Fees for applications relating to nationality
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3. The fees specified in Table 20 are subject to paragraph 4 (Multiple declarations of renunciation of British citizenship).
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. | £162 |
| 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. | £223 |
| 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. | £324 |
| 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. | £162 |
| 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. | £80 |
| 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(1). | £19.20 |
| 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(2). | £223 |
| 20.3.2 | Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British overseas territories citizenship under sections 12 and 24 of the 1981 Act. | £223 |
| 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(3). | £223 |
| 20.3.4 | Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British overseas citizenship under sections 29 and 12 of the 1981 Act. | £223 |
| 20.3.5 | Registration of a declaration of renunciation of the status of British subject under sections 34 and 12 of the 1981 Act. | £223 |
| 20.3.6 | Registration of a declaration of renunciation of the status of British protected person under article 11 of the 1982 Order(4). | £223 |
| 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 British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997(5). | £162 |
| 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 oath and pledge where the oath, or oath and pledge, are not administered at a citizenship ceremony or by a justice of the peace. | £5 |
(1)
A person is required to provide biometric information for the purposes of an application of this type pursuant to section 41 of the 1981 Act. Section 41 was amended by section 10 of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22).
(2)
Section 12 was amended by section 261(1) of, and paragraph 74 of Schedule 27 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33).
(3)
(4)
S.I. 1982/1070, article 11 was amended by section 2(3) of the 2002 Act (c. 8) and S.I. 1983/1699.
(5)