- Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 1314
The Consular Fees Order 1997
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| Made | 20th May 1997 | ||
| Coming into force | 10th June 1997 |
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(1) of the Consular Fees Act 1980[1] is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees Order 1997 and shall come into force on 10th June 1997.
2. In this Order -
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(a) "consular officer" means any person authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise consular functions, or functions in the United Kingdom which correspond with consular functions (including persons who are not, as well as persons who are, consular officers);
(b) "consular employee" means any person in the administrative or technical service of the consular post or diplomatic mission:
(c) "consular premises" means the building or parts of buildings used for the purposes of the consular post or diplomatic mission;
(d) "entry clearance" means a visa, entry certificate, entry permit or other document which, in accordance with the applicable immigration laws or rules, is to be taken as evidence of a person's eligibility for entry into the United Kingdom, a dependency of the United Kingdom, or any other country or territory, as the case may be (but does not include a work permit);
(e) "replacement passport" means a passport issued in substitution for a valid passport in order to incorporate an addition or amendment thereto.
3.
The fees set forth in the table in the Schedule to this Order are prescribed to be levied by consular officers and by marriage officers under the Foreign Marriage Act 1892[2] and the Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906[3] in the execution of their duties, and the said table shall be construed as part of this Order.
4.
The Consular Fees Order 1996[4] is hereby revoked.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
| Fee | £ |
1.
Preparing any certificate, declaration or document not otherwise provided for -
|
20.00 |
(b) not in standard form, per 100 words -
|
25.00 |
|
(ii) in any other language |
40.00 |
|
2.
Preparing or signing, or both, a declaration of existence |
10.00 |
|
except in connection with pay or pensions payable by a department of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or of any other Government within the Commonwealth |
|
|
3.
- (1) Attesting or legalising a signature or seal |
12.00 |
except where -
(b) the signature or seal is on a document required for the deposit or withdrawal of money in or from any British Post Office or other Government Savings Bank, or (c) the signature or seal is in connection with stocks or bonds on the registers of the Post Office, with Savings Bank Annuities or with annuities granted direct by the National Debt Commissioners. |
|
|
(2) Administering an oath or receiving a declaration or affirmation |
30.00 |
except where -
(b) fee 19, 24, 25, 27, 36, or 37 is to be taken |
|
|
4.
Supplying witnesses, for each witness |
12.00 |
|
5.
Initialling alterations in any document not prepared by the consular officer or marking exhibits, for each initialling or marking |
6.00 |
6.
Making or verifying (including certifying where necessary) a copy of a document -
|
20.00 |
|
(b) by photographic process, if the copy is made in the consular premises, for each page (with a minimum charge of £15.00) |
3.00 |
|
7.
Uniting documents and sealing the fastening (except where fee 37 is applicable), or affixing a photograph to a document not prepared by the consular officer and if necessary certifying it (except where fee 17 is applicable) |
12.00 |
|
8.
Obtaining a legalisation or other certification from another authority upon any document |
25.00 |
|
in addition to costs, if any |
|
|
9.
Supplying certified copies of documents forming part of the records of a court which is, or was formerly, established under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts 1890[5] and 1913[6] - for every page |
35.00 |
10.
Making or verifying (including certifying where necessary) a translation in writing of a document or part of a document, for each 100 words or characters (or part thereof) in the foreign language -
|
40.00 |
|
(b) from or into any other language |
25.00 |
|
except where fee 27 or 39 is to be taken |
|
|
11.
Translating and interpreting viva voce (except where necessary for the performance of official duties) - for every 15 minutes |
18.00 |
|
12.
Issuing a passport of not more than 32 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable |
18.00 |
|
13.
Issuing a passport of 48 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavail able |
27.00 |
|
14.
Issuing a collective passport |
40.00 |
|
15.
Amending an existing passport by adding the particulars of a child or children |
5.00 |
|
16.
Amending an existing passport by amending the holder's name at the request of the holder, or issuing a replacement passport which contains such amendment |
5.00 |
|
17.
Amending an existing passport by adding a fresh photograph or amending the holder's description, or issuing a replacement passport which contains such addition or amend ment |
5.00 |
|
except where the holder was under 16 years of age at the date of issue of the existing passport |
|
|
18.
- (1) Receiving an application for -
|
20.00 |
|
(b) entry clearance for a dependency of the United Kingdom |
20.00 |
|
(2) Preparing or forwarding, or both, any letter, certificate, declaration or other document which may be required by an authority in any country or territory in connection with an application for or the issue or renewal of an entry clearance (for a country or territory for which the consular officer does not himself have authority to issue entry clearance), a residence permit or identity card or forwarding any other certificate or document (except a Home Office travel document and applications for registration and naturalisation) |
35.00 |
|
(3) Preparing or forwarding, or both, an application for registration or naturalisation to the Home Office |
35.00 |
|
19.
Issuing and, where required, preparing an Emergency Passport or other document not otherwise provided for in lieu of a passport, or accepting a Declaration of Identity on which a visa is to be granted and issuing a certificate on such declaration describing the appli cant |
10.00 |
|
20.
- (1) Receiving, outside the United Kingdom, an application for
|
25.00 |
for employment or self-employment for a period of six months or less, as a returning resident, as a visitor, as a student, as a passenger in transit, except where sub-paragraph (a) above applies, as an "au pair", for a working holiday, valid in each case in accordance with the following specified conditions for one entry |
33.00 |
|
45.00 |
|
55.00 |
|
65.00 |
|
80.00 |
|
240.00 |
|
240.00 |
|
50.00 |
|
100.00 |
|
|
|
(2) Receiving in the United Kingdom an application made in the United Kingdom for a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode |
20.00 |
|
21.
