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Regulation 10
1.—(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 M1;
“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 M2;
“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 M3;
“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 M4;
“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 M5;
“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 M6;
“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 M7;
“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.
2.—(1) Tables 19 and 20 specify the amount of the fees for the specified applications, processes and services relating to nationality.
(2) The fees specified in Table 20 are subject to paragraph 3 (multiple declarations of renunciation of British citizenship).
Number of fee | Type of application | Amount of fee |
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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 |
Number of fee | Type of application, process or service | Amount of fee |
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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 M8. | £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 M9. | £372 |
20.3.2 | Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British overseas territories citizenship under sections 12 and 24 of the 1981 Act M10. | £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 M11. | £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 M12. | £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 |
3. 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.
4.—(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 M13 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.
Marginal Citations
M13Section 42 was substituted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2002 Act.
5. 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.
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