proceedings; or
(c)
in order to pursue a claim for compensation against the applicant's trafficker or modern slavery facilitator.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule a claim for asylum is determined on—
(a)the day on which the Secretary of State notifies the claimant of the decision on the claim;
(b)if the claimant has appealed against the Secretary of State's decision, the day on which the appeal is disposed of; or
(c)if the claimant has brought an appeal from within the United Kingdom under section 82 of the 2002 Act or section 2 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 , the day on which the appeal is disposed of.
[(2A) In this Schedule, a reference to an application for limited leave to remain under an Appendix to the immigration rules being for limited leave to remain—
(a)as the dependant partner or dependant child of a particular description of person, or
(b)as a dependant partner or dependant child, or any other description of dependant, on a particular route under that Appendix,
is to be construed in accordance with the Appendix in question.]
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
Fees for, and in connection with, applications for leave to remain in the United KingdomU.K.
2.—(1) Table 6 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom and the amount of the fee for an approval letter from [an endorsing body].
(2) Table 7 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant.
(3) Table 8 specifies the amount of the fee for an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom ... .
(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) Table 9 provides for exceptions to and waivers of the requirement to pay certain fees specified in Tables 6, 7 [and 8].
(5) Paragraph 3 makes provision for the amount of the fees to be paid in respect of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom by a dependant of a main applicant, in cases where Table 7 does not apply.
[(5A) Paragraph 3A provides for the reduction in specified circumstances of fees for applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom [under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules].]
(6) The fees specified in Table 6 are subject to paragraph 4 (applications by CESC nationals), and the fees specified in Tables 6, 7 [and 8] are subject to paragraph 5 (variation of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom).
Table 6 (Fees for applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom and connected applications)
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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6.1 | General fee for applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom |
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6.1.1 | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations. | £1,033 |
6.2 | [Fees for applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Tier 1 or as a worker, temporary worker or student] |
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6.2.4 | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant. | £1,277 |
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6.2.6 | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant. | £1,623 |
[6.2.6A | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom—
(a) under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker,
(b) under Appendix Intra-Company Routes to those rules, on the Intra-Company Transfer route under that Appendix, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on that route,
(c) under Appendix T2 Minister of Religion to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the T2 Minister of Religion route under that Appendix, or
(d) under Appendix T2 Sportsperson to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the T2 Sportsperson route under that Appendix,
where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less and fee 6.2.6C does not apply.
| £704 |
6.2.6B | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom—
(a) under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, or
(b) under Appendix Intra-Company Routes to those rules, on the Intra-Company Transfer route under that Appendix, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on that route,
where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years and fee 6.2.6D does not apply.
| £1,408 |
6.2.6C | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less. | £464 |
6.2.6D | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years. | £928 |
6.2.6E | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Intra-Company Routes to the immigration rules, on the Intra-Company Graduate Trainee route under that Appendix, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on that route. | £482 |
6.2.6F | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom—
(a) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Religious Worker to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Religious Worker route under that Appendix,
(b) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Charity Worker to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Charity Worker route under that Appendix,
(c) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative or Sporting Worker to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Creative or Sporting Worker route under that Appendix,
(d) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) International Agreement Worker to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the International Agreement Worker route under that Appendix, or
(e) under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Government Authorised Exchange Worker to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Government Authorised Exchange Worker route under than Appendix.
| £244] |
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[6.2.11A | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under—
(a) [Appendix Student] to the immigration rules, other than an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Student ..., or
(b) [Appendix Child Student] to those rules.
| £475] |
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[6.2A | Fees for applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom [under Appendix Innovator or Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules]] |
[6.2A.1 | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom [under Appendix Innovator to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Innovator route under that Appendix]. | £1,277] |
[6.2A.2 | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom [under Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Start-up route under that Appendix]. | £493] |
[6.2B | Fees for and in connection with applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom [under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules] |
6.2B.1 | Application to the Home Office for an approval letter from an endorsing body in respect of a proposed application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom [under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix]. | £456 |
6.2B.2 | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom [under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix,] where fee 6.2B.1 applies. | £152 |
6.2B.3 | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom [under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix,] where fee 6.2B.1 does not apply. | £608] |
6.3 | Fees for other applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom |
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6.3.1 | [Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Representative of an Overseas Business to the immigration rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Representative of an Overseas Business route under that Appendix.] | £704 |
6.3.2 | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a retired person of independent means under Part 7 of the immigration rules. | £1,949 |
6.3.3 | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a visitor. | £993 |
Table 7 (Fees for specified applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a dependant)
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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7.1 | Specified fees for applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant |
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7.1.1 | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant. | £608 |
[7.1.1A | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant. | £493] |
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[7.1.5 | Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Global Talent to the immigration rules as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Global Talent route under that Appendix. | £608] |
Table 8 (Fees for applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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8.1 | General fee for applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom |
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8.1.1 | Application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . | £2,389 |
Table 8A (fees for applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom)
Table 9 (Exceptions and waivers in respect of fees for applications for, or in connection with, leave to remain in the United Kingdom)
Number and description of exception or waiver | Fees to which exception or waiver applies |
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9.1 | Article 3 or Refugee Convention applications |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an Article 3 or Refugee Convention application. | Fees 6.1.1, 8.1.1 |
9.2 | Applications for leave to remain under the Destitution Domestic Violence concession |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an application made under the Destitution Domestic Violence Concession operated outside the immigration rules by the Secretary of State. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.3 | Applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a victim of domestic violence or abuse under paragraph 289A, Appendix FM or Appendix Armed Forces |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an application as a victim of domestic violence or abuse under paragraph 289A of, or Appendix FM or Appendix Armed Forces to, the immigration rules where, at the time of making the application, the applicant appears to the Secretary of State to be destitute . | Fee 8.1.1 |
9.4 | Specified human rights applications where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights |
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| No fee is payable in respect of a specified human rights application where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.5 | Short term variation of leave to remain in the United Kingdom |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an application made to an immigration officer on arrival at a port of entry in the United Kingdom in respect of a person seeking variation of leave to remain in the United Kingdom for a period of up to six months. | Fees [6.2.11A], [6.2.6F], 6.3.1,
|
9.6 | Children being looked after by a local authority |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an application made in respect of a person who, at the time of making the application, is a child and is being looked after by a local authority. | Fees 6.1.1, [6.2.11A], [6.2.6F], 8.1.1 . . . |
9.7 | Applications under [Appendix ECAA Extension of Stay to the immigration rules] |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an application made under [Appendix ECAA Extension of Stay to the immigration rules]. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.8 | Applications from stateless persons |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a stateless person, or as the family member of a stateless person, under Part 14 of the immigration rules. | Fees 6.1.1, 8.1.1 |
9.9 | Applications for variation of limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom to allow recourse to public funds |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an application for variation of the conditions attached to a grant of limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, in order to be permitted access to public funds, by a person who has been granted such leave (subject to a condition of no recourse to public funds)—
(a)under—
(i)paragraph 276BE(1) (including when it is read with paragraph 276A01(1)) of Part 7 of the immigration rules;
(ii)paragraph 276DG of that Part of the immigration rules;
(iii)paragraph D-LTRP.1.2. (including when it is read with paragraph GEN.2.3.(1).) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;
(iv)paragraph D-LTRPT.1.2. (including when it is read with paragraph GEN.2.3.(1).) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;
(v)paragraph D-ILRP.1.2. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules; or
(vi)paragraph D-ILRPT.1.2. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;
(b)outside the immigration rules—
(i)as mentioned in paragraph 276BE(2) (including when it is read with paragraph 276A01(1)) of Part 7 of the immigration rules; or
(ii)before 10th August 2017, as mentioned in paragraph GEN.1.10. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules as the rules had effect immediately before that date .
| Fee 6.1.1 |
9.10 | Applications for discretionary leave by an individual with a positive conclusive grounds decision |
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9.10.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application or request for the first grant of limited discretionary leave for a Trafficking Convention reason, where the individual has received a positive conclusive grounds decision. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.10.2 | No fee is payable in respect of an application or request for a further grant of limited discretionary leave for a Trafficking Convention reason, where the individual has received a positive conclusive grounds decision and has not yet accrued thirty months limited discretionary leave for a Trafficking Convention reason. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.10.3 | No fee is payable in respect of an application or request for a further grant of limited discretionary leave for a Trafficking Convention reason, where an individual has received a positive conclusive grounds decision, where—
(a)9.10.2 does not apply because the individual has accrued thirty months or more limited discretionary leave for a Trafficking Convention reason; and
(b)at the time of making the application or request the applicant appears to the Secretary of State to be destitute.
| Fee 6.1.1 |
9.10.4 | No fee is payable by a dependant of a person granted an exception under 9.10.1 to 9.10.3. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.11 | Applications for leave as a domestic worker who is the victim of slavery or human trafficking |
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9.11.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for leave to remain made under paragraph 159I of the immigration rules as a domestic worker who is the victim of slavery or human trafficking. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.12 | Applications by qualifying residents of Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk |
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9.12.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for leave to remain made under the Grenfell Tower Immigration Cases Policy for qualifying residents of Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk . | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.12.2 | The official determining an application for leave to remain may decide to waive the payment of the fee where the application is made (on or after the day on which these Regulations come into force)—
(a)by a person who, on 31st January 2018, was eligible to be considered under the policy referred to in 9.12.1; or
(b)in respect of a child born on or after 14th June 2017 in the United Kingdom to a person who was so eligible on 31st January 2018 (whether or not the person had come forward for consideration under the policy by that date).
| Fee 6.1.1 |
. . . | . . . |
[9.14 | Applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom by relevant Afghan citizens and their dependants | |
9.14.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under paragraph 305 of the immigration rules in respect of a child of a person given limited leave to enter the United Kingdom as a relevant Afghan citizen under paragraph 276BA1 of the immigration rules. | Fee 6.1.1 |
9.14.2 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under paragraph 276BS3 of the immigration rules. | Fee 8.1.1 |
9.15 | Applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom by persons relocated to the United Kingdom under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (unaccompanied refugee children: relocation and support) | |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under paragraph 352ZN of the immigration rules. | Fee 8.1.1] |
[9.16 | Applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules] |
| [No fee is payable in respect of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules. | Fees 6.1.1, 8.1.1] |
[9.17 | Applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor to the immigration rules |
| No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor to the immigration rules. | Fees 6.1.1, 6.3.3] |
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
Applications by dependantsU.K.
