Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 768

Immigration
Nationality
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2015

Made
18th March 2015

Laid before Parliament
19th March 2015

Coming into force
6th April 2015

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations with the consent of the Treasury(1), in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 68(1), (7), (8), (10) and (12), 69(1) and (2), and 74(8)(a), (b) and (d) of the Immigration Act 2014(2). These Regulations are made pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2015(3).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 6th April 2015.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971(4);

“the 1981 Act” means the British Nationality Act 1981(5);

“the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(6);

“the 2002 Act” means the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002(7);

“the 2007 Act” means the UK Borders Act 2007(8);

“the 2014 Act” means the Immigration Act 2014;

“the 2008 Regulations” means the Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008(9);

“the 2015 Order” means the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2015;

“administrative review” has the same meaning as provided in the immigration rules(10);

“approval letter from a designated competent body” means a letter from a designated competent body (within the meaning of the immigration rules) endorsing a proposed application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant;

“assistance by a local authority” means assistance, accommodation or maintenance provided by a local authority (or in Northern Ireland, an authority, which has the same meaning as provided in Article 2(2) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(11)) under—

(a)
section 17, 20 or 23 of the Children Act 1989(12);

(b)
section 22, 25 or 26 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995(13); or

(c)
Article 18, 21 or 27 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

“biometric immigration document” has the same meaning as provided in section 5 of the 2007 Act;

“certificate of sponsorship” means an authorisation, allocated 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 sponsored worker;

“CESC national” means a person who is a national of a state which has ratified the European Social Charter, agreed by the Council of Europe at Turin on 18th October 1961(14);

“Channel Islands” means the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey;

“child” means a person under the age of 18;

“claim for asylum” means a claim for asylum within the meaning of section 94(1) of the 1999 Act(15);

“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;

“contractor” means a person with whom the Secretary of State has entered into a contract, by which the person agrees to provide certain services in connection with immigration and nationality to applicants;

“Convention rights” means the rights identified as Convention rights by section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998(16);

“dependant” in respect of a person means—

(a)
the spouse or civil partner of that person;

(b)
someone who has been living with that person in a relationship akin to a marriage or civil partnership for at least two years; or

(c)
a child of that person;

“EC Association Agreement with Turkey” means the agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and Turkey signed at Ankara on 12th September 1963(17);

“immigration rules” means rules made under section 3(2) of the 1971 Act;

“indefinite leave” has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act;

“leave to enter the United Kingdom” means leave to enter the United Kingdom given in accordance with the provisions of the 1971 Act or the immigration rules and any subsequent variation of that leave;

“leave to remain in the United Kingdom” means leave to remain in the United Kingdom given in accordance with the provisions of the 1971 Act or the immigration rules and any subsequent variation of that leave;

“limited leave” has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act;

“main applicant” means the person who has made an application or claim in connection with immigration, as distinct from a person applying as the dependant of such a person;

“Points-Based System” means those categories set out in Part 6A of the immigration rules;

“premium service” means optional premium service in connection with immigration or nationality applications offered by the Home Office;

“process used to take a record of a person’s biometric information” means the process, or combination of processes to which a person may be required to submit in order to enable a record to be taken of that person’s biometric information, where the person is required by regulations made under section 41 of the 1981 Act(18), section 126 of the 2002 Act(19) or section 5 of the 2007 Act(20) to provide such information for the purposes of an application or claim in connection with immigration or nationality;

“settlement” means, except in relation to Schedule 9 to these Regulations, being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom without being subject under the immigration laws to any restriction on the period for which an individual may remain;

“shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship” means a certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of employment in an occupation listed in the Shortage Occupation List set out in Appendix K to the immigration rules;

“sponsor” means a sponsor under Part 6A of the immigration rules;

“sponsor licence” means a licence granted by the Secretary of State to a person who, by virtue of such a grant, is licensed as a sponsor;

“Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant”, “Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant”, “Tier 1 (General) Migrant”, “Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant”, “Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant”, and “Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) Migrant” have the same meaning as provided in the immigration rules;

“Tier 2 Migrant”, “Tier 2 (General) Migrant”, “Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Long Term Staff Migrant”, “Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Short Term Staff Migrant”, “Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Graduate Trainee Migrant”, “Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Skills Transfer Migrant”, “Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) Migrant”, and “Tier 2 (Sportsperson) Migrant” have the same meaning as provided in the immigration rules;

