SCHEDULE 1APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER, AND LEAVE TO ENTER, THE UNITED KINGDOM

Regulation 3

Interpretation1

In this Schedule—

  • “liable to immigration detention” means being liable to detention under—

    1. a

      paragraph 16(1), (1A) or (2) of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act M1;

    2. b

      section 62 of the 2002 Act M2;

    3. c

      paragraph 2(1), (2) or (3) of Schedule 3 to the 1971 Act M3; or

    4. d

      section 36(1) of the 2007 Act;

  • “member of HM Forces” has the meaning given by paragraph 2(d) of Appendix Armed Forces to the immigration rules;

  • “present and settled” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules;

  • “short-term student” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules;

  • “short-term student (child)” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the immigration rules.

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M1

Sub-paragraph (1A) of paragraph 16 was inserted by paragraphs 43 and 60 of Schedule 14 to the 1999 Act. Sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 16 was substituted by section 140(1) of the 1999 Act and amended by section 73(5) of the 2002 Act.

M2

Section 62 was amended by section 16(2)(c) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (c. 2); paragraphs 3(1) and (2), and 13 of Schedule 9 to the Immigration Act 2014 and by paragraphs 31 and 34 of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19) (“the 2016 Act”).

M3

Sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 was amended by Schedule 10 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 54(1) and (2) of the 1999 Act, section 34(1) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (c. 19) and by paragraphs 14 and 21 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act. Sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 2 was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 7 to the 2002 Act and by section 34(2) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004. Sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph (2) was amended by section 54(1) and (3) of the 1999 Act and by paragraphs 14 and 21 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act.

Fees for, and in connection with, applications for entry clearance to enter and leave to enter the United Kingdom2

1

Table 1 specifies the amount of—

a

the fees for the specified applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom; and

b

the fee for an application for an approval letter from F92an endorsing body.

2

Table 2 specifies the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant.

3

Table 3 specifies the amount of the fee for an application for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a member of HM Forces.

4

Table 4 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in Tables 1, 2 and 3, and Table 5 provides for the waiver or reduction of fees specified in Tables 1, 2 and 3 in specified circumstances F128(and see paragraphs 3A and 4).

5

Paragraph 3 makes provision for the amount of fees to be paid in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom by a dependant of a main applicant in cases where the fees specified in 1.4.1 or 1.4.5 of Table 1 or in Table 2 or Table 3 do not apply.

F1295A

Paragraph 3A provides for the reduction in specified circumstances of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant or as the dependant of a Tier 2 (General) Migrant.

6

The fees specified in Table 1 are subject to paragraph 4 (applications by CESC nationals).

7

Each of the fees specified in 1.1.2 to 1.1.4 and 1.1.8 in Table 1 is calculated by reference to an annual rate.

8

The annual rate referred to in sub-paragraph (7) for each of the fees in question is determined by dividing the amount of the fee by the number of years to which the application relates.

Table 1 (Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom)

Number of fee

Type of application

Amount of fee

1.1

Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor

1.1.1

Application for a visit visa for a period of six months or less.

F15£95

1.1.2

Application for a visit visa for a period of two years where the fee at 1.1.8 does not apply.

F16£361

1.1.3

Application for a visit visa for a period of five years.

F17£655

1.1.4

Application for a visit visa for a period of ten years.

F18£822

1.1.5

Application for a visit visa as an academic for a period of more than six months but not more than twelve months.

F19£190

1.1.6

Application for a visit visa for private medical treatment for a period of more than six months but not more than eleven months.

F20£190

1.1.7

Application for a transit visit visa.

£64

1.1.8

Application for a visit visa for a period of two years where the applicant is a Chinese national applying under the Chinese visa scheme M4.

F21£95

1.2

Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a short-term student

1.2.1

Application for entry clearance as a short-term student for a period of six months or less.

£97

1.2.2

Application for entry clearance as a short-term student studying an English language course for a period of more than six months but not more than eleven months.

£186

1.2.3

Application for entry clearance as a short-term student (child) for a period of six months or less.

£97

1.3

Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom, and connected applications, under the Points-Based System

F86. . .

F86. . .

F86. . .

F86. . .

F86. . .

F86. . .

F86. . .

F86. . .

F86. . .

1.3.4

Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant.

£1,021

F113. . .

F113. . .

F113. . .

1.3.6

Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant.

£1,623

1.3.7

Application for entry clearance as—

(a) a Tier 2 (General) Migrant;

(b) a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Long Term Staff Migrant;

(c) a Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) Migrant; or

(d) a Tier 2 (Sportsperson) Migrant,

where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less, and fee 1.3.9 does not apply.

£610

1.3.8

Application for entry clearance as—

(a) a Tier 2 (General) Migrant; or

(b) a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Long Term Staff Migrant,

where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years and fee 1.3.10 does not apply.

£1,220

1.3.9

Application for entry clearance as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less.

£464

1.3.10

Application for entry clearance as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years.

£928

1.3.11

Application for entry clearance as a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Graduate Trainee Migrant.

£482

F1541.3.11A

Application for entry clearance under—

(a) Appendix ST: Student to the immigration rules, other than an application for entry clearance as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Student (within the meaning those expressions have in that Appendix), or

(b) Appendix CS: Child Student to those rules.

£348

F155. . .

F155. . .

F155. . .

1.3.13

Application for entry clearance as a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant or a Tier 5 (Youth Mobility) Temporary Migrant.

£244

F221.3A

Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as an Innovator or Start-up Migrant

F221.3A.1

Application for entry clearance as an Innovator.

£1,021

F221.3A.2

Application for entry clearance as a Start-up Migrant.

£363

F871.3B

Fees for and in connection with applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a Global Talent Migrant

1.3B.1

Application to the Home Office for an approval letter from an endorsing body in respect of a proposed application for entry clearance as a Global Talent Migrant.

£456

1.3B.2

Application for entry clearance as a Global Talent Migrant where fee 1.3B.1 applies.

£152

1.3B.3

Application for entry clearance as a Global Talent Migrant where fee 1.3B.1 does not apply.

£608

1.4

Fees for other applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom

1.4.1

Application under—

a

paragraphs 319V to 319VB of, or paragraph EC-DR of Appendix FM to, the immigration rules, for entry clearance as a parent, grandparent or other dependant relative of a person with limited leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a refugee or beneficiary of humanitarian protection; or

b

paragraphs 319X to 319XB for entry clearance as the child of a relative, who is not a parent, and who has limited leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a refugee or beneficiary of humanitarian protection.

£388

1.4.2

Application for entry clearance for the purposes of obtaining a replacement biometric immigration document.

£154

1.4.3

Application for entry clearance for the purposes of joining a ship or aircraft as a member of the crew of that ship or aircraft.

£64

1.4.4

Application for entry clearance on a route to settlement in the United Kingdom (that being an application made with a view to becoming ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom without being subject to any restriction on the period for which an individual may remain there) where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations.

£1,523

1.4.5

Application for entry clearance as a parent, grandparent or other dependant relative of a person present and settled in the United Kingdom under Appendix FM to the immigration rules.

£3,250

1.4.6

Application for entry clearance as a representative of an overseas business under Part 5 of the immigration rules.

£610

1.4.7

Application for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom made by a person physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention.

£1,033

1.5

General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom

1.5.1

Application for entry clearance where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations.

£516

Table 2 (Specified fees for dependants)

Number of fee

Type of application for entry clearance

Amount of fee

2.1

Specified fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant

2.1.1

Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant.

£608

F1142.1.1A

Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant.

£363

2.1.2

Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) Migrant.

£604

2.1.3

Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (General) Migrant.

£1,021

F23. . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F882.1.5

Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Global Talent Migrant.

£608

Table 3 (Fee for applications for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom – dependants of members of HM Forces)

Number of fee

Type of application

Amount of fee

3.1

Fee for applications for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom

3.1.1

Application for indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a member of HM Forces.

£2,389

Table 4 (Exceptions in respect of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom)

Number and description of the exception

Fees to which exception applies

4.1

Officials of Her Majesty's Government

4.1.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application made in connection with the official duty of any official of Her Majesty's Government.

All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3

4.2

Dependants of refugees or persons granted humanitarian protection

4.2.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application made under paragraphs 352A to 352FI of the immigration rules.

Fee 1.5.1

4.3

Applications under the EC Association Agreement with Turkey

4.3.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application made under the terms of the EC Association Agreement with Turkey.

Fee 1.5.1

4.4

Applications for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom (by applicants physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention) where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights

4.4.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom, made by an applicant physically present in the United Kingdom but liable to immigration detention, where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights.

Fee 1.4.7

F824.5

Applications for entry clearance under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the immigration rules

4.5.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the immigration rules.

Fees 1.4.4 and 1.5.1

4.6

Applications for entry clearance by relevant Afghan citizens and their dependants under Part 7 of the immigration rules

4.6.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom made by—

(a) a relevant Afghan citizen (within the meaning given by paragraph 276BB1 of the immigration rules) in connection with an application under paragraph 276BA1 of the immigration rules for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom;

(b) the partner of a relevant Afghan citizen (within the meaning given by paragraph 276BK1 of the immigration rules) in connection with an application under paragraph 276BA1 or 276BJ1 of the immigration rules for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom; or

(c) the minor dependent child of a relevant Afghan citizen or their partner (within the meaning given by paragraph 276BP1 of the immigration rules) in connection with an application under paragraph 276BA1 or 276BO1 of the immigration rules for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom.

Fees 1.4.4 and 1.5.1

Table 5 (Waivers or reductions in respect of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom)

Number and description of the waiver or reduction

Fees to which waiver or reduction applies

5.1

General waiver

5.1.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application where the Secretary of State determines that the fee should be waived.

All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3

5.2

Scholarships funded by Her Majesty's Government

5.2.1

The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the application is made by a candidate for, or holder of, a scholarship funded by Her Majesty's Government and is in connection with such a scholarship.

Fees 1.1.1, 1.1.8, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3 and F1561.3.11A

5.3

International courtesy

5.3.1

The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee as a matter of international courtesy.

All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3

5.4

Visitors under a F139Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Bilateral Programme

5.4.1

The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the applicant intends to visit the United Kingdom, in connection with programmes operated by the F139Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to give funds directly to Embassies and Missions outside the United Kingdom, to support activities directly connected to the United Kingdom's international priorities.