3. Except in respect of applications for which a fee is specified in Table 7, and subject to the exceptions and waivers set out in Table 9 [and to paragraph 3A], the fee for an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom ... made by the dependant of a main applicant is the fee specified in Table 6 or 8 (as the case may be) in respect of the main applicant's application.
[Reduction of fees for Health and Care Visa applications and related applications by dependantsU.K.
3A.—(1) In this paragraph—
a “Health and Care Visa application” means an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker, where the certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of the application confirms the applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by the Health and Care Visa Guidance;
a “relevant dependant’s application” means an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker where—
(a)
the certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of the application by the main applicant confirms the main applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by the Health and Care Visa Guidance, or by the Tier 2 Policy Guidance where the main applicant’s application was made before 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020, or
(b)
the applicant has a sponsor’s letter or email referred to in paragraph 9 of the Health and Care Visa Guidance.
(2) In the case of a Health and Care Visa application, the fee under 6.2.6A, 6.2.6B, 6.2.6C or 6.2.6D of Table 6 payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules is to be reduced—
(a)by £472, where it is the fee specified by 6.2.6A of that Table;
(b)by £944, where it is the fee specified by 6.2.6B of that Table;
(c)by 50%, where it is the fee specified by 6.2.6C or 6.2.6D of that Table.
(3) In the case of a relevant dependant’s application where the application by the main applicant was made at or after 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020, the fee payable by virtue of paragraph 3 in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker is to be reduced—
(a)by £472, where it is the fee specified by 6.2.6A of Table 6;
(b)by £944, where it is the fee specified by 6.2.6B of that Table;
(c)by 50%, where it is the fee specified by 6.2.6C or 6.2.6D of that Table.
(4) In the case of a relevant dependant’s application where the application by the main applicant was made before 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020, the fee payable by virtue of paragraph 3 in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker is to be reduced—
(a)by £472, where it is the fee specified by 6.2.7 of Table 6 as it continues to have effect by virtue of regulation 14(6) of the Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 2 and Fees) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;
(b)by £944, where it is the fee specified by 6.2.8 of that Table as it continues to have effect by virtue of that regulation;
(c)by 50%, where it is the fee specified by 6.2.9 or 6.2.10 of that Table as it continues to have effect by virtue of that regulation.
(5) In sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)the references to “the Health and Care Visa Guidance” are references to the document entitled “Health and Care Visa Guidance” published by the Home Office;
(b)the reference to “the Tier 2 Policy Guidance” is a reference to the document entitled “Tier 2 of the Points-Based System – Policy Guidance” published by the Home Office.]
Applications made by CESC NationalsU.K.
4.—(1) Where an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom of a kind within sub-paragraph (2) [or (2A)] is made by a CESC national, and the applicant is the main applicant, the fee set out in Table 6 is to be reduced by £55.
(2) An application is of a kind within this sub-paragraph if it is an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom as—
(a)a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant;
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[(2A) An application is of a kind within this sub-paragraph if it is an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom under any of the following Appendices to the immigration rules—
(a)Appendix Skilled Worker;
(b)Appendix Intra-Company Routes;
(c)Appendix T2 Minister of Religion;
(d)Appendix T2 Sportsperson;
(e)Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Religious Worker;
(f)Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Charity Worker;
(g)Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative or Sporting Worker;
(h)Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) International Agreement Worker;
(i)Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Government Authorised Exchange Worker;
(j)Appendix Innovator;
(k)Appendix Start-up;
(l)Appendix Global Talent.]
[(3) Where the application is a Health and Care Visa application within the meaning of paragraph 3A, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) to the fee set out in Table 6 is to be read as a reference to that fee as reduced under paragraph 3A.]
Variation of an application for leave to remain in the United KingdomU.K.
5.—(1) This sub-paragraph applies where—
(a)an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom is made in respect of a person on or after the day that these Regulations come into force; but
(b) before that application [(“the first application”)] is determined a further application is submitted which has the effect of varying it.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[(3) Where sub-paragraph (1) applies ... the Secretary of State must refund any fee (or fees) paid in respect of the first application.]
Regulation 5
SCHEDULE 3U.K.DOCUMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION
InterpretationU.K.
1. In this Schedule—
...
[“Appendix EU biometric residence card” means a document (within the meaning given by section 126(9) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002) issued to a person granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix EU to the immigration rules on which biometric information is recorded under regulation 6A of the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2006;]
“Assisted Voluntary Return programme” means any arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 58 of the 2002 Act;
“certificate of travel” means a travel document issued at the discretion of the Secretary of State to a person who has been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom and is unable to obtain a passport issued by their national authority;
“convention travel document” means a travel document issued in accordance with Article 28 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 ;
“Direct Airside Transit Visa” means a transit visa within the meaning of section 41(2) of the 1999 Act, authorising the holder to remain within an airport, without passing through immigration control, pending departure on another flight from the same airport;
“document of identity” means a travel document issued in the United Kingdom to a person who is not a British citizen which enables the holder to make one journey out of the United Kingdom;
“Electronic Visa Waiver” means a document authorising a person to travel to the United Kingdom for the purpose of entry to the United Kingdom where that person, in the absence of such a document, would require entry clearance in order to do so;
“stateless person's travel document” means a travel document issued in accordance with Article 28 of the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons done at New York on 28th September 1954 ;
“transfer of conditions” means the fixing of a stamp, sticker or other attachment on a passport or other document issued to an applicant which indicates that a person has been granted leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom.
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
Fees for documentsU.K.
2.—(1) Table 10 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications and requests for and in connection with documents relating to immigration or nationality.
(2) Table 11 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in Table 10 for applications for travel documents [and for processing an application or claim which is later rejected as invalid].
(3) Table 12 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for biometric immigration documents and the process used to take a record of a person's biometric information.
(4) Table 13 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in [Tables 10 and 12].
(5) Paragraph 3 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the specified fee in 12.2.4.
Table 10 (Fees for miscellaneous documents and services)
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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10.1 | Fees for applications made in the United Kingdom for a transfer of conditions |
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10.1.1 | Application for a transfer of conditions onto a biometric immigration document where the application is made within the United Kingdom by post or courier or online and the applicant has limited leave. | £161 |
10.1.2 | Application for a transfer of conditions onto a biometric immigration document where the application is made within the United Kingdom by post or courier or online and the applicant has indefinite leave. | £229 |
10.2 | Fee for applications made overseas for a transfer of conditions |
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10.2.1 | Application for a transfer of conditions where the application is made outside the United Kingdom. | £154 |
10.3 | Fees for applications for travel documents |
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10.3.1 | Application for a certificate of travel where the person in respect of whom the application is made is aged 16 or over when the application is received by the Secretary of State. | £280 |
10.3.2 | Application for a certificate of travel where the person in respect of whom the application is made is under the age of 16 when the application is received by the Secretary of State. | £141 |
10.3.3 | Application for a convention travel document, stateless person's travel document, or document of identity where the person in respect of whom the application is made is aged 16 or over when the application is received by the Secretary of State. | £75 |
10.3.4 | Application for a convention travel document, stateless person's travel document, or document of identity where the person in respect of whom the application is made is under the age of 16 when the application is received by the Secretary of State. | £49 |
10.4 | Fee for applications for a Direct Airside Transit Visa |
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10.4.1 | Application for a Direct Airside Transit Visa. | £35 |
... | ... |
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. . . | . . . | . . . |
[10.5A | Fees for applications for a replacement or amended Appendix EU biometric residence card] |
[10.5A.1 | Application for a replacement of an Appendix EU biometric residence card that has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. | £56] |
[10.5A.2 | Application for an amended version of an Appendix EU biometric residence card where information recorded on the card has ceased to be accurate. | £56] |
10.6 | Fees for applications for a letter or document confirming a person's identity and immigration or nationality status |
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10.6.1 | Application for a letter or document (other than a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant's identity and providing evidence of immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, where the applicant has limited leave. | £161 |
10.6.2 | Application for a letter or document (other than a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant's identity and providing evidence of immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, where the applicant has indefinite leave. | £229 |
10.6.3 | Application for a replacement, copy or amended version of a letter or document (other than a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant's identity and providing evidence of immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, where the applicant has limited leave. | £161 |
10.6.4 | Application for a replacement, copy or amended version of a letter or document (other than a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant's identity and providing evidence of immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, where the applicant has indefinite leave. | £229 |
10.6.5 | Application for a replacement, copy or amended version of a letter or document (other than a passport) confirming the applicant's identity and providing evidence of immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, where the application is made within the United Kingdom by post or courier or online and where the applicant—
(a)has been granted asylum;
(b)has been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules; or
(c)is a dependant of an individual within paragraph (a) or (b).
