The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018

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Fees for applications, processes and services relating to nationalityU.K.

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2.—(1) Tables 19 and 20 specify the amount of the fees for the specified applications, processes and services relating to nationality.

[F1(1A) Table 20A provides exceptions from the requirement to pay fees specified in [F2Table 19] [F3and Table 20] in specified circumstances.]

(2) The fees specified in Table 20 are subject to paragraph 3 (multiple declarations of renunciation of British citizenship).

[F4(3) Paragraph 6 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive the fee specified in 19.3.1.]

[F5(4) Paragraph 7 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive, in specified circumstances, any fee specified in Table 19 or 20.]

[F6(5) Paragraph 8 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive, in specified circumstances, the fees specified in 19.3.1 and 19.3.2.]

Table 19 (Fees for applications relating to nationality)

Number of fee	Type of application	Amount of fee
19.1	Fees for applications for naturalisation
19.1.1	Application for naturalisation as a British citizen.	[F7£1,500]
19.1.2	Application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen.	£1,000
[F819.1A	Fee for applications for registration as a British citizen in special circumstances
19.1A.1	Application for registration as a British citizen under section 4L of the 1981 Act made on the basis that the applicant would have been able to become a British citizen but for— (a) historical legislative unfairness, (b) an act or omission of a public authority, or (c) exceptional circumstances relating to the applicant.	[F9£1,351]]
19.2	Fees for [F10other] applications for registration where the applicant is an adult
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.	[F11£1,351]
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.	[F12£1,351]
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 [F13other] applications for registration where the applicant is a child
[F1419.3.1	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.	[F15£1,214]
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.	[F16£1,214]]
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
20.1	Fees for applications in connection with nationality
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
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
F17. . .	F17. . .	F17. . .
20.3	Fees for services in connection with nationality
20.3.1	Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British citizenship under section 12 of the 1981 Act M1.	£372
20.3.2	Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British overseas territories citizenship under sections 12 and 24 of the 1981 Act M2.	£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 M3.	£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 M4.	£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
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

[F18Table 20A [F19(Exceptions in respect of fees for registration and for services in connection with citizenship ceremonies and oaths)]

Number and description of the exception		Fees to which the exception applies
20A.1	Certain applications for registration as a British citizen under section 4F of the 1981 Act
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
F20. . .	F20. . .
F20. . .	F20. . .	F20. . .
[F2120A.3	Children being looked after by a local authority
20A.3.1	No fee is payable in respect of an application for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act or the 1997 Act where, at the time the application is made, the person in respect of whom it is made is a child and— (a) is being looked after by a local authority, or (b) is being looked after outside the United Kingdom under an arrangement similar to any of those referred to in the provisions mentioned in the definition of “being looked after by a local authority” in regulation 2.	Fees 19.3.1, 19.3.2
20A.4	Fees for services in connection with citizenship ceremonies and citizenship oaths where no registration fee was payable
20A.4.1	No fee is payable for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony (including the administration of a citizenship oath and pledge at the ceremony) in relation to the registration of a person as a British citizen under the 1981 Act or the 1997 Act where no fee was payable in respect of the related application for registration of that person because— (a) the exception in 20A.3.1 applied, or (b) the fee in respect of that application was waived under paragraph 8.	Fee 20.4.1
20A.4.2	No fee is payable for the administration, otherwise than at a citizenship ceremony or by a Justice of the Peace, of a citizenship oath (or citizenship oath and pledge) in relation to the registration of a person as a British citizen under the 1981 Act or the 1997 Act where no fee was payable in respect of the related application for registration of that person because— (a) the exception in 20A.3.1 applied, or (b) the fee in respect of that application was waived under paragraph 8.	Fee 20.4.2]
[F2220A.4.3	No fee is payable for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony (including the administration of a citizenship oath and pledge at the ceremony) in relation to the registration of a person as a British citizen under section 4K of the 1981 Act where the person is entitled to be registered as a British citizen under that section because they are or would be entitled to be registered as a British overseas territories citizen under section 17H of that Act.	Fee 20.4.1
20A.4.4	No fee is payable for the administration, otherwise than at a citizenship ceremony or by a Justice of the Peace, of a citizenship oath and pledge in relation to the registration of a person as a British citizen under section 4K of the 1981 Act where the person is entitled to be registered as a British citizen under that section because they are or would be entitled to be registered as a British overseas territories citizen under section 17H of that Act.	Fee 20.4.2
20A.4.5	No fee is payable for the administration of a citizenship oath and pledge in relation to the registration of a person as a British overseas territories citizen under section 17H of the 1981 Act.	Fee 20.4.2]]