All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3

5.5

Visitors under a F139Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Strategic Programme

5.5.1

The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the applicant intends to visit the United Kingdom, in connection with programmes of funding operated by the F139Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to promote action on global issues in areas of strategic importance to the United Kingdom.

All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3

Applications by dependants3

Except in respect of applications for which a fee is specified in 1.4.1 or 1.4.5 of Table 1 or in Table 2 or Table 3, and subject to the exceptions and waivers set out in Tables 4 and 5 F130and to paragraph 3A, the fee for an application for entry clearance to enter or leave to enter the United Kingdom made by the dependant of a main applicant (whether or not that application is made at the same time as that of the main applicant) is the fee specified in Table 1 in respect of the main applicant's application.

F125Reduction of fees for Health and Care Visa applications and related applications by dependants3A

1

In this paragraph—

  • a “Health and Care Visa application” means an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant where the certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of the application confirms the applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by Part A of the Tier 2 Policy Guidance;

  • a “relevant dependant’s application” means an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as the dependant of a Tier 2 (General) Migrant (whether or not the application is made at the same time as that of the main applicant) where—

    1. a

      the certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of the application by the main applicant confirms the main applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by Part A of the Tier 2 Policy Guidance, or

    2. b

      the applicant has a sponsor’s letter or email referred to in paragraph A9 of the Tier 2 Policy Guidance in respect of the application.

2

The references in sub-paragraph (1) to “the Tier 2 Policy Guidance” are to the document entitled “Tier 2 of the Points Based System – Policy Guidance” published by the Home Office.

3

The fee payable, in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant or as the dependant of a Tier 2 (General) Migrant, under 1.3.7, 1.3.8, 1.3.9 or 1.3.10 of Table 1 (as applied, in the case of an application by a dependant, by paragraph 3) is to be reduced in the case of a Health and Care Visa application or a relevant dependant’s application—

a

by £378, where the fee is specified by 1.3.7 of Table 1;

b

by £756, where the fee is specified by 1.3.8 of Table 1;

c

by 50%, where the fee is specified by 1.3.9 or 1.3.10 of Table 1.

Applications by CESC Nationals4

1

Where an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom of a kind within sub-paragraph (2) is made by a CESC national, and the applicant is the main applicant, the fee set out in Table 1 is to be reduced by £55.

2

An application is of a kind within this sub-paragraph if it is an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as—

a

a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant;

F95b

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F122c

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

d

a Tier 2 Migrant; F50...

e

a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant.

F51f

an Innovator; F93...

g

a Start-up MigrantF94; or

h

a Global Talent Migrant.

F1313

Where the application is a Health and Care Visa application within the meaning of paragraph 3A, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) to the fee set out in Table 1 is to be read as a reference to that fee as reduced under paragraph 3A.

SCHEDULE 2APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Regulation 4

Interpretation1

1

In this Schedule—

  • “Article 3 or Refugee Convention application” means an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made on the basis that the applicant is—

    1. a

      a person making a claim for asylum under Part 11 of the immigration rules which has either not been determined or has been granted;

    2. b

      a person who has been granted humanitarian protection under that Part of the immigration rules;

    3. c

      a person claiming that, due to an ongoing medical condition, removal from the United Kingdom would be incompatible with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights;

    4. d

      a person who is a dependant of a refugee or person granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules and is applying for leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraphs 352A to 352FI of the immigration rules; or

    5. e

      a child who was born in the United Kingdom to a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

  • “claim for asylum” has the meaning given by section 94(1) of the 1999 Act M5;

  • “positive conclusive grounds decision” means a decision made by a designated competent authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Trafficking Convention M6 that the applicant is either—

    1. a

      a victim of human trafficking; or

    2. b

      a victim of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour;

  • “specified human rights application” means an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under—

    1. a

      paragraph 276ADE(1) of the immigration rules;

    2. b

      section R-LTRP.1.1. (a), (b) and (d) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

    3. c

      section R-LTRPT.1.1. (a), (b) and (d) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules; or

    4. d

      any other application other than an Article 3 or Refugee Convention application in which the applicant relies solely or primarily on a claim that to remove the applicant from the United Kingdom or to require the applicant to leave the United Kingdom would be unlawful under section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 M7 (public authority not to act contrary to Convention rights);

  • “the Trafficking Convention” means the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings M8;

  • “Trafficking Convention reason” means a reason, in accordance with the United Kingdom's obligations under the Trafficking Convention, that the applicant's stay in the United Kingdom is necessary M9—

    1. a

      because of the applicant's personal situation;

    2. b

      because the applicant is co-operating with a police investigation or criminal proceedings; or

    3. c

      in order to pursue a claim for compensation against the applicant's trafficker or modern slavery facilitator.

2

For the purposes of this Schedule a claim for asylum is determined on—

a

the day on which the Secretary of State notifies the claimant of the decision on the claim;

b

if the claimant has appealed against the Secretary of State's decision, the day on which the appeal is disposed of; or

c

if the claimant has brought an appeal from within the United Kingdom under section 82 of the 2002 Act M10 or section 2 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 M11, the day on which the appeal is disposed of.

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M5

Section 94(1) was amended by section 60 of the 2002 Act and S.I. 2008/2833. It was also amended by section 44 of the 2002 Act but those amendments are not yet in force and have been prospectively repealed, from a date to be appointed, by paragraph 41 of Schedule 11 to the Immigration Act 2016 (“the 2016 Act”). Section 94(1) has also been prospectively amended, from a date to be appointed, by paragraphs 3 and 7 of Schedule 11 to the 2016 Act.

M6

The designated competent authorities for the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Trafficking Convention are the Home Office (postal address: UKVI, Waterside Court, 471 Kirkstall Road, Leeds LS4 2QB) and the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre (postal address: UKHTC, PO Box 8000, London SE11 5EN).

M7

1998 c. 42; section 6(4) was repealed by paragraph 66 of Schedule 9 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4).

M8

Cm 8414. The Convention entered into force in respect of the United Kingdom on 1st April 2009.

M9

Further information is available in the Competent Authority guidance at www.gov.uk/government/publications/victims-of-trafficking-guidance-for-competent-bodies.

M10

Section 82 was substituted by section 15(2) of the Immigration Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”).

M11

1997 c.68; section 2 was substituted by paragraph 20 of Schedule 7 to the 2002 Act and was amended by paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 Act, paragraphs 2 and 26 of Schedule 9 to the 2014 Act and section 64(2) of the 2016 Act. The amendments made to section 2 by paragraph 26 of Schedule 9 to the 2014 Act are not yet in force.

Fees for, and in connection with, applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom2

1

Table 6 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom and the amount of the fee for an approval letter from F96an endorsing body.

2

Table 7 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant.

3

Table 8 specifies the amount of the fee for an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom F69... .

F703A

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

Table 9 provides for exceptions to and waivers of the requirement to pay certain fees specified in Tables 6, 7 F71and 8.

5

Paragraph 3 makes provision for the amount of the fees to be paid in respect of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom by a dependant of a main applicant, in cases where Table 7 does not apply.

F1325A

Paragraph 3A provides for the reduction in specified circumstances of fees for applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant or as the dependant of a Tier 2 (General) Migrant.

6

The fees specified in Table 6 are subject to paragraph 4 (applications by CESC nationals), and the fees specified in Tables 6, 7 F72and 8 are subject to paragraph 5 (variation of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom).

Table 6 (Fees for applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom and connected applications)

Number of fee

Type of application

Amount of fee

6.1

General fee for applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom

6.1.1

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations.

£1,033

6.2

Fees for and in connection with applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under the Points-Based System

F89. . .

F89. . .

F89. . .

F89. . .

F89. . .

F89. . .

F89. . .

F89. . .

F89. . .

6.2.4

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant.

£1,277

F115. . .

F115. . .

F115. . .

6.2.6

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant.

£1,623

6.2.7

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as—

(a) a Tier 2 (General) Migrant;

(b) a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Long Term Staff Migrant;

(c) a Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) Migrant; or

(d) a Tier 2 (Sportsperson) Migrant,

where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less, and where fee 6.2.9 does not apply.

£704

6.2.8

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as—

(a) a Tier 2 (General) Migrant; or

(b) a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Long Term Staff Migrant,

where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years, and where fee 6.2.10 does not apply.

£1,408

6.2.9

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less.

£464

6.2.10

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years.

£928

6.2.11

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Graduate Trainee Migrant.

£482

F1576.2.11A

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under—

(a) Appendix ST: Student to the immigration rules, other than an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Student (within the meaning those expressions have in that Appendix), or

(b) Appendix CS: Child Student to those rules.

£475

F158. . .

F158. . .

F158. . .

6.2.13

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant.

£244

F246.2A

Fees for applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as an Innovator or Start-up Migrant

F246.2A.1

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as an Innovator.

£1,277

F246.2A.2

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Start-up Migrant.

£493

F906.2B

Fees for and in connection with applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Global Talent Migrant

6.2B.1

Application to the Home Office for an approval letter from an endorsing body in respect of a proposed application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Global Talent Migrant.

£456

6.2B.2

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Global Talent Migrant where fee 6.2B.1 applies.

£152

6.2B.3

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Global Talent Migrant where fee 6.2B.1 does not apply.

£608

6.3

Fees for other applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom

6.3.1

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a representative of an overseas business under Part 5 of the immigration rules.

£704

6.3.2

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a retired person of independent means under Part 7 of the immigration rules.

£1,949

6.3.3

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a visitor.

£993

Table 7 (Fees for specified applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a dependant)

Number of fee

Type of application

Amount of fee

7.1

Specified fees for applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a main applicant

7.1.1

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant.

£608

F1167.1.1A

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant.

£493

7.1.2

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a Tier 1 (General) Migrant.

£1,878

F25. . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F917.1.4

Application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a Global Talent Migrant.

£608

Table 8 (Fees for applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom F56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)

Number of fee

Type of application

Amount of fee

8.1

General fee for applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom

8.1.1

Application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom F57. . . . . . . . . .

£2,389

Table 8A (fees for applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom)

F58. . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 9 (Exceptions and waivers in respect of fees for applications for, or in connection with, leave to remain in the United Kingdom)

Number and description of exception or waiver

Fees to which exception or waiver applies

9.1

Article 3 or Refugee Convention applications

No fee is payable in respect of an Article 3 or Refugee Convention application.