| £56 |
10.7 | Electronic Visa Waiver |
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10.7.1 | Request for an Electronic Visa Waiver. | [£30] |
10.8 | [Fee] for processing an application or claim which is later rejected as invalid |
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10.8.1 | Processing an application or claim which is rejected as invalid prior to a decision being issued . . . | £25 |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
Table 11 (Exceptions to requirement to pay fees for applications for travel documents [and for processing an application or claim later rejected as invalid])
Number and description of the exception | Fees to which exception applies |
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11.1 | Travel documents for bodies being taken outside the United Kingdom for burial or cremation |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an application for a travel document for a body that is being taken outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of burial or cremation. | Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4 |
11.2 | Travel documents for reconstruction or resettlement |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an application for a travel document where the application is stated as being made in order to enable the applicant to participate in a project operated or approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of enabling a person in the United Kingdom to make a single trip to a country outside the United Kingdom in order to assist the reconstruction of that country or to decide whether to resettle there. | Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4 |
11.3 | Travel documents for the purposes of the Assisted Voluntary Return programme |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an application for a document of identity for the purposes of the Assisted Voluntary Return programme. | Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4 |
11.4 | Travel documents for persons born on or before 2nd September 1929 |
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| No fee is payable in respect of an application for a convention travel document or stateless person's travel document where the applicant was born on or before 2nd September 1929. | Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4 |
[11.5 | Processing an application or claim which is later rejected as invalid |
[11.5.1] | No fee is payable in respect of the processing of an application or claim which is rejected as invalid prior to a decision being issued where—
(a) no fee was payable in respect of that application or claim; or
(b) a fee was payable in respect of that application or claim but no fee was paid at the time the application or claim was made.
| [Fee 10.8.1]] |
[11.5.2 | No fee is payable in respect of the processing of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules before 7.00 a.m. on 30th March 2019 which is rejected as invalid at or after that time prior to a decision being issued. | 10.8.1] |
Table 12 (Fees for applications for biometric immigration documents and the process used to take a record of biometric information)
Number of fee | Type of application or process | Amount of fee |
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12.1 | Fees for mandatory applications for a replacement biometric immigration document |
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12.1.1 | Application, by an applicant who has limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom, for a biometric immigration document in accordance with regulation 19(1)(a) of the 2008 Regulations to replace a biometric immigration document which has been cancelled under the following provisions of those Regulations—
(a)regulation 17(b) where the applicant is within the United Kingdom;
(b)regulation 17(c) to (e);
(c)regulation 17(f) (other than where the document needs to be reissued because some substantive alteration is required to the information recorded in the cancelled document); or
(d)regulation 17(g) .
| £56 |
12.1.2 | Application, by an applicant who has limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom, for a biometric immigration document in accordance with regulation 19(1)(b) of the 2008 Regulations to replace a biometric immigration document which has ceased to have effect under regulation 13(4)(b) to (d), 13A(6)(b) to (d) or 13B(4)(b) of those Regulations . | £56 |
12.2 | Fee for taking a record of biometric information in specified circumstances |
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12.2.1 | The process used to take a record of a person's biometric information for the purposes of an application for a biometric immigration document referred to in fees 12.1.1 and 12.1.2. | £19.20 |
12.2.2 | The process used to take a record of a person's biometric information for the purposes of an application for a biometric immigration document pursuant to—
(a)paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 3 of the 2008 Regulations, in a case where the person satisfies the condition referred to in that provision as mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) or (b) of that regulation; or
(b)regulation 3A of the 2008 Regulations .
| £19.20 |
. . . | .... | . . . |
12.2.4 | The process used to take a record of a person's biometric information for the purposes of an application for a biometric immigration document where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations. | £19.20 |
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)
Number and description of the exception | Fees to which exception applies |
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13.1 | Persons granted asylum or humanitarian protection, stateless persons and their dependants |
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13.1.1 | No fee is payable for an application for a biometric immigration document if the applicant—
(a)has been granted asylum;
(b)has been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules;
(c)has been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraphs 352A to 352FI of the immigration rules;
(d)is a dependant of an individual described in any of (a) to (c); or
(e)has been granted limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a stateless person, or as the family member of a stateless person, under Part 14 of the immigration rules.
| Fees 12.1.1 and 12.1.2 |
13.2 | Children born in the United Kingdom to persons granted asylum or humanitarian protection |
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13.2.1 | No fee is payable for an application for a biometric immigration document if the applicant is a child who was born in the United Kingdom to a person who has been granted asylum, or has been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules. | Fees 12.1.1 and 12.1.2 |
13.3 | Process used to take a record of a person's biometric information where exception 13.1 or 13.2 applies |
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13.3.1 | No fee is payable for the process used to take a record of a person's biometric information for the purposes of an application for a biometric immigration document to which exception 13.1.1 or 13.2.1 applies. | Fee 12.2.1 |
13.4 | Children being looked after by a local authority |
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13.4.1 | No fee is payable for the process used to take a record of a person's biometric information if that person is a child and is being looked after by a local authority. | Fees 12.2.1 and 12.2.2 |
13.5 | Applicants with leave to remain in the United Kingdom under the EC Association Agreement with Turkey [or under Appendix ECAA Extension of Stay to the immigration rules] |
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13.5.1 | No fee is payable for the process used to take a record of a person's biometric information if that person has limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom [granted under Appendix ECAA Extension of Stay to the immigration rules or, before 11.00 p.m. on 31st December 2020,] under the terms of the EC Association Agreement with Turkey. | Fees 12.2.1 and 12.2.2 |
13.6 | Process used to take a record of a person's biometric information where the person is exempt from paying the application fee for the connected application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom, or that application fee has been waived |
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13.6.1 | No fee is payable for the process used to take a record of a person's biometric information where that record is taken for the purposes of an application for a biometric immigration document made—
(a)in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 3 of the 2008 Regulations, in a case where the person satisfies the condition referred to in that provision as mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) of that regulation, and
(b)in connection with an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom in relation to which the applicant is exempt from paying the application fee or the application fee has been waived.
| Fee 12.2.2 |
13.7 | Process used to take a record of a person's biometric information where the person has applied for variation of limited leave to allow recourse to public funds in certain circumstances |
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13.7.1 | No fee is payable in respect of the taking of a record of a person's biometric information upon variation of limited leave to enter or limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom, in order to be permitted access to public funds by a person who has been granted such leave (subject to a condition of no recourse to public funds)—
(a)under—
(i)paragraph 276BE(1) (including when it is read with paragraph 276A01(1)) of Part 7 of the immigration rules;
(ii)paragraph 276DG of that Part of the immigration rules;
(iii)paragraph D-LTRP.1.2. (including when it is read with paragraph GEN.2.3.(1).) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;
(iv)paragraph D-LTRPT.1.2. (including when it is read with paragraph GEN.2.3.(1).) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;
(v)paragraph D-ILRP.1.2. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules; or
(vi)paragraph D-ILRPT.1.2. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;
(b)outside the immigration rules—
(i)as mentioned in paragraph 276BE(2) (including when it is read with paragraph 276A01(1)) of Part 7 of the immigration rules; or
(ii)before 10th August 2017, as mentioned in paragraph GEN.1.10. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules as the rules were immediately before that date.
| Fees 12.2.2 and 12.2.4 |
[13.7A | Application for biometric immigration document in accordance with regulation 3 of the 2008 Regulations by a person falling within paragraph (3) of that regulation | |
13.7A.1 | No fee is payable for an application for a biometric immigration document made in accordance with regulation 3 of the 2008 Regulations by a person falling within paragraph (3) of that regulation. | Fees 10.6.1, 10.6.2] |
13.8 | Fee for a biometric immigration document where the person has paid an application fee in 10.6 of this Schedule |
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13.8.1 | No fee is payable for a biometric immigration document if that person has made an application for which the fee is specified in any of 10.6.1 to 10.6.5. | All fees in 12.1 |
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
Waiver or reduction in respect of the fee specified at 12.2.4U.K.
3. The Secretary of State may waive or reduce the specified fee in 12.2.4.
Regulation 6
SCHEDULE 4U.K.SPONSORSHIP
InterpretationU.K.
