The Immigration Employment Document (Fees) Regulations 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide for the fee which is to accompany an application for an immigration employment document within the meaning of section 122 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, subject to the exceptions described below. That fee is £95 (regulation 4).

No fee need accompany an application if it is made in respect of a citizen or national of an excepted country, as set out in the Schedule, in respect of a person seeking to enter, or remain, in the United Kingdom as part of the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme under the immigration rules or in respect of a person seeking to enter, or remain, in the United Kingdom as a seasonal agricultural worker under the immigration rules (regulation 5).

Additionally, no fee need accompany an application made in respect of a person seeking to enter, or remain, in the United Kingdom as a school teacher employed in England, although this exception does not have the effect that no fee shall be payable in respect of such an application, unless the application in question is made in respect of a citizen or national of an excepted country (regulation 6). Instead, where an application of this type is made, payment is to be made under a special payment arrangement entered into for that purpose between the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Secretary of State for the Department for Education and Skills (regulations 6 and 7).

A Regulatory Impact Assessment in respect of these Regulations can be obtained from Work Permits (UK) by e-mail ([e-mail]), by telephone [phone]), or by visiting the Work Permits (UK) website (www.workpermits.gov.uk).