“Tier 4 Migrant” has the same meaning as provided in the immigration rules;

“Tier 5 Migrant”, “Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant” and “Tier 5 (Youth Mobility) Temporary Migrant”, have the same meaning as provided in the immigration rules;

“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 remain in the United Kingdom;

“travel document” means a document which is not a passport, allowing a person (or, if the person has died, the body of that person) to travel outside the United Kingdom, and is issued by the Home Office to a person who is a refugee, stateless or cannot obtain or use a passport issued by his or her own country;

“User-Pays Application Centre” means an office at which applicants can access certain entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain services in connection with immigration or nationality;

“work permit holder” means, except in relation to Schedule 9 to these Regulations, a person holding an extant work permit granted under the work permit provisions formerly contained in the immigration rules(21).

(2) In these Regulations, “entry clearance” has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act(22), save that in regulation 11 and Schedule 9, it has the same meaning as provided in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act as extended to each of the Channel Islands(23).

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations a claim for asylum is to be taken to be 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 Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002(24) or section 2 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997(25) the day on which the appeal is disposed of.

Fees for applications, processes and services in connection with immigration and nationality

3.  Schedule 1 (applications for entry clearance to enter and leave to enter the United Kingdom) has effect to specify—

(a)the amount of the fees for—

(i)specified applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom and variation of such leave for the purposes of article 4 of the 2015 Order(26);

(ii)specified applications for entry clearance to enter and leave to enter the United Kingdom and variation of such leave for the purposes of article 5 of the 2015 Order;

(iii)specified applications for a transit visa and an approval letter from a designated competent body for the purposes of article 6 of the 2015 Order; and

(b)exceptions to the requirement to pay the fees referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i) and (ii), and the circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.

4.  Schedule 2 (applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom) has effect to specify—

(a)the amount of the fees for—

(i)specified applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom for the purposes of articles 4 and 5 of the 2015 Order;

(ii)an application for an approval letter from a designated competent body for the purposes of article 6 of the 2015 Order; and

(b)exceptions to the requirement to pay the fees referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i) and (ii), and circumstances in which such fees may be reduced.

5.  Schedule 3 (documents and administration) has effect to specify—

(a)the amount of the fees for specified applications and documents for the purposes of article 6 of the 2015 Order; and

(b)exceptions to the requirement to pay the fees referred to in sub-paragraph (a) and the circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.

6.  Schedule 4 (sponsorship) has effect to specify the amount of the fees for specified applications, services and premium customer services in relation to sponsorship for the purposes of article 7 of the 2015 Order.

7.  Schedule 5 (consular functions) has effect to specify—

(a)the amount of fees for specified consular functions for the purposes of article 8 of the 2015 Order; and

(b)circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.

8.  Schedule 6 (premium services (in the United Kingdom)) has effect to specify—

(a)the amount of the fees for specified premium services offered in the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 9 of the 2015 Order; and

(b)circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.

9.  Schedule 7 (premium services (outside the United Kingdom)) has effect to specify—

(a)the amount of the fees for specified premium services offered outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 9 of the 2015 Order; and

(b)circumstances in which such fees may be waived or reduced.

10.  Schedule 8 (nationality) has effect to specify—

(a)the amount of the fees for—

(i)specified applications, processes and services in connection with nationality for the purposes of article 10 of the 2015 Order;

(ii)specified applications for certain documents, a review of an application for a certificate of registration or naturalisation, or the process of taking a record of an applicant’s biometric information for the purposes of article 6 of the 2015 Order; and

(b)circumstances in which the fee for arrangement of a citizenship ceremony must be refunded.

11.  Schedule 9 (entry clearance to enter the Channel Islands) has effect to specify—

(a)the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands for the purposes of articles 4 and 5 of the 2015 Order; and

(b)circumstances in which such fees may be waived.

12.  Schedule 10 (miscellaneous fees) has effect to specify—

(a)the amount of the fees for—

(i)the administration of the Life in the UK test, for the purpose of—

(aa)3.2.1 in the table in article 6 of the 2015 Order; and

(bb)7.5 and 7.6 in the table in article 10 of the 2015 Order;

(ii)an administrative review of a decision for the purpose of article 6; and

(b)exceptions to the requirement to pay the fee referred to in (a)(ii) and the circumstances in which such a fee may be waived or reduced.