1. In this Schedule—
“confirmation of acceptance for studies” means an authorisation issued by the Secretary of State to a sponsor and issued to a person by that sponsor, in respect of an application, or potential application, for entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a student;
“” means the optional premium customer services offered by the Home Office to certain sponsors;
“” means a sponsor that is—
(a)
a company that is subject to the small companies regime under section 381 of the Companies Act 2006 ;
(b)
in the case of a person who is not a company for the purposes of that section, a person who employs no more than 50 employees; or
(c)
a charity within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2011 , or section 1 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 , or a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register ;
“” means an electronic request made by a sponsor in connection with their sponsor licence, through their sponsorship management system account;
[“students” means applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under [Appendix Student or Appendix Child Student] to the immigration rules;
“the student route” means either or both of—
(a)
the Student route provided for by [Appendix Student] to the immigration rules;
(b)
the Child Student route provided for by [Appendix Child Student] to the immigration rules;
“Student Sponsor basic compliance assessment” means the check which a sponsor with Probationary Sponsor status must apply for in order to become registered as having Student Sponsor status, or for which sponsors already registered with Student Sponsor status must apply in order to maintain that registration;]
[“temporary workers” means applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under—
(a)
Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Seasonal Worker to the immigration rules,
(b)
Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Youth Mobility Scheme to those rules,
(c)
Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Religious Worker to those rules,
(d)
Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Charity Worker to those rules,
(e)
Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative or Sporting Worker to those rules,
(f)
Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) International Agreement Worker to those rules, or
(g)
Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Government Authorised Exchange Worker to those rules;
“the temporary worker route” means any or all of—
(a)
the Seasonal Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Seasonal Worker to the immigration rules;
(b)
the Youth Mobility Scheme route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Youth Mobility Scheme to those rules;
(c)
the Religious Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Religious Worker to those rules;
(d)
the Charity Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Charity Worker to those rules;
(e)
the Creative or Sporting Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative and Sporting Worker to those rules;
(f)
the International Agreement Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) International Agreement Worker to those rules;
(g)
the Government Authorised Exchange Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Government Authorised Exchange Worker to those rules;
“temporary worker sponsor” means a person who has a sponsor licence in respect of temporary workers;]
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[“workers” means applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under—
(a)
Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules,
(b)
Appendix Intra-Company Routes to those rules,
(c)
Appendix T2 Minister of Religion to those rules, or
(d)
Appendix T2 Sportsperson to those rules;
“the worker route” means any or all of—
(a)
the Skilled Worker route provided for by Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules;
(b)
the Intra-Company Transfer route provided for by Appendix Intra-Company Routes to those rules;
(c)
the Intra-Company Graduate Trainee route provided for by Appendix Intra-Company Routes to those rules;
(d)
the T2 Minister of Religion route provided for by Appendix T2 Minister of Religion to those rules;
(e)
the T2 Sportsperson route provided for by Appendix T2 Sportsperson to those rules;
“worker sponsor” means a person who has a sponsor licence in respect of workers.]
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
Fees in connection with sponsorshipU.K.
2.—(1) Table 14 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for sponsor licences, for the issuing of certificates of sponsorship and confirmations of acceptance for studies, and for premium services for sponsors.
(2) Table 15 specifies the amount of fees for other specified applications and processes in connection with sponsorship.
Table 14 (Fees in relation to sponsor licences, premium services for sponsors, certificates of sponsorship and confirmations of acceptance for studies)
Number of fee | Type of application, service, or process | Amount of fee |
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14.1 | Fees for applications for sponsor licences where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor |
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14.1.1 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of [workers] where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor. | £1,476 |
14.1.2 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of [students] where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor. | £536 |
14.1.3 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of [temporary workers] where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor. | £536 |
14.1.4 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of [[workers] and students] where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor. | £1,476 |
14.1.5 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of [workers and temporary workers] where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor. | £1,476 |
14.1.6 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of [[workers, temporary workers] and students] where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor. | £1,476 |
14.2 | Fees for applications for sponsor licences where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor |
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14.2.1 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of [workers] where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor. | £536 |
14.2.2 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of [students] where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor. | £536 |
14.2.3 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of [temporary workers] where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor. | £536 |
14.3 | Fees for premium services for sponsors |
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14.3.3 | The provision of premium services for sponsors in respect of [the worker route and the temporary worker route] to a sponsor that is not a small or charitable sponsor for a period of 12 months. | £25,000 |
14.3.4 | The provision of premium services for sponsors in respect of [the worker route and the temporary worker route] to a small or charitable sponsor for a period of 12 months. | £8,000 |
14.3.5 | The provision of premium services for sponsors in respect of [the student route] to a sponsor for a period of 12 months. | £8,000 |
14.3.6 | The expedited processing of a sponsorship management request made by [a worker sponsor or a temporary worker sponsor], where the sponsor does not hold a valid premium service package [[for which a fee has been paid (before, at or after 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020) under 14.3.3 or 14.3.4 of this Table] or for which a fee was paid before 6th April 2020 under 14.3.1 or 14.3.2 of this Table]. | £200 |
[14.3.7 | The expedited processing of an application for a sponsor licence made under a priority service. | £500] |
14.4 | Fees for the process of issuing certificates of sponsorship and confirmations of acceptance for studies |
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14.4.1 | The issuing of a certificate of sponsorship in respect of an application or potential application [under Appendix Skilled Worker, Appendix Intra-Company Routes, Appendix T2 Minister of Religion or Appendix T2 Sportsperson to the immigration rules,] where the application is not made in respect of a CESC national (in which case no fee is payable). | £199 |
14.4.2 | The issuing of a confirmation of acceptance for studies in respect of an application or potential application [under [Appendix Student or Appendix Child Student] to the immigration rules] . | £21 |
14.4.3 | The issuing of a certificate of sponsorship in respect of an application or potential application [under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Seasonal Worker, Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Religious Worker, Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Charity Worker, Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative or Sporting Worker, Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) International Agreement Worker or Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Government Authorised Exchange Worker to the immigration rules,] where the application is not made in respect of a CESC national (in which case no fee is payable). | £21 |
Fees for other applications in connection with sponsorshipU.K.
3.—[(1) In sub-paragraph (2) a “relevant sponsor licence” means a sponsor licence which—
(a)is a sponsor licence in respect of students or temporary workers or both, and
(b)is not also a sponsor licence in respect of workers.
(2) Where a person who is not a small or charitable sponsor holds a relevant sponsor licence and applies for that licence to be extended so that it is also a sponsor licence in respect of workers, the fee payable for that application is the sum equivalent to the difference between—
(a)the fee paid for the original application for the licence, and
(b)the fee specified by 14.1.1 in Table 14.
(2A) Except as provided for by sub-paragraph (2), no fee is payable for an application to add any route referred to in the definitions of “the student route”, “the temporary worker route” or “the worker route” in paragraph 1 to an existing sponsor licence.]
(3) Where a person holding an existing valid sponsor licence applies for a separate licence, the fee payable is the full fee chargeable in respect of [the separate licence applied for].
Table 15 (Fees for other applications and processes in connection with sponsorship)
Number of fee | Type of application or process | Amount of fee |
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15.1 | Fee for applications for a [Student Sponsor] basic compliance assessment |
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15.1.1 | Application for a [Student Sponsor] basic compliance assessment. | £536 |
15.2 | Fee for processes relating to sponsor licences |
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15.2.1 | The issuing to a sponsor, on request, of an action plan with which a sponsor must comply in order to achieve or retain a particular status, or to remain on the register of licensed sponsors maintained by the Secretary of State. | £1,476 |
Regulation 7
SCHEDULE 5U.K.CONSULAR FUNCTIONS
InterpretationU.K.
1. In this Schedule—
“consular employee” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(e) of the Vienna Convention;
“consular function” means any of the functions described in Article 5 of the Vienna Convention or functions in the United Kingdom which correspond with those functions;
“consular officer” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(d) of the Vienna Convention;
“consular post” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(a) of the Vienna Convention;
“consular premises” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(j) of the Vienna Convention;
“supporting documents” means any letter, certificate, declaration or other document which may be required by an authority in any country or territory in connection with an application;
“Vienna Convention” means the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations set out in Schedule 1 to the Consular Relations Act 1968 ;
“visa” includes an entry certificate, entry permit or other document which is to be taken as evidence of a person's eligibility for entry into a country or territory (other than a work permit).
Fees for the exercise of consular functions in connection with immigration and nationalityU.K.
2.—(1) Table 16 specifies the amount of the fees for the exercise of the specified consular functions.
(2) The fee specified at 16.1.1 in Table 16 is to be read with paragraph 3 (charges for travel time when services are provided away from consular premises).
(3) Each of the fees specified in Table 16 is subject to paragraph 4 (discretion to waive fees for the services of consular officers or employees).
Table 16 (Fees for the exercise of consular functions in connection with immigration and nationality)
Number of fee | Service provided | Amount of fee |
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16.1 | General fee for the services of consular officers |
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16.1.1 | The provision of the services of a consular officer or consular employee in relation to any service which the consular post or diplomatic mission has agreed to undertake in connection with immigration or nationality. | £142 per hour or part hour |
16.2 | Fees for receiving, preparing and forwarding documents |
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16.2.1 | The receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any combination of those) of supporting documents for an application for a visa where the Secretary of State does not have authority to issue that visa. | £141 |
16.2.2 | The receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any combination of those) of supporting documents for an application for a residence permit or identity card issued by a country or territory other than the United Kingdom. | £141 |
16.2.3 | The receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any combination of those) of any certificate or document except a travel document or an application for registration or naturalisation. | £141 |
16.3 | Fee for receiving applications for visas on behalf of Commonwealth countries or British Overseas Territories |
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16.3.1 | The receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any combination of those) of supporting documents for an application for a visa for a country listed in Schedule 3 to the 1981 Act or a British overseas territory within the meaning of section 50(1) of the 1981 Act . | £141 |
Charges for travel time when services are provided away from consular premisesU.K.