Fees 6.1.1, 8.1.1

9.2

Applications for leave to remain under the Destitution Domestic Violence concession

No fee is payable in respect of an application made under the Destitution Domestic Violence Concession M12 operated outside the immigration rules by the Secretary of State.

Fee 6.1.1

9.3

Applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a victim of domestic violence or abuse under paragraph 289A, Appendix FM or Appendix Armed Forces

No fee is payable in respect of an application as a victim of domestic violence or abuse under paragraph 289A of, or Appendix FM or Appendix Armed Forces to, the immigration rules where, at the time of making the application, the applicant appears to the Secretary of State to be destitute M13.

Fee 8.1.1

9.4

Specified human rights applications where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights

No fee is payable in respect of a specified human rights application where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant's Convention rights.

Fee 6.1.1

9.5

Short term variation of leave to remain in the United Kingdom

No fee is payable in respect of an application made to an immigration officer on arrival at a port of entry in the United Kingdom in respect of a person seeking variation of leave to remain in the United Kingdom for a period of up to six months.

Fees F1596.2.11A, 6.2.13, 6.3.1,

6.3.2

9.6

Children being looked after by a local authority

No fee is payable in respect of an application made in respect of a person who, at the time of making the application, is a child and is being looked after by a local authority.

Fees 6.1.1, F1606.2.11A, 6.2.13, 8.1.1 F59. . .

9.7

Applications under the EC Association Agreement with Turkey

No fee is payable in respect of an application made under the terms of the EC Association Agreement with Turkey.

Fee 6.1.1

9.8

Applications from stateless persons

No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a stateless person, or as the family member of a stateless person, under Part 14 of the immigration rules.

Fees 6.1.1, 8.1.1

9.9

Applications for variation of limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom to allow recourse to public funds

No fee is payable in respect of an application for variation of the conditions attached to a grant of limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, in order to be permitted access to public funds, by a person who has been granted such leave (subject to a condition of no recourse to public funds)—

a

under—

i

paragraph 276BE(1) (including when it is read with paragraph 276A01(1)) of Part 7 of the immigration rules;

ii

paragraph 276DG of that Part of the immigration rules;

iii

paragraph D-LTRP.1.2. (including when it is read with paragraph GEN.2.3.(1).) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

iv

paragraph D-LTRPT.1.2. (including when it is read with paragraph GEN.2.3.(1).) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

v

paragraph D-ILRP.1.2. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules; or

vi

paragraph D-ILRPT.1.2. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

b

outside the immigration rules—

i

as mentioned in paragraph 276BE(2) (including when it is read with paragraph 276A01(1)) of Part 7 of the immigration rules; or

ii

before 10th August 2017, as mentioned in paragraph GEN.1.10. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules as the rules had effect immediately before that date M14.

Fee 6.1.1

9.10

Applications for discretionary leave by an individual with a positive conclusive grounds decision

9.10.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application or request for the first grant of limited discretionary leave for a Trafficking Convention reason, where the individual has received a positive conclusive grounds decision.

Fee 6.1.1

9.10.2

No fee is payable in respect of an application or request for a further grant of limited discretionary leave for a Trafficking Convention reason, where the individual has received a positive conclusive grounds decision and has not yet accrued thirty months limited discretionary leave for a Trafficking Convention reason.

Fee 6.1.1

9.10.3

No fee is payable in respect of an application or request for a further grant of limited discretionary leave for a Trafficking Convention reason, where an individual has received a positive conclusive grounds decision, where—

a

9.10.2 does not apply because the individual has accrued thirty months or more limited discretionary leave for a Trafficking Convention reason; and

b

at the time of making the application or request the applicant appears to the Secretary of State to be destitute.

Fee 6.1.1

9.10.4

No fee is payable by a dependant of a person granted an exception under 9.10.1 to 9.10.3.

Fee 6.1.1

9.11

Applications for leave as a domestic worker who is the victim of slavery or human trafficking

9.11.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application for leave to remain made under paragraph 159I of the immigration rules as a domestic worker who is the victim of slavery or human trafficking.

Fee 6.1.1

9.12

Applications by qualifying residents of Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk

9.12.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application for leave to remain made under the Grenfell Tower Immigration Cases Policy for qualifying residents of Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk M15.

Fee 6.1.1

9.12.2

The official determining an application for leave to remain may decide to waive the payment of the fee where the application is made (on or after the day on which these Regulations come into force)—

a

by a person who, on 31st January 2018, was eligible to be considered under the policy referred to in 9.12.1; or

b

in respect of a child born on or after 14th June 2017 in the United Kingdom to a person who was so eligible on 31st January 2018 (whether or not the person had come forward for consideration under the policy by that date).

Fee 6.1.1

F60. . .

F60. . .

F19.14

Applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom by relevant Afghan citizens and their dependants

9.14.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under paragraph 305 of the immigration rules in respect of a child of a person given limited leave to enter the United Kingdom as a relevant Afghan citizen under paragraph 276BA1 of the immigration rules.

Fee 6.1.1

9.14.2

No fee is payable in respect of an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under paragraph 276BS3 of the immigration rules.

Fee 8.1.1

9.15

Applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom by persons relocated to the United Kingdom under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (unaccompanied refugee children: relocation and support)

No fee is payable in respect of an application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under paragraph 352ZN of the immigration rules.

Fee 8.1.1

F619.16

Applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules

F61No fee is payable in respect of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules.

Fees 6.1.1, 8.1.1

Applications by dependants3

Except in respect of applications for which a fee is specified in Table 7, and subject to the exceptions and waivers set out in Table 9 F133and to paragraph 3A, the fee for an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom F73... made by the dependant of a main applicant is the fee specified in Table 6 or 8 (as the case may be) in respect of the main applicant's application.

F126Reduction of fees for Health and Care Visa applications and related applications by dependants3A

1

In this paragraph—

  • a “Health and Care Visa application” means an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant where the certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of the application confirms the applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by Part A of the Tier 2 Policy Guidance;

  • a “relevant dependant’s application” means an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the dependant of a Tier 2 (General) Migrant (whether or not the application is made at the same time as that of the main applicant) where—

    1. a

      the certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of the application by the main applicant confirms the main applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by Part A of the Tier 2 Policy Guidance, or

    2. b

      the applicant has a sponsor’s letter or email referred to in paragraph A9 of the Tier 2 Policy Guidance in respect of the application.

2

The references in sub-paragraph (1) to “the Tier 2 Policy Guidance” are to the document entitled “Tier 2 of the Points Based System – Policy Guidance” published by the Home Office.

3

The fee payable, in respect of an application for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant or as the dependant of a Tier 2 (General) Migrant, under 6.2.7, 6.2.8, 6.2.9 or 6.2.10 of Table 6 (as applied, in the case of an application by a dependant, by paragraph 3) is to be reduced in the case of a Health and Care Visa application or a relevant dependant’s application—

a

by £472, where the fee is specified by 6.2.7 of that Table;

b

by £944, where the fee is specified by 6.2.8 of that Table;

c

by 50%, where the fee is specified by 6.2.9 or 6.2.10 of that Table.

Applications made by CESC Nationals4

1

Where an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom of a kind within sub-paragraph (2) is made by a CESC national, and the applicant is the main applicant, the fee set out in Table 6 is to be reduced by £55.

2

An application is of a kind within this sub-paragraph if it is an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom as—

a

a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant;

F99b

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F123c

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

d

a Tier 2 Migrant; F52...

e

a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant.

F53f

an Innovator; F97...

g

a Start-up MigrantF98; or

h

a Global Talent Migrant.

F1343

Where the application is a Health and Care Visa application within the meaning of paragraph 3A, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) to the fee set out in Table 6 is to be read as a reference to that fee as reduced under paragraph 3A.

Variation of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom5

1

This sub-paragraph applies where—

a

an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom is made in respect of a person on or after the day that these Regulations come into force; but

b

before that application F3(“the first application”) is determined a further application is submitted which has the effect of varying it.

F1402

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F23

Where sub-paragraph (1) applies F141... the Secretary of State must refund any fee (or fees) paid in respect of the first application.

SCHEDULE 3DOCUMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION

Regulation 5

Interpretation1

In this Schedule—

  • “the 2016 Regulations” means the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 M16;

  • F74“Appendix EU biometric residence card” means a document (within the meaning given by section 126(9) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002) issued to a person granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix EU to the immigration rules on which biometric information is recorded under regulation 6A of the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2006;

  • “Assisted Voluntary Return programme” means any arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 58 of the 2002 Act;

  • “certificate of travel” means a travel document issued at the discretion of the Secretary of State to a person who has been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom and is unable to obtain a passport issued by their national authority;

  • “convention travel document” means a travel document issued in accordance with Article 28 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 M17;

  • “Direct Airside Transit Visa” means a transit visa within the meaning of section 41(2) of the 1999 Act, authorising the holder to remain within an airport, without passing through immigration control, pending departure on another flight from the same airport;

  • “document of identity” means a travel document issued in the United Kingdom to a person who is not a British citizen which enables the holder to make one journey out of the United Kingdom;

  • “Electronic Visa Waiver” means a document authorising a person to travel to the United Kingdom for the purpose of entry to the United Kingdom where that person, in the absence of such a document, would require entry clearance in order to do so;

  • “stateless person's travel document” means a travel document issued in accordance with Article 28 of the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons done at New York on 28th September 1954 M18;

  • “transfer of conditions” means the fixing of a stamp, sticker or other attachment on a passport or other document issued to an applicant which indicates that a person has been granted leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom.

Fees for documents2

1

Table 10 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications and requests for and in connection with documents relating to immigration or nationality.

2

Table 11 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in Table 10 for applications for travel documents F6and for processing an application or claim which is later rejected as invalid.

3

Table 12 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for biometric immigration documents and the process used to take a record of a person's biometric information.

4

Table 13 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in F142Tables 10 and 12.

5

Paragraph 3 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the specified fee in 12.2.4.

Table 10 (Fees for miscellaneous documents and services)

Number of fee

Type of application

Amount of fee

10.1

Fees for applications made in the United Kingdom for a transfer of conditions

10.1.1

Application for a transfer of conditions onto a biometric immigration document where the application is made within the United Kingdom by post or courier or online and the applicant has limited leave.