Rate of Exchange

13.  The rate of exchange for calculating the equivalents of fees set out in these Regulations but paid in a foreign currency must be based upon the rate of exchange which is generally prevailing on the date, and at the place of payment, but which may be adjusted by the Secretary of State (or a representative of the Secretary of State) in such a manner and to such an extent as that person considers expedient in the interests of administrative efficiency.

Consequences of failing to pay the specified fee

14.  Where these Regulations specify a fee which must accompany an application for the purposes of the 2015 Order, the application is not validly made unless it is accompanied by that fee.

Payments for in person applications

15.—(1) Where—

(a)an application is made in person; and

(b)the applicant pays the fee in relation to such an application prior to the date that the application is made;

the fee payable is that in relation to the relevant application on the date of payment.

(2) In this regulation, the date of payment means the date on which the payment is made by the applicant, unless it is made by post, in which case it means the date that the payment is posted.

James Brokenshire
Minister of State
Home Office
18th March 2015

We consent

Mark Lancaster
Gavin Barwell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
17th March 2015

Regulation 3

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

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“present and settled” has the same meaning as provided in the immigration rules(27);

“private medical treatment” means treatment provided outside of the National Health Service and paid for by the applicant;

“short term student” has the same meaning as in the immigration rules(28);

“short term student (child)” means a short term student who is aged under 18;

“visit visa” has the same meaning as in the immigration rules(29).

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

2.—(1) Subject to paragraph 3, 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 a designated competent body.

(2) Table 2 specifies the amount of the fees for specified applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom by 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(30).

(4) Table 4 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay the 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.

(5) Paragraph 3 makes provision for the amount of fees to be paid in respect of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom by a dependant of a main applicant in cases where Table 2 does not apply;

(6) Tables 1 and 2 are subject to paragraph 4 (CESC nationals).

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 under the immigration rules for a period of six months or less.
£85

1.1.2
Application for a visit visa for a period of two years.
£324

1.1.3
Application for a visit visa for a period of five years.
£588

1.1.4
Application for a visit visa for a period of ten years.
£737

1.1.5
Application for a visit visa as an academic under the immigration rules for a period of more than six months but not more than twelve months or less.
£162

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.
£162

1.1.7
Application for a transit visit visa.
£56

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.
£85

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.
£162

1.2.3
Application for entry clearance for a period of more than six months but not more than eleven months under the English language concession(31) operated outside the immigration rules.
£162

1.2.4
Application for entry clearance as a short term student (child) for a period of six months or less.
£85

1.3
Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom, and connected applications, under the Points-Based System

1.3.1

Application to the Home Office for an approval letter from a designated

competent body in respect of a proposed application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant.

£281

1.3.2

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

Migrant where fee 1.3.1 applies.

£281

1.3.3
Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant where fee 1.3.1 does not apply.
£562

1.3.4
Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant.
£944

1.3.5
Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant.
£335

1.3.6
Application for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant.
£1,500

1.3.7
Application for entry clearance as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant, a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Long Term Staff Migrant, a Tier 2 (Sportsperson) Migrant or a Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) 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.
£564

1.3.8
Application for entry clearance as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant or 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.
£1,128

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.
£428

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.
£856

1.3.11
Application for entry clearance as a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Short Term Staff Migrant, a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Graduate Trainee Migrant or a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Skills Transfer Migrant.
£445

1.3.12
Application for entry clearance as a Tier 4 Migrant.
£322

1.3.13
Application for entry clearance as a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant or a Tier 5 (Youth Mobility) Temporary Migrant.
£225

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 319X to 319XB of the immigration rules; or (b) 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 remain in the United Kingdom as a refugee or beneficiary of humanitarian protection.
£592

1.4.2
Application for entry clearance for the purposes of obtaining a replacement biometric immigration document.
£81

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.
£56

1.4.4
Application for entry clearance on a route to settlement in the United Kingdom where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations.
£956

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.
£2,141

1.4.6
Application for entry clearance as a representative of an overseas business under Part 5 of the immigration rules.
£535