3. For the purposes of calculation of the specified fee in 16.1.1 in Table 16, the hours or part hours during which the services of consular officers or consular employees are provided includes travel time where those services are provided away from the consular premises.
Discretion to waive fees for the services of consular officers or employeesU.K.
4. The official responsible for determining whether the services of consular officers or employees should be provided may waive the payment of the fee specified for such services in Table 16 where the official considers it is appropriate to do so in the particular circumstances of the case.
Regulation 8
SCHEDULE 6U.K.PREMIUM SERVICES (IN THE UNITED KINGDOM)
InterpretationU.K.
1. In this Schedule—
“AO” means a civil servant of Administrative Officer grade;
“EO” means a civil servant of Executive Officer grade;
“HEO” means a civil servant of Higher Executive Officer grade;
“premium immigration status checking service” means the real time checking service which allows organisations to confirm an individual's immigration status with a view to determining whether the individual is entitled to certain goods, services, benefits or support, or entitled to goods or services free of charge;
“Registered Traveller service” means the discretionary service offered by the Home Office enabling the expedited entry of persons registered on the scheme into the United Kingdom or their transit through the United Kingdom;
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Fees for the provision of certain premium services in the United Kingdom, including the expedition of immigration or nationality applicationsU.K.
2.—(1) Table 17 specifies the amount of the fees for the provision of the specified premium services in the United Kingdom.
(2) Paragraph 3 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the fees specified in Table 17.
Table 17 (Premium services in the United Kingdom)
Number of fee | Description of service provided | Amount of fee |
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17.1 | Fee for expediting immigration and nationality applications |
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17.1.1 | The expedited processing of an immigration or nationality application (or any part of such an application) where the application (or any part of the application) is made in the United Kingdom under a priority service. | [£500] |
17.1.2 | The expedited processing of an immigration or nationality application (or any part of such an application) where the application (or any part of the application) is made in the United Kingdom ..., where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations. | [£800] |
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[17.4A | Fee for a contractor making equipment available for taking a record of biometric information at a location chosen by the applicant |
17.4A.1 | The provision of a service by a contractor comprising the making available of equipment to enable a record of biometric information to be provided in connection with an immigration or nationality application, where the equipment is made available at a location in the United Kingdom chosen by or on behalf of the applicant (other than an office of the Home Office or any other location offered by the Home Office or a contractor for selection by the applicant). | £650 per hour per representative of the contractor attending the location in connection with making the equipment available] |
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17.5 | Fees for the expedited entry of a passenger into, or transiting through, the United Kingdom |
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17.5.1 | The expedited entry of a passenger into, or transiting of a passenger through, the United Kingdom using the Border Force fast track service at Heathrow airport Terminal 2, 3 or 4. | [£5.20] |
17.5.2 | The expedited entry of a passenger into, or transiting of a passenger through, the United Kingdom using the Border Force fast track service, where 17.5.1 does not apply. | £3 |
17.5.3 | The registration of a document confirming identity in respect of a person registering on the Registered Traveller service. | £20 |
17.5.4 | The registration of additional documents confirming identity in respect of a person registered on the Registered Traveller service. | £20 |
17.5.5 | Annual subscription charge for membership of the Registered Traveller service payable in respect of a person who is not a child at the time the application for membership is made. | £50 |
17.5.6 | Charge for membership of the Registered Traveller service payable in respect of a person who is a child at the time the application for such membership is made (“the child applicant”), where it is intended that the child applicant will seek to use the service when accompanying a parent who is a current member of the Registered Traveller service by virtue of having paid the subscription charge specified in 17.5.5 (“the current parent member”). | £2 for each remaining calendar month, or part of such a month, of the current parent member's subscription. |
17.5.7 | Annual charge for membership of the Registered Traveller service payable in respect of a child applicant, where the applicant will be a child for the whole 12-month period beginning with the day on which the subscription begins. | £24 |
17.5.8 | Charge for membership of the Registered Traveller service payable in respect of a child applicant, where the applicant will attain the age of 18 during the 12-month period beginning with the day on which the subscription begins. | £2 for each calendar month, or part of such a month, for which the child applicant remains a child |
17.6 | Fees for the provision of advice or assistance in connection with immigration and nationality |
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17.6.1 | The carrying out of checks under the premium immigration status checking service or the provision of advice on the usage of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, in each case by an AO. | £0.80 per minute per AO |
17.6.2 | The carrying out of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, the provision of advice on the usage of checks under the premium immigration status checking service and on the eligibility of individuals to access services and benefits, or the responding to case enquiries or the providing of training, in each case by an EO during office hours. | £0.88 per minute per EO |
17.6.3 | The carrying out of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, the provision of advice on the usage of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, and on the eligibility of individuals to access services and benefits, or the responding to case enquiries or the providing of training, in each case by an EO outside office hours. | £1.10 per minute per EO |
17.6.4 | The carrying out of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, the provision of advice on the usage of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, and on the eligibility of individuals to access services and benefits, or the responding to case enquiries or the providing of training, in each case by an HEO during office hours. | £0.97 per minute per HEO |
17.6.5 | The carrying out of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, the provision of advice on the usage of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, and on the eligibility of individuals to access services and benefits, or the responding to case enquiries or the providing of training, in each case by an HEO outside office hours. | £1.23 per minute per HEO |
17.7 | Fee for the provision of any premium service by an immigration officer |
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[17.7.2 | The provision, to a person other than a government department, of an immigration officer to provide any premium service relating to entry into or transit through the United Kingdom. | £77.40 per hour per officer] |
[17.7.3 | The provision, to a government department, of an immigration officer to provide any premium service relating to entry into or transit through the United Kingdom. | £57.33 per hour per officer] |
Waiver or reduction in respect of fees specified in Table 17U.K.
3. The Secretary of State may waive or reduce any fee in respect of an application, request or service specified in Table 17.
Regulation 9
SCHEDULE 7U.K.PREMIUM SERVICES (OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM)
InterpretationU.K.
1. In this Schedule—
“priority settlement service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom other than for the purposes of work or study, or for a visit visa, are processed on an expedited basis;
“priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom for the purposes of work or study, or for a visit visa, are processed on an expedited basis;
“super priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom, by which it is aimed to process relevant applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom [within a period shorter than that within which it is aimed to process applications under the priority settlement service or, as the case may be, the priority visa service].
Fees for the provision of certain premium services outside the United KingdomU.K.
2.—(1) Table 18 specifies the amount of fees for the provision of the specified premium services outside the United Kingdom.
(2) Paragraph 3 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the fees specified in Table 18.
Table 18 (Premium services outside the United Kingdom)
Number of fee | Description of service provided | Amount of fee |
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18.1 | Fees for submitting an immigration or nationality application, or documents or information in connection with such an application, at a facility outside the United Kingdom [managed by a contractor] |
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18.1.1 | The acceptance or processing by a contractor of an immigration or nationality application, or documents or information (including biometric information) in relation to such an application, at a User-Pays Application Centre or at another facility managed by a contractor at a location, outside the United Kingdom, either in person or by post or courier. | £55 |
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18.2 | Fees for expediting immigration or nationality applications |
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18.2.1 | The expedited processing, under the priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom. | [£220] |
18.2.2 | The expedited processing, under the super priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom. | £956 |
18.2.3 | The expedited processing, under the priority settlement service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom. | £573 |
18.3 | Fees in connection with the international contact centre service |
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18.3.1 | The provision by a contractor, by telephone, of information or assistance in relation to an immigration or nationality application to an applicant outside the United Kingdom. | [£0.69] per minute |
18.3.2 | The provision by a contractor, by way of an email or series of emails, of information or assistance in response to a query relating to an application in respect of immigration or nationality where provided to an applicant outside the United Kingdom. | [£2.74] per query |
Waiver or reduction in respect of the fees specified in Table 18U.K.
3. The Secretary of State may waive or reduce any fee in respect of a service specified in Table 18.
Regulation 10
SCHEDULE 8U.K.NATIONALITY
InterpretationU.K.
1.—(1) In this Schedule—
“application for naturalisation as a British citizen” means an application for naturalisation as a British citizen under section 6(1) or (2) of the 1981 Act ;
“application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen” means an application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen under section 18(1) or (2) of the 1981 Act ;
“application for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act” means an application for registration as a British citizen under sections 1(3), (3A) or (4), 3(1), (2) or (5), 4(2) or (5), 4A, 4B, 4D, 4F, 10(1) or (2), or 13(1) or (3) of, or paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act ;
“application for registration as a British citizen under the 1997 Act” means an application for registration as a British citizen under section 1 of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997 ;
“application for registration as a British overseas citizen” means an application for registration as a British overseas citizen under section 27(1) of, or paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act;
“application for registration as a British overseas territories citizen” means an application for registration as a British overseas territories citizen under sections 13(1) or (3) of the 1981 Act (as applied by section 24 of that Act), 15(3) or (4), 17(1), (2) or (5), or 22(1) or (2) of, or paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, that Act ;
“application for registration as a British protected person” means an application for registration as a British protected person under article 7 of the 1982 Order ;
“application for registration as a British subject” means an application for registration as a British subject under section 32 of, or paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act;
“certificate of entitlement” has the same meaning as provided for in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act ;
“certificate of registration or naturalisation” means a certificate of registration or naturalisation issued under the 1981 Act.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule an application is made on the date on which it is received by the Secretary of State or by any person authorised by the Secretary of State to receive nationality applications.
