The Immigration and Nationality (Cost Recovery Fees) Regulations 2014

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 5 FEES FOR THE EXERCISE OF CONSULAR FUNCTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“the 1968 Act” means the Consular Relations Act 1968(1);

“consular employee” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(e) of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations set out in Schedule 1 to the 1968 Act;

“consular officer” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(d) of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations set out in Schedule 1 to the 1968 Act;

“consular post” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(a) of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations set out in Schedule 1 to the 1968 Act;

“consular premises” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(j) of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations set out in Schedule 1 to the 1968 Act;

“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;

“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 nationality

2.—(1) Table 11 specifies the amount of the fees for the exercise of the specified consular functions.

(2) The fees in Table 11 are subject to paragraph 3 (charges for travel time where services are provided away from consular premises) and paragraph 4 (discretion to waive fees for the services of consular officers or employees).

Table 11 (Fees for the exercise of consular functions in connection with immigration and nationality)

Number of fee	Service provided	Amount of fee
11.1	General fee for the services of consular officers
11.1.1	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.	£130 per hour or part hour
11.2	Fees for receiving, preparing and forwarding documents
11.2.1	Receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any one or more of these) supporting documents for an application for a visa where the consular officer does not have authority to issue that visa.	£115
11.2.2	Receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any one or more of these) supporting documents for an application for a residence permit or identity card issued by a country or territory other than the United Kingdom.	£115
11.2.3	Receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any one or more of these) any certificate or document except a travel document or an application for registration or naturalisation (within the meaning of Schedule 4 to these Regulations).	£115
11.3	Fee for receiving applications for visas on behalf of Commonwealth countries or British Overseas Territories
11.3.1	Receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any one or more of these) supporting documents for an application for a visa for a country listed in Schedule 3 to the 1981 Act(2) or a British Overseas Territory within the meaning of section 50(1) of the 1981 Act(3).	£115

Charges for travel time when services are provided away from consular premises.

3.  For the purposes of calculation of the fee specified in fee 11.1.1 in Table 11, the hours or part hours during which the services of consular officers or 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 employees

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 11 where the official considers it is appropriate to do so in the particular circumstances of the case.

(1)

1968 c. 18.

(2)

Schedule 3 was amended by article 3 of the British Nationality (Brunei) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1699), section 8 of the Brunei and Maldives Act 1985 (c. 3), article 2 of the British Nationality (Pakistan) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1331), article 2 of the British Nationality (Namibia) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1502), article 2 of the British Nationality (Cameroon and Mozambique) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3161), article 2 of the British Nationality (South Africa) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1634), and article 2 of the British Nationality (Rwanda) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/246).

(3)

The definition of “British Overseas Territory” in section 50(1) was added by section 1(1)(a) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8).