£161

10.1.2

Application for a transfer of conditions onto a biometric immigration document where the application is made within the United Kingdom by post or courier or online and the applicant has indefinite leave.

£229

10.2

Fee for applications made overseas for a transfer of conditions

10.2.1

Application for a transfer of conditions where the application is made outside the United Kingdom.

£154

10.3

Fees for applications for travel documents

10.3.1

Application for a certificate of travel where the person in respect of whom the application is made is aged 16 or over when the application is received by the Secretary of State.

£280

10.3.2

Application for a certificate of travel where the person in respect of whom the application is made is under the age of 16 when the application is received by the Secretary of State.

£141

10.3.3

Application for a convention travel document, stateless person's travel document, or document of identity where the person in respect of whom the application is made is aged 16 or over when the application is received by the Secretary of State.

£75

10.3.4

Application for a convention travel document, stateless person's travel document, or document of identity where the person in respect of whom the application is made is under the age of 16 when the application is received by the Secretary of State.

£49

10.4

Fee for applications for a Direct Airside Transit Visa

10.4.1

Application for a Direct Airside Transit Visa.

£35

10.5

Fee for applications for documents referred to in the 2016 Regulations

10.5.1

Application for the following issued pursuant to Part 3 of the 2016 Regulations—

a

a registration certificate;

b

a residence card;

c

a document certifying permanent residence;

d

a permanent residence card; F26or

e

a derivative residence card; F27. . .

fF28

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

£65

F6210.5A

Fees for applications for a replacement or amended Appendix EU biometric residence card

F6210.5A.1

Application for a replacement of an Appendix EU biometric residence card that has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.

£56

F6210.5A.2

Application for an amended version of an Appendix EU biometric residence card where information recorded on the card has ceased to be accurate.

£56

10.6

Fees for applications for a letter or document confirming a person's identity and immigration or nationality status

10.6.1

Application for a letter or document (other than a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant's identity and providing evidence of immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, where the applicant has limited leave.

£161

10.6.2

Application for a letter or document (other than a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant's identity and providing evidence of immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, where the applicant has indefinite leave.

£229

10.6.3

Application for a replacement, copy or amended version of a letter or document (other than a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant's identity and providing evidence of immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, where the applicant has limited leave.

£161

10.6.4

Application for a replacement, copy or amended version of a letter or document (other than a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant's identity and providing evidence of immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, where the applicant has indefinite leave.

£229

10.6.5

Application for a replacement, copy or amended version of a letter or document (other than a passport) confirming the applicant's identity and providing evidence of immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, where the application is made within the United Kingdom by post or courier or online and where the applicant—

a

has been granted asylum;

b

has been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules; or

c

is a dependant of an individual within paragraph (a) or (b).

£56

10.7

Electronic Visa Waiver

10.7.1

Request for an Electronic Visa Waiver.

F29£30

10.8

F63Fee for processing an application or claim which is later rejected as invalid

10.8.1

Processing an application or claim which is rejected as invalid prior to a decision being issued F64. . .

£25

F65. . .

F65. . .

F65. . .

F65. . .

F65. . .

F65. . .

Table 11 (Exceptions to requirement to pay fees for applications for travel documents F5and for processing an application or claim later rejected as invalid)

Number and description of the exception

Fees to which exception applies

11.1

Travel documents for bodies being taken outside the United Kingdom for burial or cremation

No fee is payable in respect of an application for a travel document for a body that is being taken outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of burial or cremation.

Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4

11.2

Travel documents for reconstruction or resettlement

No fee is payable in respect of an application for a travel document where the application is stated as being made in order to enable the applicant to participate in a project operated or approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of enabling a person in the United Kingdom to make a single trip to a country outside the United Kingdom in order to assist the reconstruction of that country or to decide whether to resettle there.

Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4

11.3

Travel documents for the purposes of the Assisted Voluntary Return programme

No fee is payable in respect of an application for a document of identity for the purposes of the Assisted Voluntary Return programme.

Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4

11.4

Travel documents for persons born on or before 2nd September 1929

No fee is payable in respect of an application for a convention travel document or stateless person's travel document where the applicant was born on or before 2nd September 1929.

Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4

F411.5

Processing an application or claim which is later rejected as invalid

F6611.5.1

No fee is payable in respect of the processing of an application or claim which is rejected as invalid prior to a decision being issued where—

  1. a

    no fee was payable in respect of that application or claim; or

  2. b

    a fee was payable in respect of that application or claim but no fee was paid at the time the application or claim was made.

F67Fee 10.8.1

F6811.5.2

No fee is payable in respect of the processing of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules before 7.00 a.m. on 30th March 2019 which is rejected as invalid at or after that time prior to a decision being issued.

10.8.1

Table 12 (Fees for applications for biometric immigration documents and the process used to take a record of biometric information)

Number of fee

Type of application or process

Amount of fee

12.1

Fees for mandatory applications for a replacement biometric immigration document

12.1.1

Application, by an applicant who has limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom, for a biometric immigration document in accordance with regulation 19(1)(a) of the 2008 Regulations M19 to replace a biometric immigration document which has been cancelled under the following provisions of those Regulations—

a

regulation 17(b) where the applicant is within the United Kingdom;

b

regulation 17(c) to (e);

c

regulation 17(f) (other than where the document needs to be reissued because some substantive alteration is required to the information recorded in the cancelled document); or

d

regulation 17(g) M20.

£56

12.1.2

Application, by an applicant who has limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom, for a biometric immigration document in accordance with regulation 19(1)(b) of the 2008 Regulations to replace a biometric immigration document which has ceased to have effect under regulation 13(4)(b) to (d), 13A(6)(b) to (d) or 13B(4)(b) of those Regulations M21.

£56

12.2

Fee for taking a record of biometric information in specified circumstances

12.2.1

The process used to take a record of a person's biometric information for the purposes of an application for a biometric immigration document referred to in fees 12.1.1 and 12.1.2.

£19.20

12.2.2

The process used to take a record of a person's biometric information for the purposes of an application for a biometric immigration document pursuant to—

a

paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 3 of the 2008 Regulations, in a case where the person satisfies the condition referred to in that provision as mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) or (b) of that regulation; or

b

regulation 3A of the 2008 Regulations M22.

£19.20

12.2.3

The process used to take a record of a person's biometric information for the purposes of an application for a residence card, a permanent residence card or a derivative residence card issued pursuant to Part 3 of the 2016 Regulations M23.

£19.20

12.2.4

The process used to take a record of a person's biometric information for the purposes of an application for a biometric immigration document where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations.

£19.20

Table 13 (Exceptions to the requirement to pay fees for applications for biometric immigration documents and the process used to take a record of biometric information)

Number and description of the exception

Fees to which exception applies

13.1

Persons granted asylum or humanitarian protection, stateless persons and their dependants

13.1.1

No fee is payable for an application for a biometric immigration document if the applicant—

a

has been granted asylum;

b

has been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules;

c

has been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraphs 352A to 352FI of the immigration rules;

d

is a dependant of an individual described in any of (a) to (c); or

e

has been granted limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a stateless person, or as the family member of a stateless person, under Part 14 of the immigration rules.

Fees 12.1.1 and 12.1.2

13.2

Children born in the United Kingdom to persons granted asylum or humanitarian protection

13.2.1

No fee is payable for an application for a biometric immigration document if the applicant is a child who was born in the United Kingdom to a person who has been granted asylum, or has been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules.

Fees 12.1.1 and 12.1.2

13.3

Process used to take a record of a person's biometric information where exception 13.1 or 13.2 applies

13.3.1

No fee is payable for the process used to take a record of a person's biometric information for the purposes of an application for a biometric immigration document to which exception 13.1.1 or 13.2.1 applies.

Fee 12.2.1

13.4

Children being looked after by a local authority

13.4.1

No fee is payable for the process used to take a record of a person's biometric information if that person is a child and is being looked after by a local authority.

Fees 12.2.1 and 12.2.2

13.5

Applicants with leave to remain in the United Kingdom under the EC Association Agreement with Turkey

13.5.1

No fee is payable for the process used to take a record of a person's biometric information if that person has limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under the terms of the EC Association Agreement with Turkey.

Fees 12.2.1 and 12.2.2

13.6

Process used to take a record of a person's biometric information where the person is exempt from paying the application fee for the connected application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom, or that application fee has been waived

13.6.1

No fee is payable for the process used to take a record of a person's biometric information where that record is taken for the purposes of an application for a biometric immigration document made—

a

in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 3 of the 2008 Regulations, in a case where the person satisfies the condition referred to in that provision as mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) of that regulation, and

b

in connection with an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom in relation to which the applicant is exempt from paying the application fee or the application fee has been waived.

Fee 12.2.2

13.7

Process used to take a record of a person's biometric information where the person has applied for variation of limited leave to allow recourse to public funds in certain circumstances

13.7.1

No fee is payable in respect of the taking of a record of a person's biometric information upon variation of limited leave to enter or limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom, in order to be permitted access to public funds by a person who has been granted such leave (subject to a condition of no recourse to public funds)—

a

under—

i

paragraph 276BE(1) (including when it is read with paragraph 276A01(1)) of Part 7 of the immigration rules;

ii

paragraph 276DG of that Part of the immigration rules;

iii

paragraph D-LTRP.1.2. (including when it is read with paragraph GEN.2.3.(1).) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

iv

paragraph D-LTRPT.1.2. (including when it is read with paragraph GEN.2.3.(1).) of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

v

paragraph D-ILRP.1.2. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules; or

vi

paragraph D-ILRPT.1.2. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

b

outside the immigration rules—

i

as mentioned in paragraph 276BE(2) (including when it is read with paragraph 276A01(1)) of Part 7 of the immigration rules; or

ii

before 10th August 2017, as mentioned in paragraph GEN.1.10. of Appendix FM to the immigration rules as the rules were immediately before that date.

Fees 12.2.2 and 12.2.4

F16113.7A

Application for biometric immigration document in accordance with regulation 3 of the 2008 Regulations by a person falling within paragraph (3) of that regulation

13.7A.1

No fee is payable for an application for a biometric immigration document made in accordance with regulation 3 of the 2008 Regulations by a person falling within paragraph (3) of that regulation.

Fees 10.6.1, 10.6.2

13.8

Fee for a biometric immigration document where the person has paid an application fee in 10.6 of this Schedule

13.8.1

No fee is payable for a biometric immigration document if that person has made an application for which the fee is specified in any of 10.6.1 to 10.6.5.