Fees for applications, processes and services relating to nationalityU.K.
2.—(1) Tables 19 and 20 specify the amount of the fees for the specified applications, processes and services relating to nationality.
[(1A) Table 20A provides an exception from the requirement to pay the fees specified in 19.2.1 and 19.3.1 in Table 19 in the specified circumstances.]
(2) The fees specified in Table 20 are subject to paragraph 3 (multiple declarations of renunciation of British citizenship).
Table 19 (Fees for applications relating to nationality)
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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19.1 | Fees for applications for naturalisation |
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19.1.1 | Application for naturalisation as a British citizen. | £1,250 |
19.1.2 | Application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen. | £1,000 |
19.2 | Fees for applications for registration where the applicant is an adult |
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19.2.1 | Application for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act, where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made. | £1,126 |
19.2.2 | Application for registration as a British citizen under the 1997 Act, where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made. | £1,126 |
19.2.3 | Application for registration as a British overseas territories citizen, where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made. | £901 |
19.2.4 | Application for registration as a British overseas citizen, where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made. | £901 |
19.2.5 | Application for registration as a British subject, where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made. | £901 |
19.2.6 | Application for registration as a British protected person where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made. | £901 |
19.3 | Fees for applications for registration where the applicant is a child |
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19.3.1 | Application for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made. | £1,012 |
19.3.2 | Application for registration as a British citizen under the 1997 Act, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made. | £1,012 |
19.3.3 | Application for registration as a British overseas territories citizen, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made. | £810 |
19.3.4 | Application for registration as a British overseas citizen, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made. | £810 |
19.3.5 | Application for registration as a British subject, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made. | £810 |
19.3.6 | Application for registration as a British protected person, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made. | £810 |
Table 20 (Fees for applications, processes and services in connection with nationality)
Number of fee | Type of application, process or service | Amount of fee |
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20.1 | Fees for applications in connection with nationality |
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20.1.1 | Application for the amendment of a certificate of registration or naturalisation other than where the amendment is required to rectify an error made by the Secretary of State. | £250 |
20.1.2 | Application for a certificate of entitlement where the application is made in respect of a person who is in the United Kingdom at the time that the application is made. | £372 |
20.1.3 | Application for a certificate of entitlement where the application is made in respect of a person who is outside the United Kingdom at the time that the application is made. | £388 |
20.1.4 | Application for a letter or other document confirming a person's nationality status or that a person is not a British citizen, where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations. | £250 |
20.2 | Fees for processes in connection with nationality |
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20.2.1 | Application for the review of an application for a certificate of registration or naturalisation, or for a certificate of entitlement, which has been refused by the Secretary of State. | £372 |
20.2.2 | The process used to take a record of a person's biometric information for the purposes of an application for registration or naturalisation . | £19.20 |
20.3 | Fees for services in connection with nationality |
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20.3.1 | Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British citizenship under section 12 of the 1981 Act . | £372 |
20.3.2 | Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British overseas territories citizenship under sections 12 and 24 of the 1981 Act . | £372 |
20.3.3 | Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British National (Overseas) status under section 12 of the 1981 Act and article 7 of the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 . | £372 |
20.3.4 | Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British overseas citizenship under sections 12 and 29 of the 1981 Act. | £372 |
20.3.5 | Registration of a declaration of renunciation of the status of British subject under sections 12 and 34 of the 1981 Act. | £372 |
20.3.6 | Registration of a declaration of renunciation of the status of British protected person under article 11 of the 1982 Order . | £372 |
20.3.7 | The supply of a certified copy of a notice, certificate, order, declaration or entry given, granted or made under the 1981 Act, any of the former nationality Acts (within the meaning of section 50(1) of the 1981 Act), or the 2007 Act. | £250 |
20.4 | Fees for services in connection with citizenship ceremonies and citizenship oaths |
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20.4.1 | The arrangement of a citizenship ceremony (including the administration of a citizenship oath and pledge at the ceremony). | £80 |
20.4.2 | The administration of a citizenship oath (or citizenship oath and pledge), where the citizenship oath (or citizenship oath and pledge) are not administered at a citizenship ceremony or by a Justice of the Peace. | £5 |
[Table 20A (Exception in respect of fees for applications for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act)
Number and description of the exception | Fees to which the exception applies |
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20A.1 | Certain applications for registration as a British citizen under section 4F of the 1981 Act |
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20A.1.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act where—
(a) the application is made under section 4F of that Act;
(b) the relevant registration provision (within the meaning given by section 4F(2) of that Act) is paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to that Act; and
(c) the applicant made an application falling within paragraphs (a) and (b) before 25th July 2019 but it was refused because the Secretary of State was not satisfied that the applicant was of good character.]
| Fees 19.2.1, 19.3.1 |
[(3) Paragraph 6 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive the fee specified in 19.3.1.]
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
Multiple declarations of renunciation of British citizenshipU.K.
3. Where a person makes more than one declaration of renunciation at the same time, for which the fee is specified in Table 20, only one such fee is payable.
Responsibility for paying the fee for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremonyU.K.
4.—(1) The specified fee in 20.4.1 in Table 20 is payable by the person who is required by section 42 of the 1981 Act to make a citizenship oath and pledge at a citizenship ceremony.
(2) Where the fee for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony is not paid in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may not consider the related application for registration or naturalisation made by the person responsible for paying that fee.
Refunds of fees for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony where an application is refused or the requirement to attend the ceremony is disappliedU.K.
5. Where the specified fee in 20.4.1 in Table 20 for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony is paid in accordance with paragraph 4(1), it must be refunded if—
(a)the Secretary of State refuses to arrange the citizenship ceremony; or
(b)the Secretary of State decides that the registration is to be effected, or the certificate of naturalisation is to be granted, but disapplies the requirement to make a citizenship oath and pledge at a citizenship ceremony because of the special circumstances of the case.
[Waiver in respect of the fee specified in 19.3.1U.K.
6.—(1) The Secretary of State may waive the fee specified in 19.3.1 in respect of an application for registration as a British citizen made—
(a)under section 3(1) of the 1981 Act,
(b)in respect of a child born on or after 1st July 2006, and
(c)on the grounds in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) The grounds are that—
(a)at the time of the child’s birth, the woman who gave birth to the child (“the child’s mother”) was married to, or in a civil partnership with, a man other than the child’s natural father,
(b)no person is treated as the father of the child under section 28 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 or section 35 or 36 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008,
(c)no person is treated as a parent of the child under section 42 or 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, and
(d)the child would have automatically become a British citizen at birth by the operation of any provision of the 1981 Act if the child’s mother had been married to, or in a civil partnership with, the child’s natural father at the time of the child’s birth (irrespective of whether the child’s mother and natural father could actually have been married to, or in a civil partnership with, each other at that time).
(3) The reference in sub-paragraph (2)(d) to automatically becoming a British citizen at birth is to be construed in accordance with section 4J(4) of the 1981 Act.]
Regulation 11
SCHEDULE 9U.K.APPLICATIONS IN RELATION TO ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER THE ISLE OF MAN AND PREMIUM SERVICES
InterpretationU.K.
1. In this Schedule —
“present and settled” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;
“priority settlement service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man other than for the purposes of work or study, or for a visit visa, are processed on an expedited basis;
“priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man for the purposes of work or study, or for a visit visa, are processed on an expedited basis;
“super priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, by which it is aimed to process relevant applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man [within a period shorter than that within which it is aimed to process applications under the priority settlement service or, as the case may be, the priority visa service];
“Worker Migrant” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;
“Worker (Intra Company Transfer) Migrant” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules.
Fees for, and in connection with, applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of ManU.K.
2.—(1) Table 21 specifies the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, as well as the fee for an approval letter from a designated competent body.
(2) Table 22 specifies the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as the dependant of a main applicant.
(3) Table 23 provides [exceptions from the requirement to pay certain fees in respect of applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man,] and Table 24 provides for the waiver or reduction of fees specified in Tables 21 and 22 in specified circumstances [(and see paragraphs 3A and 4)].
(4) Paragraph 3 makes provision for the amount of fees to be paid in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man by the dependant of a main applicant in circumstances where the fees specified in 21.3.3 in Table 21, or Table 22, do not apply.
[(4A) Paragraph 3A provides for the reduction in specified circumstances of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a Worker Migrant or as the dependant of a Worker Migrant.]
(5) The fees specified in Table 21 are subject to paragraph 4.
(6) Each of the fees specified in 21.1.2, 21.1.3 and 21.1.4 in Table 21 is calculated by reference to an annual rate.
(7) The annual rate referred to in sub-paragraph (6) for each of the fees in question is determined by dividing the amount of the fee by the number of years to which the application relates.