1.4.7
Application for leave to enter the United Kingdom made by a person physically present in the United Kingdom with a grant of temporary admission or temporary release under paragraph 21 or 22 of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act.
£649

1.5
General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom

1.5.1
Application for entry clearance (other than a transit visit visa) where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations.
£324

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.
£562

2.1.2
Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) Migrant.
£559

2.1.3
Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a Tier 1 (General) Migrant.
£944

2.1.4
Application for entry clearance as the dependant of a student granted leave under paragraphs 76 to 81 of the immigration rules.
£322

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 application 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 under Appendix Armed Forces to the immigration rules.
£1,500

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

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

No fee is payable in respect of an application made under paragraphs 352A to 352FI of the immigration rules.
All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3

4.3
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.
All fees in Tables 1, 2 and 3

4.4
Applications for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom (by applicants physically present in the United Kingdom on temporary admission or temporary release) to allow recourse to public funds in certain circumstances

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

(a)
under—

(i)
paragraph 276BE(1) or (2) (as amended by paragraph 276A01(1) and (2)) of the immigration rules;

(ii)
paragraph D-LTRP.1.2 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules; or

(iii)
paragraph D-LTRPT.1.2 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

(b)
outside the immigration rules in accordance with paragraph GEN.1.10 and GEN.1.11 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules.

Fee 1.4.7

4.5
Applications for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom (by applicants physically present in the United Kingdom on temporary admission or temporary release) where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant’s Convention rights

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 on temporary admission or temporary release, where to require payment of the fee would be incompatible with the applicant’s Convention rights.
Fee 1.4.7

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

Number and description of the waiver
Fees to which waiver applies

5.1
General waiver

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

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 1, 2 and 3

5.3
International courtesy

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 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Bilateral Programme

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 Foreign and Commonwealth 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 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Strategic Programme

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 Foreign and Commonwealth 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 dependants

3.  Except in respect of applications for which a fee is specified in 1.4.1 or 1.4.5 of Table 1, or contained in Table 2 or Table 3, and subject to the exceptions and waivers set out in Tables 4 and 5, 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.

Applications by CESC Nationals

4.—(1) Where an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom of a kind set out in 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 mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) if it is an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as—

(a)a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant;

(b)a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant;

(c)a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant;

(d)a Tier 2 Migrant; or

(e)a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant.

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 2APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Interpretation

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—

(a)
a person making a claim for asylum which has either not been determined or has been granted;

(b)
a person who has been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules;

(c)
a person who has been granted limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom outside the provisions of the immigration rules on the rejection of their claim for asylum;

(d)
a person who is a dependant of a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) and is applying for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under paragraphs 352A to 352FI of the immigration rules; or

(e)
a child who does not come within paragraph (c) who was born in the United Kingdom to a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

“qualifying work permit holder” means an applicant (“A”) for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom who—

(a)
was granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom for 3 years as a Tier 2 Migrant on the basis that A was a qualifying work permit holder under Part 6A of the immigration rules;

(b)
is applying to extend the total duration of A’s leave as a qualifying work permit holder and as a Tier 2 migrant to 5 years; and

(c)
is still working for the same employer and in the same role as A was when that leave to remain was granted;

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

(a)
paragraph 276ADE(1) of the immigration rules;

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

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

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

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

2.—(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 a designated competent 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 fees for the specified applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom.

(4) Table 9 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay the fees specified in Tables 6, 7 and 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.

(6) The fees specified in Table 6 are subject to paragraph 4 (Applications by CESC nationals), and the fees specified in Tables 6, 7 and 8 are subject to paragraph 5 (Multiple applications 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 where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations.
£649

6.2
Fees for and in connection with applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under the Points-Based System

6.2.1
Application to the Home Office for an approval letter from a designated competent body in respect of a proposed application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant.
£281

6.2.2
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant where fee 6.2.1 applies.
£281

6.2.3
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant where fee 6.2.1 does not apply.
£562

6.2.4
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant.
£1,180

6.2.5
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant.
£456

6.2.6
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant.
£1,500

6.2.7
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant, a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Long Term Staff Migrant, a Tier 2 (Sportsperson) Migrant or a Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) 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.
£651

6.2.8
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant or 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.
£1,302