All fees in 12.1

Waiver or reduction in respect of the fee specified at 12.2.43

The Secretary of State may waive or reduce the specified fee in 12.2.4.

SCHEDULE 4SPONSORSHIP

Regulation 6

Interpretation1

In this Schedule—

  • “confirmation of acceptance for studies” means an authorisation issued by the Secretary of State to a sponsor and issued to a person by that sponsor, in respect of an application, or potential application, for entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a student;

  • “premium services for sponsors” means the optional premium customer services offered by the Home Office to certain sponsors;

  • “small or charitable sponsor” means a sponsor that is—

    1. a

      a company that is subject to the small companies regime under section 381 of the Companies Act 2006 M24;

    2. b

      in the case of a person who is not a company for the purposes of that section, a person who employs no more than 50 employees; or

    3. c

      a charity within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2011 M25, or section 1 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 M26, or a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register M27;

  • “sponsorship management request” means an electronic request made by a sponsor in connection with their sponsor licence, through their sponsorship management system account;

  • F143“students” means applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under Appendix ST: Student or Appendix CS: Child Student to the immigration rules;

  • “the student route” means either or both of—

    1. a

      the Student route provided for by Appendix ST: Student to the immigration rules;

    2. b

      the Child Student route provided for by Appendix CS: Child Student to the immigration rules;

  • “Student Sponsor basic compliance assessment” means the check which a sponsor with Probationary Sponsor status must apply for in order to become registered as having Student Sponsor status, or for which sponsors already registered with Student Sponsor status must apply in order to maintain that registration;

  • “Tier” means the route, provided for in Part 6A of the immigration rules, by which a person seeking entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 Migrant F144... or a Tier 5 Migrant applies for such entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain;

  • F145...

Fees in connection with sponsorship2

1

Table 14 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for sponsor licences, for the issuing of certificates of sponsorship and confirmations of acceptance for studies, and for premium services for sponsors.

2

Table 15 specifies the amount of fees for other specified applications and processes in connection with sponsorship.

Table 14 (Fees in relation to sponsor licences, premium services for sponsors, certificates of sponsorship and confirmations of acceptance for studies)

Number of fee

Type of application, service, or process

Amount of fee

14.1

Fees for applications for sponsor licences where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor

14.1.1

Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 Migrants where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor.

£1,476

14.1.2

Application for sponsor licence in respect of F162students where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor.

£536

14.1.3

Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 5 Migrants where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor.

£536

14.1.4

Application for sponsor licence in respect of F163Tier 2 Migrants and students where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor.

£1,476

14.1.5

Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 and Tier 5 Migrants where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor.

£1,476

14.1.6

Application for sponsor licence in respect of F164Tier 2 Migrants, Tier 5 Migrants and students where the applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor.

£1,476

14.2

Fees for applications for sponsor licences where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor

14.2.1

Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 Migrants where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor.

£536

14.2.2

Application for sponsor licence in respect of F165students where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor.

£536

14.2.3

Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 5 Migrants where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor.

£536

14.3

Fees for premium services for sponsors

F117. . .

F117. . .

F117. . .

F117. . .

F117. . .

F117. . .

14.3.3

The provision of premium services for sponsors in respect of Tier 2 and Tier 5 to a sponsor that is not a small or charitable sponsor for a period of 12 months.

£25,000

14.3.4

The provision of premium services for sponsors in respect of Tier 2 and Tier 5 to a small or charitable sponsor for a period of 12 months.

£8,000

14.3.5

The provision of premium services for sponsors in respect of F166the student route to a sponsor for a period of 12 months.

£8,000

14.3.6

The expedited processing of a sponsorship management request made by a Tier 2 or Tier 5 sponsor, where the sponsor does not hold a valid premium service package F118for which fee 14.3.3 or fee 14.3.4 has been paid or for which a fee was paid before 6th April 2020 under 14.3.1 or 14.3.2 of this Table.

£200

14.4

Fees for the process of issuing certificates of sponsorship and confirmations of acceptance for studies

14.4.1

The issuing of a certificate of sponsorship in respect of an application or potential application for leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 Migrant where the application is not made in respect of a CESC national (in which case no fee is payable).

£199

14.4.2

The issuing of a confirmation of acceptance for studies in respect of an application or potential application F167under Appendix ST: Student or Appendix CS: Child Student to the immigration rules .

£21

14.4.3

The issuing of a certificate of sponsorship in respect of an application or potential application for leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant where the application is not made in respect of a CESC national (in which case no fee is payable).

£21

Fees for other applications in connection with sponsorship3

1

Where a person holding an existing valid sponsor licence applies to add F147a Tier or Tiers to that licence, the fee payable is the sum equivalent to the difference (if any) between the fee already paid for the licence, and the highest fee chargeable in respect of a licence for any of F148the Tiers applied for.

2

If the fee already paid is equal to or greater than that chargeable in respect of a licence for each F149... Tier applied for, no further fee is payable.

F1462A

No fee is payable in respect of an application to add the student route to an existing valid sponsor licence.

3

Where a person holding an existing valid sponsor licence applies for a separate licence, the fee payable is the full fee chargeable in respect of F150the separate licence applied for.

Table 15 (Fees for other applications and processes in connection with sponsorship)

Number of fee

Type of application or process

Amount of fee

15.1

Fee for applications for a F168Student Sponsor basic compliance assessment

15.1.1

Application for a F169Student Sponsor basic compliance assessment.

£536

15.2

Fee for processes relating to sponsor licences

15.2.1

The issuing to a sponsor, on request, of an action plan with which a sponsor must comply in order to achieve or retain a particular status, or to remain on the register of licensed sponsors maintained by the Secretary of State.

£1,476

SCHEDULE 5CONSULAR FUNCTIONS

Regulation 7

Interpretation1

In this Schedule—

  • “consular employee” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(e) of the Vienna Convention;

  • “consular function” means any of the functions described in Article 5 of the Vienna Convention or functions in the United Kingdom which correspond with those functions;

  • “consular officer” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(d) of the Vienna Convention;

  • “consular post” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(a) of the Vienna Convention;

  • “consular premises” has the same meaning as provided in Article 1(1)(j) of the Vienna Convention;

  • “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;

  • “Vienna Convention” means the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations set out in Schedule 1 to the Consular Relations Act 1968 M28;

  • “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 nationality2

1

Table 16 specifies the amount of the fees for the exercise of the specified consular functions.

2

The fee specified at 16.1.1 in Table 16 is to be read with paragraph 3 (charges for travel time when services are provided away from consular premises).

3

Each of the fees specified in Table 16 is subject to paragraph 4 (discretion to waive fees for the services of consular officers or employees).

Table 16 (Fees for the exercise of consular functions in connection with immigration and nationality)

Number of fee

Service provided

Amount of fee

16.1

General fee for the services of consular officers

16.1.1

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 in connection with immigration or nationality.

£142 per hour or part hour

16.2

Fees for receiving, preparing and forwarding documents

16.2.1

The receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any combination of those) of supporting documents for an application for a visa where the Secretary of State does not have authority to issue that visa.

£141

16.2.2

The receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any combination of those) of supporting documents for an application for a residence permit or identity card issued by a country or territory other than the United Kingdom.

£141

16.2.3

The receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any combination of those) of any certificate or document except a travel document or an application for registration or naturalisation.

£141

16.3

Fee for receiving applications for visas on behalf of Commonwealth countries or British Overseas Territories

16.3.1

The receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any combination of those) of supporting documents for an application for a visa for a country listed in Schedule 3 to the 1981 Act M29 or a British overseas territory within the meaning of section 50(1) of the 1981 Act M30.

£141

Charges for travel time when services are provided away from consular premises3

For the purposes of calculation of the specified fee in 16.1.1 in Table 16, the hours or part hours during which the services of consular officers or consular 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 employees4

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

SCHEDULE 6PREMIUM SERVICES (IN THE UNITED KINGDOM)

Regulation 8

Interpretation1

In this Schedule—

  • “AO” means a civil servant of Administrative Officer grade;

  • “EO” means a civil servant of Executive Officer grade;

  • “HEO” means a civil servant of Higher Executive Officer grade;

  • “premium immigration status checking service” means the real time checking service which allows organisations to confirm an individual's immigration status with a view to determining whether the individual is entitled to certain goods, services, benefits or support, or entitled to goods or services free of charge;

  • “Registered Traveller service” means the discretionary service offered by the Home Office enabling the expedited entry of persons registered on the scheme into the United Kingdom or their transit through the United Kingdom;

  • F54...

Fees for the provision of certain premium services in the United Kingdom, including the expedition of immigration or nationality applications2

1

Table 17 specifies the amount of the fees for the provision of the specified premium services in the United Kingdom.

2

Paragraph 3 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the fees specified in Table 17.

Table 17 (Premium services in the United Kingdom)

Number of fee

Description of service provided

Amount of fee

17.1

Fee for expediting immigration and nationality applications

17.1.1

The expedited processing of an immigration or nationality application (or any part of such an application) where the application (or any part of the application) is made in the United Kingdom under a priority service.

F30£500

17.1.2

The expedited processing of an immigration or nationality application (or any part of such an application) where the application (or any part of the application) is made in the United Kingdom F7..., where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations.

F31£800

F32. . .

F32. . .

F8. . .

F8. . .

F8. . .

F32. . .

F32. . .

F32. . .

F9...

F9...

F9. . .

F9. . .

F9. . .

F9. . .

F9. . .

F9. . .

F32. . .

F32. . .

F32. . .

F32. . .

F32. . .

F1417.4A

Fee for a contractor making equipment available for taking a record of biometric information at a location chosen by the applicant

17.4A.1

The provision of a service by a contractor comprising the making available of equipment to enable a record of biometric information to be provided in connection with an immigration or nationality application, where the equipment is made available at a location in the United Kingdom chosen by or on behalf of the applicant (other than an office of the Home Office or any other location offered by the Home Office or a contractor for selection by the applicant).

£650 per hour per representative of the contractor attending the location in connection with making the equipment available

F10. . .

F10. . .

F10. . .

17.5

Fees for the expedited entry of a passenger into, or transiting through, the United Kingdom

17.5.1

The expedited entry of a passenger into, or transiting of a passenger through, the United Kingdom using the Border Force fast track service at Heathrow airport Terminal 2, 3 or 4.