Table 21 (Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man)
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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21.1 | Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a visitor |
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21.1.1 | Application for a visit visa for a period of six months or less. | [£95] |
21.1.2 | Application for a visit visa for a period of two years. | [£361] |
21.1.3 | Application for a visit visa for a period of five years. | [£655] |
21.1.4 | Application for a visit visa for a period of ten years. | [£822] |
21.1.5 | Application for a visit visa as an academic for a period of more than six months but not more than twelve months. | [£190] |
21.1.6 | Application for a visit visa for private medical treatment for a period of more than six months but not more than eleven months. | [£190] |
21.2 | Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, and connected applications, under the Points-Based System |
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21.2.1 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent)
Migrant where fee 21.2.8 applies.
| £152 |
21.2.2 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant where fee 21.2.8 does not apply. | £608 |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
21.2.5 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant. | £1,623 |
21.2.6 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 4 Migrant. | £348 |
21.2.7 | Application for entry clearance as a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant or a Tier 5 (Youth Mobility) Temporary Migrant. | £244 |
21.2.8 | Application to the Home Office for an approval letter from a designated competent body in respect of a proposed application for entry clearance to the Isle of Man as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant. | £456 |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
| | |
21.3 | Fees for other applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man |
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21.3.1 | Application for entry clearance for the purposes of joining a ship or aircraft as a member of the crew of that ship or aircraft. | £64 |
21.3.2 | Application for entry clearance on a route to settlement in the Isle of Man (that being an application made with a view to becoming ordinarily resident in the Isle of Man without being subject to any restriction on the period for which an individual may remain there) where the fee is not specified elsewhere in this Schedule. | £1,523 |
21.3.3 | Application for entry clearance as a parent, grandparent or other dependant relative of a person present and settled in the Isle of Man under Appendix FM to the Isle of Man immigration rules. | £3,250 |
21.3.4 | Application for entry clearance as a representative of an overseas business under Part 5 of the Isle of Man immigration rules. | £610 |
21.3.5 | Application for entry clearance as a Worker Migrant for a period of three years or less. | £610 |
21.3.6 | Application for entry clearance as a Worker (Intra Company Transfer) Migrant. | £610 |
[21.3.7 | Application for entry clearance as an Innovator. | £1,021 |
21.3.8 | Application for entry clearance as a Start-up Migrant. | £363] |
21.4 | General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man |
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21.4.1 | Application for entry clearance where the fee is not specified elsewhere in this Schedule. | £516 |
Table 22 (Specified fees for dependants)
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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22.1 | Specified fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a dependant of a main applicant |
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22.1.1 | Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant. | £608 |
[22.1.1A | Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant. | £1,021 |
22.1.1B | Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant. | £363] |
22.1.2 | Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) Migrant. | £604 |
22.1.3 | Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (General) Migrant. | £1,021 |
. . . | . . . | . . . |
Table 23 ( [Exceptions] in respect of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man)
Number and description of the exception | Fee to which exception applies |
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... | ... |
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. . . | . . . | . . . |
[23.2 | Applications for entry clearance for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU to the Isle of Man immigration rules | |
23.2.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance made for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU to the Isle of Man immigration rules for leave to enter or leave to remain in the Isle of Man. | Fees 21.3.2, 21.4.1 |
23.3 | Applications for entry clearance under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the Isle of Man immigration rules | |
23.3.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance made under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the Isle of Man immigration rules. | Fees 21.3.2, 21.4.1] |
Table 24 (Waivers or reductions in respect of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man)
Number and description of the waiver | Fees to which waiver applies |
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24.1 | General waiver |
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24.1.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application where the Secretary of State determines that the fee should be waived. | All fees in Tables 21 and 22 |
24.2 | Scholarships funded by Her Majesty's Government |
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24.2.1 | The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the application is made by a candidate for, or holder of, a scholarship funded by Her Majesty's Government and is in connection with such a scholarship. | All fees in Tables 21 and 22 |
24.3 | International courtesy |
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24.3.1 | The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee as a matter of international courtesy. | All fees in Tables 21 and 22 |
Applications by dependantsU.K.
3. Except in respect of applications for which a fee is specified in 21.3.3 of Table 21, or in Table 22, and subject to the [exceptions] , waivers and reductions set out in Tables 23 and 24 [and to paragraph 3A], the fee for an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man made by the dependant of a main applicant (whether or not that application is made at the same time as that of the main applicant) is the fee specified in Table 21 in respect of the main applicant's application.
[Reduction of fees for Health and Care Visa applications and related applications by dependantsU.K.
3A.—(1) In this paragraph—
a “Health and Care Visa application” means an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a Worker Migrant where the Confirmation of Employment issued in respect of the application confirms the applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by Section 4 of the Confirmation of Employment Guidance;
a “relevant dependant’s application” means an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as the dependant of a Worker Migrant (whether or not the application is made at the same time as that of the main applicant) where—
(a)
the Confirmation of Employment issued in respect of the application by the main applicant confirms the main applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by Section 4 of the Confirmation of Employment Guidance, or
(b)
the applicant has an Isle of Man employer’s letter or email referred to in Section 4 of the Confirmation of Employment Guidance under the heading “Entry Clearance – Health and Care Visa application process” in respect of the application.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)“Confirmation of Employment” has the meaning given by Appendix W to the Isle of Man immigration rules;
(b)the references to “the Confirmation of Employment Guidance” are to the document entitled “Confirmation of Employment Guidance” published by the Isle of Man Cabinet Office.
(3) The fee payable, in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a Worker Migrant or as the dependant of a Worker Migrant, under 21.3.5 of Table 21 (as applied, in the case of an application by a dependant, by paragraph 3) is to be reduced by £378 in the case of a Health and Care Visa application or a relevant dependant’s application.]
Applications by CESC NationalsU.K.
4.—(1) Where an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man of a kind within sub-paragraph (2) is made by a CESC national, and the applicant is the main applicant, the fee set out in Table 21 is to be reduced by £55.
(2) An application is of a kind within this sub-paragraph if it is an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant;
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant;
(f)a Worker Migrant; ...
(g)a Worker (Intra Company Transfer) Migrant.
[(h)an Innovator; or
(i)a Start-up Migrant.]
[(3) Where the application is a Health and Care Visa application within the meaning of paragraph 3A, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) to the fee set out in Table 21 is to be read as a reference to that fee as reduced under paragraph 3A.]
Fees for the provision of certain premium services outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of ManU.K.
5.—(1) Table 25 specifies the amount of fees for the provision of specified premium services for the purposes of article 9A of the 2016 Order as it applies to the Isle of Man.
(2) Paragraph 6 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the fees specified in Table 25.
Table 25 (Premium services outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man)
Number of fee | Description of service provided | Amount of fee |
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25.1 | Fees for submitting an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, or documents or information in connection with such an application, at a facility outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man |
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25.1.1 | The acceptance or processing by a contractor of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, or documents or information (including biometric information) in relation to such an application, at a User-Pays Application Centre or at another facility managed by a contractor at a location outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, either in person or by post or courier. | £55 |
25.2 | Fees for expediting applications |
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25.2.1 | The expedited processing, under the priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man. | [£220] |
25.2.2 | The expedited processing, under the super priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man. | £956 |
25.2.3 | The expedited processing, under the priority settlement service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man. | £573 |
25.3 | Fees in connection with the international contact centre service |
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25.3.1 | The provision by a contractor, by telephone, of information or assistance in relation to an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man to an applicant outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. | [£0.69] per minute |
25.3.2 | The provision by a contractor, by way of an email or series of emails, of information or assistance in response to a query relating to an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, where provided to an applicant outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. | [£2.74] per query |
Waiver or reduction in respect of the fees specified in Table 25U.K.
6. The Secretary of State may waive or reduce any fee in respect of a service specified in Table 25.
Regulation 12
SCHEDULE 10U.K.APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER THE BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY OR THE BAILIWICK OF JERSEY AND PREMIUM SERVICES
InterpretationU.K.
1. In this Schedule—
[“Guernsey immigration rules” means the rules made by the States of Guernsey Committee for Home Affairs in respect of the Bailiwick of Guernsey under sections 1(4) and 3(2) of the 1971 Act as extended to that bailiwick;
“Jersey immigration rules” means the rules contained in the directions made by the Minister for Home Affairs in respect of the Bailiwick of Jersey under sections 1(4A) and 3(2) of the 1971 Act as extended to that bailiwick;]
“priority settlement service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey other than for the purposes of work or study, or as a visitor, are processed on an expedited basis;
“priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of work or study, or as a visitor, are processed on an expedited basis;
“relevant bailiwick” means—
(a)
the Bailiwick of Guernsey, so far as this Schedule relates to an application for entry clearance to enter that bailiwick; or
(b)
the Bailiwick of Jersey, so far as this Schedule relates to an application for entry clearance to enter that bailiwick;
“super priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick, by which it is aimed to process relevant applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey [within a period shorter than that within which it is aimed to process applications under the priority settlement service or, as the case may be, the priority visa service];
“work permit employment” means employment as a work permit holder under—
(a)
[the Guernsey immigration rules; or]
(b)
rules made by the Minister for Home Affairs in respect of the Bailiwick of Jersey under sections 1(4) and 3(2) of the 1971 Act as extended to that bailiwick .
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
2.—(1) Table 26 specifies the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey.U.K.
[(1A) Table 26A provides exceptions from the requirement to pay certain fees in respect of applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey.]
(2) Paragraph 3 confers a discretion of the Secretary of State to waive the fees specified in Table 26.
(3) Paragraph 4 makes provision for the amount of fees to be paid in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey by the dependant of a main applicant.
(4) Each of the fees specified in 26.2.2 to 26.2.4 in Table 26 is calculated by reference to an annual rate.
(5) The annual rate referred to in sub-paragraph (4) for each of the fees in question is determined by dividing the amount of the fee by the number of years to which the application relates.