6.2.9
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of three years or less.
£428

6.2.10
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant where a shortage occupation certificate of sponsorship has been issued for a period of more than three years.
£856

6.2.11
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Short Term Staff Migrant, a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Graduate Trainee Migrant or a Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Skills Transfer Migrant.
£445

6.2.12
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 4 Migrant.
£439

6.2.13
Application for limited leave to remain as a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant.
£225

6.3
Fees for other applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom

6.3.1
Application for limited leave to remain as a representative of an overseas business under Part 5 of the immigration rules.
£651

6.3.2
Application for limited leave to remain as a retired person of independent means under Part 7 of the immigration rules.
£1,224

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

Number of fee
Type of application for leave to remain
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 as the dependant of a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant.
£562

7.1.2
Application for limited leave to remain as the dependant of a Tier 1 (General) Migrant.
£1,736

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

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.
£1,500

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

Number and description of the exception
Fees to which exception 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(32) operated outside the immigration rules by the Home Office.
Fee 6.1.1

9.3
Applications for leave to remain as a victim of domestic violence under paragraph 289A or Appendix FM or Appendix Armed Forces

No fee is payable in respect of an application as a victim of domestic violence 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.
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

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 6 months.
Fees 6.2.12, 6.2.13, 6.3.1, 6.3.2

9.6
Children being provided with assistance 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 provided with assistance by a local authority.
Fees 6.1.1, 6.2.12, 6.2.13 8.1.1

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.
All fees in Tables 6, 7 and 8

9.8
Applications from qualifying work permit holders

No fee is payable in respect of an application from a qualifying work permit holder.
Fees 6.2.7 to 6.2.11

9.9
Applications from stateless persons

No fee is payable in respect of an application for the initial period of limited leave to remain as a stateless person, or the family member of a stateless person, under Part 14 of the immigration rules.
Fee 6.1.1

9.10
Applications for variation of limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom to allow recourse to public funds in certain circumstances

No fee is payable in respect of an application for variation of the conditions attached to a grant of 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—

(a)
under—

(i)
paragraph 276BE(1) or (2) (as amended by paragraph 276A0(1) and (2)) of the immigration rules;

(ii)
paragraph 276DG of the immigration rules;

(iii)
paragraph D-LTRP.1.2 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

(iv)
paragraph D-LTRPT.1.2 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

(v)
paragraph D-ILRP.1.2 and D-ILRP 1.3 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules; or

(vi)
paragraph D-ILRPT.1.2 and D.ILRPT.1.3 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

(b)
outside the immigration rules in accordance with paragraph GEN.1.10 and GEN.1.11 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules.

Fee 6.1.1

Applications by dependants

3.  Except in respect of applications for which a fee is specified in Table 7, and subject to the exceptions set out in Table 9, the fee for an application for leave to remain 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.

Reduction in fees for certain applications made by CESC Nationals

4.—(1) Where an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom of a kind set out in 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 mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) if it is an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom as—

(a)a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant;

(b)a Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrant;

(c)a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrant;

(d)a Tier 2 Migrant; or

(e)a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant.

Multiple applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom

5.—(1) Where two or more applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom in respect of the same person—

(a)are made at the same time; or

(b)are being considered at the same time by the Secretary of State,

a fee is payable only in respect of one of those applications.

(2) The fee payable under sub-paragraph (1) must—

(a)be the higher, or the highest, of the fees specified in respect of those applications; or

(b)in any case where the fee specified for each application is the same, the fee for a single application.

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 3DOCUMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“the 2006 Regulations” means the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006(33);

“Assisted Voluntary Return Programme” means any arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 58 of the 2002 Act(34);

“certificate of travel” means a travel document issued at the discretion of the Secretary of State to a person who has been granted—

(a)
limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom or humanitarian protection under the immigration rules on rejection of a claim for asylum or for recognition as a stateless person; or

(b)
indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom;

“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(35);

“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;

“immigration employment document” means a work permit, or any other document which relates to employment and is issued for the purposes of the immigration rules or in connection with leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;

“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(36).

Fees for documents

2.—(1) Table 10 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for and in connection with documents relating to immigration.

(2) Table 11 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay the fees specified in Table 10 for applications for travel documents.

(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 the fees specified in Table 12.