F83£5.20

17.5.2

The expedited entry of a passenger into, or transiting of a passenger through, the United Kingdom using the Border Force fast track service, where 17.5.1 does not apply.

£3

17.5.3

The registration of a document confirming identity in respect of a person registering on the Registered Traveller service.

£20

17.5.4

The registration of additional documents confirming identity in respect of a person registered on the Registered Traveller service.

£20

17.5.5

Annual subscription charge for membership of the Registered Traveller service payable in respect of a person who is not a child at the time the application for membership is made.

£50

17.5.6

Charge for membership of the Registered Traveller service payable in respect of a person who is a child at the time the application for such membership is made (“the child applicant”), where it is intended that the child applicant will seek to use the service when accompanying a parent who is a current member of the Registered Traveller service by virtue of having paid the subscription charge specified in 17.5.5 (“the current parent member”).

£2 for each remaining calendar month, or part of such a month, of the current parent member's subscription.

17.5.7

Annual charge for membership of the Registered Traveller service payable in respect of a child applicant, where the applicant will be a child for the whole 12-month period beginning with the day on which the subscription begins.

£24

17.5.8

Charge for membership of the Registered Traveller service payable in respect of a child applicant, where the applicant will attain the age of 18 during the 12-month period beginning with the day on which the subscription begins.

£2 for each calendar month, or part of such a month, for which the child applicant remains a child

17.6

Fees for the provision of advice or assistance in connection with immigration and nationality

17.6.1

The carrying out of checks under the premium immigration status checking service or the provision of advice on the usage of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, in each case by an AO.

£0.80 per minute per AO

17.6.2

The carrying out of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, the provision of advice on the usage of checks under the premium immigration status checking service and on the eligibility of individuals to access services and benefits, or the responding to case enquiries or the providing of training, in each case by an EO during office hours.

£0.88 per minute per EO

17.6.3

The carrying out of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, the provision of advice on the usage of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, and on the eligibility of individuals to access services and benefits, or the responding to case enquiries or the providing of training, in each case by an EO outside office hours.

£1.10 per minute per EO

17.6.4

The carrying out of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, the provision of advice on the usage of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, and on the eligibility of individuals to access services and benefits, or the responding to case enquiries or the providing of training, in each case by an HEO during office hours.

£0.97 per minute per HEO

17.6.5

The carrying out of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, the provision of advice on the usage of checks under the premium immigration status checking service, and on the eligibility of individuals to access services and benefits, or the responding to case enquiries or the providing of training, in each case by an HEO outside office hours.

£1.23 per minute per HEO

17.7

Fee for the provision of any premium service by an immigration officer

F84. . .

F84. . .

F84. . .

F8517.7.2

The provision, to a person other than a government department, of an immigration officer to provide any premium service relating to entry into or transit through the United Kingdom.

£77.40 per hour per officer

F8517.7.3

The provision, to a government department, of an immigration officer to provide any premium service relating to entry into or transit through the United Kingdom.

£57.33 per hour per officer

Waiver or reduction in respect of fees specified in Table 173

The Secretary of State may waive or reduce any fee in respect of an application, request or service specified in Table 17.

SCHEDULE 7PREMIUM SERVICES (OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM)

Regulation 9

Interpretation1

In this Schedule—

  • “priority settlement service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom other than for the purposes of work or study, or for a visit visa, are processed on an expedited basis;

  • “priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom for the purposes of work or study, or for a visit visa, are processed on an expedited basis;

  • “super priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom, by which it is aimed to process relevant applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom F151within a period shorter than that within which it is aimed to process applications under the priority settlement service or, as the case may be, the priority visa service.

Fees for the provision of certain premium services outside the United Kingdom2

1

Table 18 specifies the amount of fees for the provision of the specified premium services outside the United Kingdom.

2

Paragraph 3 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the fees specified in Table 18.

Table 18 (Premium services outside the United Kingdom)

Number of fee

Description of service provided

Amount of fee

18.1

Fees for submitting an immigration or nationality application, or documents or information in connection with such an application, at a facility outside the United Kingdom F33managed by a contractor

18.1.1

The acceptance or processing by a contractor of an immigration or nationality application, or documents or information (including biometric information) in relation to such an application, at a User-Pays Application Centre or at another facility managed by a contractor at a location, outside the United Kingdom, either in person or by post or courier.

£55

F35. . .

F35. . .

F35. . .

18.2

Fees for expediting immigration or nationality applications

18.2.1

The expedited processing, under the priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom.

F34£220

18.2.2

The expedited processing, under the super priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom.

£956

18.2.3

The expedited processing, under the priority settlement service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom.

£573

18.3

Fees in connection with the international contact centre service

18.3.1

The provision by a contractor, by telephone, of information or assistance in relation to an immigration or nationality application to an applicant outside the United Kingdom.

F170£0.69 per minute

18.3.2

The provision by a contractor, by way of an email or series of emails, of information or assistance in response to a query relating to an application in respect of immigration or nationality where provided to an applicant outside the United Kingdom.

F171£2.74 per query

Waiver or reduction in respect of the fees specified in Table 183

The Secretary of State may waive or reduce any fee in respect of a service specified in Table 18.

SCHEDULE 8NATIONALITY

Regulation 10

Interpretation1

1

In this Schedule—

  • “application for naturalisation as a British citizen” means an application for naturalisation as a British citizen under section 6(1) or (2) of the 1981 Act M31;

  • “application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen” means an application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen under section 18(1) or (2) of the 1981 Act M32;

  • “application for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act” means an application for registration as a British citizen under sections 1(3), (3A) or (4), 3(1), (2) or (5), 4(2) or (5), 4A, 4B, 4D, 4F, 10(1) or (2), or 13(1) or (3) of, or paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act M33;

  • “application for registration as a British citizen under the 1997 Act” means an application for registration as a British citizen under section 1 of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997 M34;

  • “application for registration as a British overseas citizen” means an application for registration as a British overseas citizen under section 27(1) of, or paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act;

  • “application for registration as a British overseas territories citizen” means an application for registration as a British overseas territories citizen under sections 13(1) or (3) of the 1981 Act (as applied by section 24 of that Act), 15(3) or (4), 17(1), (2) or (5), or 22(1) or (2) of, or paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, that Act M35;

  • “application for registration as a British protected person” means an application for registration as a British protected person under article 7 of the 1982 Order M36;

  • “application for registration as a British subject” means an application for registration as a British subject under section 32 of, or paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act;

  • “certificate of entitlement” has the same meaning as provided for in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act M37;

  • “certificate of registration or naturalisation” means a certificate of registration or naturalisation issued under the 1981 Act.

2

For the purposes of this Schedule an application is made on the date on which it is received by the Secretary of State or by any person authorised by the Secretary of State to receive nationality applications.

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M31

Section 6(2) has been prospectively amended by section 40(1) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11) (the “2009 Act”) from a date to be appointed, and was amended by paragraph 72 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (the “2004 Act”).

M32

Section 18(1) and (2) was amended by section 2(2)(b) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (“the Overseas Territories Act”) and section 18(2) was also amended by paragraph 76 of Schedule 27 to the 2004 Act.

M33

Section 1(3) was amended by section 42(1) and (3) of the 2009 Act; section 1(3A) was inserted by section 42(1) and (4) of the 2009 Act; section 1(4) was amended by section 42(1) and (5) of the 2009 Act; section 3(2) was amended by paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to the Overseas Territories Act and section 43(1) and (2) of the 2009 Act; section 3(5) was amended by paragraph 3(1) and (4) of Schedule 1 to the Overseas Territories Act; section 4A was inserted by section 4 of the Overseas Territories Act; section 4B was inserted by section 12 of the 2002 Act and was amended by section 44 of the 2009 Act; section 4D was inserted by section 46 of the 2009 Act; section 4F was inserted by section 65 of the Immigration Act 2014; section 10(1) was amended by section 5(a) of the 2002 Act; section 10(2) was amended by section 5(a) of the 2002 Act and by section paragraph 73 of Schedule 27 to the 2004 Act; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 1(1)(b) of the Overseas Territories Act and section 8 of the 2002 Act; and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the Overseas Territories Act.

M34

1997 c. 20; section 1 was amended by section 2(3) of the Overseas Territories Act and section 47(3) of the 2009 Act.

M35

Sections 15(3) and (4) and 17(2) and (5) were amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the Overseas Territories Act; section 22(1) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the Overseas Territories Act, and section 5(b) the 2002 Act; and section 22(2) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the Overseas Territories Act, section 5(b) of the 2002 Act, and paragraph 77 of Schedule 27 to the 2004 Act.

M36

S.I. 1982/1070; article 7 was amended by section 1(2) of the Overseas Territories Act and S.I. 2009/1892.

M37

The definition of “certificate of entitlement” was substituted by section 10(5)(b) of the 2002 Act.

Fees for applications, processes and services relating to nationality2

1

Tables 19 and 20 specify the amount of the fees for the specified applications, processes and services relating to nationality.

F1101A

Table 20A provides an exception from the requirement to pay the fees specified in 19.2.1 and 19.3.1 in Table 19 in the specified circumstances.

2

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

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.

£1,250

19.1.2

Application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen.

£1,000

19.2

Fees for 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.

£1,126

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.

£1,126

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 applications for registration where the applicant is a child

19.3.1

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.

£1,012

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.

£1,012

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

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 M38.

£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 M39.

£372

20.3.2

Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British overseas territories citizenship under sections 12 and 24 of the 1981 Act M40.

£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 M41.

£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 M42.

£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

F112Table 20A (Exception in respect of fees for applications for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act)

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

F1113

Paragraph 6 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive the fee specified in 19.3.1.

Multiple declarations of renunciation of British citizenship3

Where a person makes more than one declaration of renunciation at the same time, for which the fee is specified in Table 20, only one such fee is payable.

Responsibility for paying the fee for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony4

1

The specified fee in 20.4.1 in Table 20 is payable by the person who is required by section 42 of the 1981 Act M43 to make a citizenship oath and pledge at a citizenship ceremony.

2

Where the fee for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony is not paid in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may not consider the related application for registration or naturalisation made by the person responsible for paying that fee.

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M43

Section 42 was substituted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2002 Act.

