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9. Schedule 7 (Fees for expediting applications, applications made in person, and optional services for applicants outside the United Kingdom) has effect to specify—
(a)the amount of the fees for—
(i)the acceptance or processing of an immigration or nationality application, or of information (including biometric information) in relation to such an application from outside the United Kingdom at a facility managed by a contractor or at any other place for the purposes of article 4(o) of the 2011 Order;
(ii)the provision of arrangements for expediting the processing (or an element of the processing) of immigration or nationality applications, made outside the United Kingdom, for the purposes of article 4(k) of the 2011 Order;
(iii)the provision by a contractor of services outside the United Kingdom outside office hours for the purposes of article 4(j) of the 2011 Order;
(iv)the provision of advice and assistance in relation to an immigration or nationality application to applicants outside the United Kingdom by way of the international contact centre service, for the purposes of article 7(a) of the 2011 Order; and
(b)circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.
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