Table 26 (Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey)
Number of fee | Type of application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey | Amount of fee |
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26.1 | General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey |
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26.1.1 | Application for entry clearance where the fee is not specified elsewhere in this Schedule. | £516 |
26.2 | Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey as a visitor |
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26.2.1 | Application for entry clearance for a period of six months or less. | [£95] |
26.2.2 | Application for entry clearance for a period of two years. | [£361] |
26.2.3 | Application for entry clearance for a period of five years. | [£655] |
26.2.4 | Application for entry clearance for a period of ten years. | [£822] |
26.3 | Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey as a student |
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26.3.1 | Application for entry clearance as a student. | £348 |
26.4 | Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey for purposes of work permit employment or for settlement |
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26.4.1 | Application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of work permit employment[, other than [an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey to which 26.4.1ZA applies or] an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey to which 26.4.1A applies]. | £610 |
[26.4.1ZA | Application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey for the purposes of work permit employment for a period of 9 months or less. | £244] |
[26.4.1A | [Application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of low-skilled work permit employment for a period of 12 months or less.] | £244] |
26.4.2 | Application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of settlement (that being an application made with a view to becoming ordinarily resident in the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey without being subject to any restriction on the period for which an individual may remain there). | £1,523 |
[Table 26A (Exceptions in respect of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey)
Number and description of the exception | Fees to which exception applies |
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26A.1 | Applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU to the Guernsey immigration rules |
26A.1.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey made for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU to the Guernsey immigration rules for leave to enter or leave to remain in that bailiwick. | Fees 26.1.1, 26.2.1, 26.4.2 |
26A.2 | Applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU(J) to the Jersey immigration rules |
26A.2.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey made for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU(J) to the Jersey immigration rules for leave to enter or leave to remain in that bailiwick. | Fees 26.1.1, 26.2.1, 26.4.2 |
26A.3 | Applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey under Appendix EU(J) (Family Permit) to the Jersey immigration rules |
26A.3.1 | No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey made under Appendix EU(J) (Family Permit) to the Jersey immigration rules. | Fees 26.1.1, 26.2.1, 26.4.2] |
Waiver in respect of the fees listed in Table 26U.K.
3. The Secretary of State may waive any fee in respect of an application specified in Table 26.
Applications by dependantsU.K.
4. The fee for an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey as a dependant of a main applicant (whether that application is made at the same time as that of the main application or not) is the fee specified in Table 26 in respect of the main applicant's application [, subject to the exceptions in Table 26A].
Fees for the provision of certain premium services outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwickU.K.
5.—(1) Table 27 specifies the amount of fees for the provision of specified premium services for the purposes of article 9A of the 2016 Order as it applies to the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey.
(2) Paragraph 6 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the fees specified in Table 27.
Table 27 (Premium services outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick)
Number of fee | Description of service provided | Amount of fee |
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27.1 | Fees for submitting an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey, or documents or information in connection with such an application, at a facility outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick |
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27.1.1 | The acceptance or processing by a contractor of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey, or documents or information (including biometric information) in relation to such an application, at a User-Pays Application Centre or at another facility managed by a contractor at a location outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick, either in person or by post or courier. | £55 |
27.2 | Fees for expediting applications |
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27.2.1 | The expedited processing, under the priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey. | [£220] |
27.2.2 | The expedited processing, under the super priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey. | £956 |
27.2.3 | The expedited processing, under the priority settlement service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey. | £573 |
27.3 | Fees in connection with the international contact centre service |
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27.3.1 | The provision by a contractor, by telephone, of information or assistance, in relation to an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey, to an applicant outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick. | [£0.69] per minute |
27.3.2 | The provision by a contractor, by way of an email or series of emails, of information or assistance in response to a query relating to an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey, where provided to an applicant outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick. | [£2.74] per query |
Waiver or reduction in respect of the fees specified in Table 27U.K.
6. The Secretary of State may waive or reduce any fee in respect of a service specified in Table 27.
Regulation 13
SCHEDULE 11U.K.MISCELLANEOUS FEES
1. In this Schedule—U.K.
“connected application” means an application for leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom which has given rise to a decision which may potentially be the subject of administrative review, whether that application was made—
(a)
by an applicant in the applicant's own right; or
(b)
as the main applicant with one or more dependants having made linked applications;
“linked application” means an application for leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom made by the dependant of a main applicant on the same day as the main applicant's application for leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom;
“unlinked application” means an application for leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom made by the dependant of a main applicant on a different day to the day on which the main applicant's application for leave to enter or leave to remain was made.
Fee for the administration of the Life in the UK TestU.K.
2. A fee of £50 is payable for the administration of the Life in the UK Test.
Fee for the process of administrative review, together with provision for exemption from, and waiver or reduction of, that feeU.K.
3.—(1) A fee of £80 is payable by a person requesting administrative review of—
(a)a single decision made—
(i)in respect of a connected application;
(ii)in respect of an unlinked application; or
(iii)to cancel leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom at the border;
(b)at least two decisions made—
(i)where one of those decisions is in respect of a connected application, and at least one other decision was in respect of a linked application;
(ii)where each of those decisions is in respect of two or more unlinked applications made on the same day; or
(iii)to cancel the leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom of a person and any of that person's dependants.
(2) In circumstances where administrative review is requested of at least two decisions in respect of at least two unlinked applications made on different days, a fee of £80 is payable in respect of each of those requests for administrative review.
(3) Notwithstanding sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), no fee is payable for administrative review of a decision—
(a)in respect of any application [other than an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules,] where the person was exempt from paying the fee for the application, or the fee in respect of the application was waived;
[(aa)in respect of any application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules before 7.00 a.m. on 30th March 2019, where no fee was payable in respect of the application (except where the payment of the fee was waived under regulation 2(3) of the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Refund, Waiver and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019);
(bb)in respect of any application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under that Appendix at or after 7.00 a.m. on 30th March 2019, where the application was made in respect of a person who, when the application was made, was a child and was being looked after by a local authority;]
(b)to cancel leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom where the person was exempt from paying the fee for the application which gave rise to the leave, or the fee in respect of that application was waived.
(4) If the outcome of administrative review is that the decision under review is maintained, but for different or additional reasons, no fee is payable in respect of any request for administrative review of—
(a)the revised decision; or
(b)any subsequent decision made in relation to the application which gave rise to the decision under review.
(5) The Secretary of State must refund the fee specified in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) if the outcome of administrative review is that the decision under review is withdrawn.
[(5A) But sub-paragraph (5) does not apply where the decision under review—
(a)was made in respect of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules; and
(b)is withdrawn pursuant to paragraph AR(EU)2.1.(c) of Appendix AR (EU) to the immigration rules (decision found to be incorrect as a result of information or evidence that was not before the original decision-maker) and not also pursuant to paragraph AR(EU)2.1.(a) or (b) of that Appendix.]
(6) The Secretary of State may waive or reduce the fee specified in sub-paragraph (1) or (2).
Regulation 14
SCHEDULE 12U.K.AMENDMENT OF THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL (IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM CHAMBER) FEES ORDER 2011
1.—(1) The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees Order 2011 is amended as follows.U.K.
(2) In article 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “the 2017 Regulations” substitute—
““the 2018 Regulations” means the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 ”.
(3) In article 5 (exemption from fees)—
(a)in paragraph (1A)—
(i)for “the 2017 Regulations” substitute “ the 2018 Regulations ”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (a), for “exception 4.5” substitute “ exception 4.4.1 ”;
(b)in paragraph (1B), for “the 2017 Regulations” substitute “ the 2018 Regulations ”.
Explanatory Note
These Regulations replace (and largely revoke) the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/515). They also revoke the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/885).
These Regulations specify fees relating to immigration, nationality and associated functions. They are made further to the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/177), as amended by the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/440) and the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/329), which sets out the functions in connection with immigration and nationality for which the Secretary of State may charge a fee, and the maximum amount that may be charged for each of these functions. The Regulations also make provision which is incidental to the specification of those fees.
Schedules 1 and 2 specify fees for applications for entry clearance to enter, leave to enter and leave to remain in the United Kingdom and approval letters connected with entry clearance and leave to remain.
Schedule 3 specifies fees payable when requesting certain documents relating to immigration and nationality, whilst Schedule 4 specifies certain fees payable by sponsors when requesting particular products or services.
Schedule 5 specifies fees relating to the provision of consular services, Schedule 6 provides for fees payable in relation to premium services provided in the United Kingdom, whilst Schedule 7 makes provision for fees payable in respect of such services provided outside the United Kingdom. Schedule 8 specifies fees payable for applications and services in connection with nationality.
Schedule 9 specifies fees relating to applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, including fees in relation to premium services provided outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, whilst Schedule 10 makes similar provision in respect of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey.
Schedule 11 makes provision for fees payable in respect of miscellaneous matters including the administration of the Life in the UK Test.
Schedule 12 amends the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2841).
Provision is also made in the Schedules to these Regulations for exceptions to certain of the fees specified, and the circumstances in which certain of them may be waived or reduced.
Copies of the documents referred to in these Regulations can be obtained from the Home Office, Fees and Income Planning Team, Vulcan House, Sheffield, S3 8NU.
A note outlining the likely impact of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament together with these Regulations.