Refunds of fees for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony where an application is refused or the requirement to attend the ceremony is disapplied5

Where the specified fee in 20.4.1 in Table 20 for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony is paid in accordance with paragraph 4(1), it must be refunded if—

a

the Secretary of State refuses to arrange the citizenship ceremony; or

b

the Secretary of State decides that the registration is to be effected, or the certificate of naturalisation is to be granted, but disapplies the requirement to make a citizenship oath and pledge at a citizenship ceremony because of the special circumstances of the case.

F119Waiver in respect of the fee specified in 19.3.16

1

The Secretary of State may waive the fee specified in 19.3.1 in respect of an application for registration as a British citizen made—

a

under section 3(1) of the 1981 Act,

b

in respect of a child born on or after 1st July 2006, and

c

on the grounds in sub-paragraph (2).

2

The grounds are that—

a

at the time of the child’s birth, the woman who gave birth to the child (“the child’s mother”) was married to, or in a civil partnership with, a man other than the child’s natural father,

b

no person is treated as the father of the child under section 28 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 or section 35 or 36 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008,

c

no person is treated as a parent of the child under section 42 or 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, and

d

the child would have automatically become a British citizen at birth by the operation of any provision of the 1981 Act if the child’s mother had been married to, or in a civil partnership with, the child’s natural father at the time of the child’s birth (irrespective of whether the child’s mother and natural father could actually have been married to, or in a civil partnership with, each other at that time).

3

The reference in sub-paragraph (2)(d) to automatically becoming a British citizen at birth is to be construed in accordance with section 4J(4) of the 1981 Act.

SCHEDULE 9APPLICATIONS IN RELATION TO ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER THE ISLE OF MAN AND PREMIUM SERVICES

Regulation 11

Interpretation1

In this Schedule —

  • “present and settled” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;

  • “priority settlement service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man other than for the purposes of work or study, or for a visit visa, are processed on an expedited basis;

  • “priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man for the purposes of work or study, or for a visit visa, are processed on an expedited basis;

  • “super priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, by which it is aimed to process relevant applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man F152within a period shorter than that within which it is aimed to process applications under the priority settlement service or, as the case may be, the priority visa service;

  • “Worker Migrant” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules;

  • “Worker (Intra Company Transfer) Migrant” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the Isle of Man immigration rules.

Fees for, and in connection with, applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man2

1

Table 21 specifies the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, as well as the fee for an approval letter from a designated competent body.

2

Table 22 specifies the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as the dependant of a main applicant.

3

Table 23 provides F105exceptions from the requirement to pay certain fees in respect of applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, and Table 24 provides for the waiver or reduction of fees specified in Tables 21 and 22 in specified circumstances F135(and see paragraphs 3A and 4).

4

Paragraph 3 makes provision for the amount of fees to be paid in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man by the dependant of a main applicant in circumstances where the fees specified in 21.3.3 in Table 21, or Table 22, do not apply.

F1364A

Paragraph 3A provides for the reduction in specified circumstances of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a Worker Migrant or as the dependant of a Worker Migrant.

5

The fees specified in Table 21 are subject to paragraph 4.

6

Each of the fees specified in 21.1.2, 21.1.3 and 21.1.4 in Table 21 is calculated by reference to an annual rate.

7

The annual rate referred to in sub-paragraph (6) for each of the fees in question is determined by dividing the amount of the fee by the number of years to which the application relates.

Table 21 (Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man)

Number of fee

Type of application

Amount of fee

21.1

Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a visitor

21.1.1

Application for a visit visa for a period of six months or less.

F36£95

21.1.2

Application for a visit visa for a period of two years.

F37£361

21.1.3

Application for a visit visa for a period of five years.

F38£655

21.1.4

Application for a visit visa for a period of ten years.

F39£822

21.1.5

Application for a visit visa as an academic for a period of more than six months but not more than twelve months.

F40£190

21.1.6

Application for a visit visa for private medical treatment for a period of more than six months but not more than eleven months.

F41£190

21.2

Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, and connected applications, under the Points-Based System

21.2.1

Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent)

Migrant where fee 21.2.8 applies.

£152

21.2.2

Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant where fee 21.2.8 does not apply.

£608

F100. . .

F100. . .

F100. . .

F100. . .

F100. . .

F100. . .

21.2.5

Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant.

£1,623

21.2.6

Application for entry clearance as a Tier 4 Migrant.

£348

21.2.7

Application for entry clearance as a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant or a Tier 5 (Youth Mobility) Temporary Migrant.

£244

21.2.8

Application to the Home Office for an approval letter from a designated competent body in respect of a proposed application for entry clearance to the Isle of Man as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant.

£456

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

F11. . .

21.3

Fees for other applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man

21.3.1

Application for entry clearance for the purposes of joining a ship or aircraft as a member of the crew of that ship or aircraft.

£64

21.3.2

Application for entry clearance on a route to settlement in the Isle of Man (that being an application made with a view to becoming ordinarily resident in the Isle of Man without being subject to any restriction on the period for which an individual may remain there) where the fee is not specified elsewhere in this Schedule.

£1,523

21.3.3

Application for entry clearance as a parent, grandparent or other dependant relative of a person present and settled in the Isle of Man under Appendix FM to the Isle of Man immigration rules.

£3,250

21.3.4

Application for entry clearance as a representative of an overseas business under Part 5 of the Isle of Man immigration rules.

£610

21.3.5

Application for entry clearance as a Worker Migrant for a period of three years or less.

£610

21.3.6

Application for entry clearance as a Worker (Intra Company Transfer) Migrant.

£610

F10121.3.7

Application for entry clearance as an Innovator.

£1,021

21.3.8

Application for entry clearance as a Start-up Migrant.

£363

21.4

General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man

21.4.1

Application for entry clearance where the fee is not specified elsewhere in this Schedule.

£516

Table 22 (Specified fees for dependants)

Number of fee

Type of application

Amount of fee

22.1

Specified fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a dependant of a main applicant

22.1.1

Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant.

£608

F10222.1.1A

Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant.

£1,021

22.1.1B

Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant.

£363

22.1.2

Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) Migrant.

£604

22.1.3

Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (General) Migrant.

£1,021

F12. . .

F12. . .

F12. . .

Table 23 ( F103Exceptions in respect of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man)

Number and description of the exception

Fee to which exception applies

23.1

Applications under the EC Association Agreement with Turkey

23.1.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application made under the terms of the EC Association Agreement with Turkey.

Fee 21.4.1

F10423.2

Applications for entry clearance for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU to the Isle of Man immigration rules

23.2.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance made for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU to the Isle of Man immigration rules for leave to enter or leave to remain in the Isle of Man.

Fees 21.3.2, 21.4.1

23.3

Applications for entry clearance under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the Isle of Man immigration rules

23.3.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance made under Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the Isle of Man immigration rules.

Fees 21.3.2, 21.4.1

Table 24 (Waivers or reductions in respect of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man)

Number and description of the waiver

Fees to which waiver applies

24.1

General waiver

24.1.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application where the Secretary of State determines that the fee should be waived.

All fees in Tables 21 and 22

24.2

Scholarships funded by Her Majesty's Government

24.2.1

The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee where the application is made by a candidate for, or holder of, a scholarship funded by Her Majesty's Government and is in connection with such a scholarship.

All fees in Tables 21 and 22

24.3

International courtesy

24.3.1

The official determining an application may decide to waive the payment of the fee or reduce the amount of the fee as a matter of international courtesy.

All fees in Tables 21 and 22

Applications by dependants3

Except in respect of applications for which a fee is specified in 21.3.3 of Table 21, or in Table 22, and subject to the F124exceptions , waivers and reductions set out in Tables 23 and 24 F137and to paragraph 3A, the fee for an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man made by the dependant of a main applicant (whether or not that application is made at the same time as that of the main applicant) is the fee specified in Table 21 in respect of the main applicant's application.

F127Reduction of fees for Health and Care Visa applications and related applications by dependants3A

1

In this paragraph—

  • a “Health and Care Visa application” means an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a Worker Migrant where the Confirmation of Employment issued in respect of the application confirms the applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by Section 4 of the Confirmation of Employment Guidance;

  • a “relevant dependant’s application” means an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as the dependant of a Worker Migrant (whether or not the application is made at the same time as that of the main applicant) where—

    1. a

      the Confirmation of Employment issued in respect of the application by the main applicant confirms the main applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by Section 4 of the Confirmation of Employment Guidance, or

    2. b

      the applicant has an Isle of Man employer’s letter or email referred to in Section 4 of the Confirmation of Employment Guidance under the heading “Entry Clearance – Health and Care Visa application process” in respect of the application.

2

In sub-paragraph (1)—

a

“Confirmation of Employment” has the meaning given by Appendix W to the Isle of Man immigration rules;

b

the references to “the Confirmation of Employment Guidance” are to the document entitled “Confirmation of Employment Guidance” published by the Isle of Man Cabinet Office.

3

The fee payable, in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as a Worker Migrant or as the dependant of a Worker Migrant, under 21.3.5 of Table 21 (as applied, in the case of an application by a dependant, by paragraph 3) is to be reduced by £378 in the case of a Health and Care Visa application or a relevant dependant’s application.

Applications by CESC Nationals4

1

Where an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man of a kind within sub-paragraph (2) is made by a CESC national, and the applicant is the main applicant, the fee set out in Table 21 is to be reduced by £55.

2

An application is of a kind within this sub-paragraph if it is an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man as—

F106a

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b

a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant;

F107c

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F13d

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

e

a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant;

f

a Worker Migrant; F108...

g

a Worker (Intra Company Transfer) Migrant.

F109h

an Innovator; or

i

a Start-up Migrant.

F1383

Where the application is a Health and Care Visa application within the meaning of paragraph 3A, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) to the fee set out in Table 21 is to be read as a reference to that fee as reduced under paragraph 3A.

Fees for the provision of certain premium services outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man5

1

Table 25 specifies the amount of fees for the provision of specified premium services for the purposes of article 9A of the 2016 Order as it applies to the Isle of Man.

2

Paragraph 6 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the fees specified in Table 25.

Table 25 (Premium services outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man)

Number of fee

Description of service provided

Amount of fee

25.1

Fees for submitting an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, or documents or information in connection with such an application, at a facility outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man

25.1.1

The acceptance or processing by a contractor of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, or documents or information (including biometric information) in relation to such an application, at a User-Pays Application Centre or at another facility managed by a contractor at a location outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, either in person or by post or courier.