Renewing a Travel Certificate, a certificate of identity or other travel document on behalf of a Commonwealth country or of a dependency of a Commonwealth country |
35.00 |
|
except where fee 23 is to be taken |
|
|
22.
Renewing a Travel Certificate, a certificate of identity or other travel document on behalf of a dependency of the United Kingdom |
35.00 |
|
except where fee 23 is to be taken |
|
|
23
Revalidating or renewing a Seaman's Certificate of Nationality and Identity or a Seaman's Identity Book |
35.00 |
|
in addition to fee 18 where applicable |
|
24.
Receiving notice of an intended marriage |
35.00 |
|
25.
Solemnising or attending a marriage under the Foreign Marriage Acts 1892 to 1947 (as amended)[7], administering oaths to the parties and registering the marriage |
75.00 |
|
26.
Issuing in English or in the local language a certificate that no impediment to an intended marriage has been shown to exist |
35.00 |
|
27.
Transmitting a record of a marriage under the local law to the appropriate Registrar General in accordance with Article 7(1) of the Foreign Marriage Order 1970[8], including the provision of any necessary certification |
20.00 |
|
28.
Issuing a "certificat de coutume" for an intended marriage in accordance with the local law |
35.00 |
|
29.
Registering a birth or death |
55.00 |
|
in addition to fee 31 where applicable |
|
|
30.
Making an addition to or correction in the consular register of births, deaths or marriages at the request of the parties concerned |
20.00 |
|
31.
Furnishing a certified copy of an entry in the consular register of births, deaths or marriages |
35.00 |
|
in addition to fee 32 or fee 29 where applicable |
32.
Making a search in -
|
35.00 |
|
72.00 |
|
in addition to fee 31 where applicable 33. Having a search made for, or obtaining copies of, or both, entries in the local registers or records not kept by a consular officer for an entry in a local register of births, deaths or marriages or for any other document |
72.00 |
|
in addition to costs exceeding £5.00 |
|
34.
Administering in full or in part, safeguarding, or arranging the transmission of all or part of the personal effects and other estate of a deceased person or proceeds thereof, excepting the wages and personal effects of a seaman and except where the gross current market value is less than £1,000, on the amount of the gross current market value 2% rounded to the nearest £10.00 but with a fee, where a local lawyer is employed and the matters or things to be done by the consular officer are nominal, of |
45.00 |
35.
Attending (except in connection with commercial enquiries) for each hour or lesser period, including if appropriate the time taken in proceeding from a reasonable point of departure and in returning to a reasonable point -
|
72.00 |
|
except that where the attendance is for the purpose of supervising an examination and two or more persons are sitting examinations at the same time the fee may be apportioned between them; |
|
|
72.00 |
|
with a maximum in any one period of 24 hours for each consular officer of |
520.00 |
36.
Presiding at the taking of evidence under a commission or order from a Court, including any matter or thing done by the consular officer as examiner -
|
144.00 |
|
72.00 |
|
37.
Providing evidence of service or attempted service |
72.00 |
|
in addition to fee 35 or 38 |
|
38.
Providing the services of a consular officer or consular employee -
for each hour or less |
72.00 |
during customary business hours |
72.00 |
|
outside customary business hours |
90.00 |
|
39.
Forwarding a request to a local authority for the taking of evidence or the service of a document, where necessary, certifying the accuracy of a translation accompanying the document |
72.00 |
|
40.
Arranging the repatriation of a person or a group of persons of the same family and travelling together |
72.00 |
|
41.
Arranging for currency to be made available against the payment of a sterling cheque or against the deposit elsewhere of funds with or to the order of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom |
36.00 |
|
in addition to fee 35 where applicable |
|
42.
Granting or considering whether to grant a provisional certificate of registry, whether the owner is a private individual or body corporate |
210.00 |
|
43.
Receiving a return of the birth or death of any person on board a ship and endorsing the agreement with the crew accordingly |
30.00 |
|
44.
Examining or arranging for the examination of provisions or water, payable by the party who proves to be in default |
30.00 |
|
in addition to the cost, if any, of survey |
|
|
45.
Noting a marine protest and furnishing one certified copy if required |
25.00 |
|
for every further copy |
25.00 |
46.
Extending a marine protest, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy if required -
|
60.00 |
|
25.00 |
|
in addition to fees 1 and 3 where applicable |
|
|
47.
Making a request, or issuing or arranging for the issue of a document, in connection with a survey of a ship - |
40.00 |
|
72.00 |
|
in addition to fee 6 where applicable |
|
|
48.
Issuing a bill of health |
25.00 |
|
49.
Preparing or signing, or both, any document, whether required by the Merchant Shipping Acts or by the local authorities, relating to the master or the members of the crew of a ship, to their numbers, names or other details, or to their engagement, discharge, desertion or death |
40.00 |
except where -
(b) a death inquiry is held under section 271 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995[12] |
|
|
50.
Signing and, if required, sealing any documents at the request of the master of the ship |
40.00 |
except where -
(b) fee 49 is taken |
|
51.
Inspecting -
|
30.00 |
|
except where fee 49 is taken in addition to fee 35 |
|
|
30.00 |
|
in addition to fee 35. |
(This Note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes and replaces the Consular Fees Order 1996.
The only changes are in respect of visa fees (para 20). The fee for the 5 year multiple entry visa has been reduced; the fees for settlement and marriage visas have been increased.
The Order abolishes the fee for confirmation of the right of abode and reduces the cost of a certificate of entitlement.
The overall effect is intended to complete the implementation of full cost recovery for fee-bearing consular services.
Notes:
[1] 1980 c.23. back
[7] 1892 c.23, 1934 c.13, 1947 c.33, 1988 c.44. back
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