£55

25.2

Fees for expediting applications

25.2.1

The expedited processing, under the priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man.

F42£220

25.2.2

The expedited processing, under the super priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man.

£956

25.2.3

The expedited processing, under the priority settlement service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man.

£573

25.3

Fees in connection with the international contact centre service

25.3.1

The provision by a contractor, by telephone, of information or assistance in relation to an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man to an applicant outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.

F172£0.69 per minute

25.3.2

The provision by a contractor, by way of an email or series of emails, of information or assistance in response to a query relating to an application for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man, where provided to an applicant outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.

F173£2.74 per query

Waiver or reduction in respect of the fees specified in Table 256

The Secretary of State may waive or reduce any fee in respect of a service specified in Table 25.

SCHEDULE 10APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER THE BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY OR THE BAILIWICK OF JERSEY AND PREMIUM SERVICES

Regulation 12

Interpretation1

In this Schedule—

  • F75“Guernsey immigration rules” means the rules made by the States of Guernsey Committee for Home Affairs in respect of the Bailiwick of Guernsey under sections 1(4) and 3(2) of the 1971 Act as extended to that bailiwick;

  • “Jersey immigration rules” means the rules contained in the directions made by the Minister for Home Affairs in respect of the Bailiwick of Jersey under sections 1(4A) and 3(2) of the 1971 Act as extended to that bailiwick;

  • “priority settlement service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey other than for the purposes of work or study, or as a visitor, are processed on an expedited basis;

  • “priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick, by which applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of work or study, or as a visitor, are processed on an expedited basis;

  • “relevant bailiwick” means—

    1. a

      the Bailiwick of Guernsey, so far as this Schedule relates to an application for entry clearance to enter that bailiwick; or

    2. b

      the Bailiwick of Jersey, so far as this Schedule relates to an application for entry clearance to enter that bailiwick;

  • “super priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick, by which it is aimed to process relevant applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey F153within a period shorter than that within which it is aimed to process applications under the priority settlement service or, as the case may be, the priority visa service;

  • “work permit employment” means employment as a work permit holder under—

    1. a

      F76the Guernsey immigration rules; or

    2. b

      rules made by the Minister for Home Affairs in respect of the Bailiwick of Jersey under sections 1(4) and 3(2) of the 1971 Act as extended to that bailiwick M44.

2

1

Table 26 specifies the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey.

F771A

Table 26A provides exceptions from the requirement to pay certain fees in respect of applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey.

2

Paragraph 3 confers a discretion of the Secretary of State to waive the fees specified in Table 26.

3

Paragraph 4 makes provision for the amount of fees to be paid in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey by the dependant of a main applicant.

4

Each of the fees specified in 26.2.2 to 26.2.4 in Table 26 is calculated by reference to an annual rate.

5

The annual rate referred to in sub-paragraph (4) for each of the fees in question is determined by dividing the amount of the fee by the number of years to which the application relates.

Table 26 (Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey)

Number of fee

Type of application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey

Amount of fee

26.1

General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey

26.1.1

Application for entry clearance where the fee is not specified elsewhere in this Schedule.

£516

26.2

Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey as a visitor

26.2.1

Application for entry clearance for a period of six months or less.

F43£95

26.2.2

Application for entry clearance for a period of two years.

F44£361

26.2.3

Application for entry clearance for a period of five years.

F45£655

26.2.4

Application for entry clearance for a period of ten years.

F46£822

26.3

Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey as a student

26.3.1

Application for entry clearance as a student.

£348

26.4

Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey for purposes of work permit employment or for settlement

26.4.1

Application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of work permit employmentF47, other than F120an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey to which 26.4.1ZA applies or an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey to which 26.4.1A applies.

£610

F12126.4.1ZA

Application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey for the purposes of work permit employment for a period of 9 months or less.

£244

F4826.4.1A

Application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of unskilled seasonal work permit employment for a period of 9 months or less.

£244

26.4.2

Application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of settlement (that being an application made with a view to becoming ordinarily resident in the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey without being subject to any restriction on the period for which an individual may remain there).

£1,523

F55Table 26A (Exceptions in respect of fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey)

Number and description of the exception

Fees to which exception applies

26A.1

Applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU to the Guernsey immigration rules

26A.1.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey made for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU to the Guernsey immigration rules for leave to enter or leave to remain in that bailiwick.

Fees 26.1.1, 26.2.1, 26.4.2

26A.2

Applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU(J) to the Jersey immigration rules

26A.2.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey made for the purposes of an application under Appendix EU(J) to the Jersey immigration rules for leave to enter or leave to remain in that bailiwick.

Fees 26.1.1, 26.2.1, 26.4.2

26A.3

Applications for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey under Appendix EU(J) (Family Permit) to the Jersey immigration rules

26A.3.1

No fee is payable in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Jersey made under Appendix EU(J) (Family Permit) to the Jersey immigration rules.

Fees 26.1.1, 26.2.1, 26.4.2

Waiver in respect of the fees listed in Table 263

The Secretary of State may waive any fee in respect of an application specified in Table 26.

Applications by dependants4

The fee for an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey as a dependant of a main applicant (whether that application is made at the same time as that of the main application or not) is the fee specified in Table 26 in respect of the main applicant's application F78, subject to the exceptions in Table 26A.

Fees for the provision of certain premium services outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick5

1

Table 27 specifies the amount of fees for the provision of specified premium services for the purposes of article 9A of the 2016 Order as it applies to the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey.

2

Paragraph 6 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the fees specified in Table 27.

Table 27 (Premium services outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick)

Number of fee

Description of service provided

Amount of fee

27.1

Fees for submitting an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey, or documents or information in connection with such an application, at a facility outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick

27.1.1

The acceptance or processing by a contractor of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey, or documents or information (including biometric information) in relation to such an application, at a User-Pays Application Centre or at another facility managed by a contractor at a location outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick, either in person or by post or courier.

£55

27.2

Fees for expediting applications

27.2.1

The expedited processing, under the priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey.

F49£220

27.2.2

The expedited processing, under the super priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey.

£956

27.2.3

The expedited processing, under the priority settlement service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey.

£573

27.3

Fees in connection with the international contact centre service

27.3.1

The provision by a contractor, by telephone, of information or assistance, in relation to an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey, to an applicant outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick.

F174£0.69 per minute

27.3.2

The provision by a contractor, by way of an email or series of emails, of information or assistance in response to a query relating to an application for entry clearance to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Bailiwick of Jersey, where provided to an applicant outside the United Kingdom and the relevant bailiwick.

F175£2.74 per query

Waiver or reduction in respect of the fees specified in Table 276

The Secretary of State may waive or reduce any fee in respect of a service specified in Table 27.

SCHEDULE 11MISCELLANEOUS FEES

Regulation 13

1

In this Schedule—

  • “connected application” means an application for leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom which has given rise to a decision which may potentially be the subject of administrative review, whether that application was made—

    1. a

      by an applicant in the applicant's own right; or

    2. b

      as the main applicant with one or more dependants having made linked applications;

  • “linked application” means an application for leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom made by the dependant of a main applicant on the same day as the main applicant's application for leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom;

  • “unlinked application” means an application for leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom made by the dependant of a main applicant on a different day to the day on which the main applicant's application for leave to enter or leave to remain was made.

Fee for the administration of the Life in the UK Test2

A fee of £50 is payable for the administration of the Life in the UK Test.

Fee for the process of administrative review, together with provision for exemption from, and waiver or reduction of, that fee3

1

A fee of £80 is payable by a person requesting administrative review of—

a

a single decision made—

i

in respect of a connected application;

ii

in respect of an unlinked application; or

iii

to cancel leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom at the border;

b

at least two decisions made—

i

where one of those decisions is in respect of a connected application, and at least one other decision was in respect of a linked application;

ii

where each of those decisions is in respect of two or more unlinked applications made on the same day; or

iii

to cancel the leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom of a person and any of that person's dependants.

2

In circumstances where administrative review is requested of at least two decisions in respect of at least two unlinked applications made on different days, a fee of £80 is payable in respect of each of those requests for administrative review.

3

Notwithstanding sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), no fee is payable for administrative review of a decision—

a

in respect of any application F79other than an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules, where the person was exempt from paying the fee for the application, or the fee in respect of the application was waived;

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in respect of any application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules before 7.00 a.m. on 30th March 2019, where no fee was payable in respect of the application (except where the payment of the fee was waived under regulation 2(3) of the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Refund, Waiver and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019);

bb

in respect of any application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under that Appendix at or after 7.00 a.m. on 30th March 2019, where the application was made in respect of a person who, when the application was made, was a child and was being looked after by a local authority;

b

to cancel leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom where the person was exempt from paying the fee for the application which gave rise to the leave, or the fee in respect of that application was waived.

4

If the outcome of administrative review is that the decision under review is maintained, but for different or additional reasons, no fee is payable in respect of any request for administrative review of—

a

the revised decision; or

b

any subsequent decision made in relation to the application which gave rise to the decision under review.

5

The Secretary of State must refund the fee specified in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) if the outcome of administrative review is that the decision under review is withdrawn.

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But sub-paragraph (5) does not apply where the decision under review—

a

was made in respect of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules; and

b

is withdrawn pursuant to paragraph AR(EU)2.1.(c) of Appendix AR (EU) to the immigration rules (decision found to be incorrect as a result of information or evidence that was not before the original decision-maker) and not also pursuant to paragraph AR(EU)2.1.(a) or (b) of that Appendix.

6

The Secretary of State may waive or reduce the fee specified in sub-paragraph (1) or (2).

SCHEDULE 12AMENDMENT OF THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL (IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM CHAMBER) FEES ORDER 2011

Regulation 14

1

1

The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees Order 2011 M45 is amended as follows.

2

In article 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “the 2017 Regulations” substitute—

“the 2018 Regulations” means the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 M46

3

In article 5 (exemption from fees)—

a

in paragraph (1A)—

i

for “the 2017 Regulations” substitute “ the 2018 Regulations ”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (a), for “exception 4.5” substitute “ exception 4.4.1 ”;

b

in paragraph (1B), for “the 2017 Regulations” substitute “ the 2018 Regulations ”.