(5) Paragraph 3 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the specified fee.

Table 10 (Fees for a transfer of conditions, immigration employment document, travel documents, Direct Airside Transit Visas, registration certificates and residence cards)

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 via the public website (known as www.gov.uk), and the applicant has limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.
£183

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 via the public website (known as www.gov.uk), and the applicant has indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.
£260

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.
£122

10.3
Fee for applications for an immigration employment document

10.3.1
Application for a letter to confirm an amendment to information held by the Home Office relating to employment as a work permit holder, which does not constitute a change requiring the applicant to make a new application for permission to work.
£25

10.4
Fees for applications for travel documents

10.4.1
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.
£382

10.4.2
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.
£244

10.4.3
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.
£72

10.4.4
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.
£46

10.5
Fee for an application for a Direct Airside Transit Visa

10.5.1
Application for a Direct Airside Transit Visa.
£30

10.6
Fee for applications for documents referred to in the 2006 Regulations

10.6.1
Application for a registration certificate, a residence card, a document certifying permanent residence, a permanent residence card, a derivative residence card or an Accession Residence Card(37) issued pursuant to Part 3 of the 2006 Regulations.
£65

10.7
Fees for applications for a letter or document confirming a person’s identity and immigration or nationality status

10.7.1
Application for a letter or document (not a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant’s identity and immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, and the applicant has limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.
£183

10.7.2
Application for a letter or document (not a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant’s identity and immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, and the applicant has indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.
£260

10.7.3
Application for a replacement, copy or amended version of a letter or document (not a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant’s identity and immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, and the applicant has limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.
£183

10.7.4
Application for a replacement, copy or amended version of a letter or document (not a passport), not provided for elsewhere in Table 10, confirming the applicant’s identity and immigration or nationality status, or setting out any conditions attendant on such status, or confirming that the person is not a British citizen, and the applicant has indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.
£260

10.7.5
Application for replacement, copy or amended version of a letter or document (not a passport) confirming the applicant’s identity and 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 via the public website (known as www.gov.uk) and the applicant (a) has made a claim for asylum which has been granted; (b) has been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules; or (c) is a dependant of an individual in (a) or (b).
£45

Table 11 (Exceptions to requirement to pay fees for applications for travel documents)

Number and description of the exception
Fees to which exception applies

11.1
Travel documents for bodies being taken abroad for burial

No fee is payable in respect of an application for a travel document for a body that is being taken abroad for the purposes of burial or cremation.
Fees 10.4.1 to 10.4.4

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 10.4.1 to 10.4.4

11.3
Travel documents for the purposes of the Assisted Voluntary Returns programme

No fee is payable in respect of an application for a document of identity for the purposes of the Assisted Voluntary Returns Programme operated by the Home Office.
Fees 10.4.3 and 10.4.4

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 10.4.1 and 10.4.3

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 a mandatory application for a replacement biometric immigration document

12.1.1
Application for a biometric immigration document in accordance with regulation 19(1)(a) of the 2008 Regulations(38) to replace a biometric immigration document which has been cancelled under regulation 17(b) to (j)(39) of those Regulations, where the applicant has limited or indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.
£45

12.1.2
Application for a biometric immigration document in accordance with regulation 19(1)(b) of the 2008 Regulations(40) 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(41).
£45

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 referred to in fee 12.1.3.
£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 biometric immigration document in accordance with regulation 3(1)(a), 2(a) and (b) and 3A of the 2008 Regulations(42).
£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 residence card, a permanent residence card or a derivative residence card, issued pursuant to Part 3 of the 2006 Regulations(43).
£19.20

12.2.5
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, their dependants and stateless persons

No fee is payable for an application for a biometric immigration document if the applicant has been granted asylum, or has been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules, or has leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraphs 352A to 352FI of the immigration rules.
Fee 12.1.2

13.2
Children born in the United Kingdom to persons granted asylum or humanitarian protection

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 had been granted asylum, or had been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules.
Fee 12.1.2

13.3
Process used to take a record of a person’s biometric information where exceptions 13.1 and 13.2 apply

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 exceptions 13.1 or 13.2 apply.
Fee 12.2.2

13.4
Children being provided with assistance by a local authority

No fee is payable for the process used to take a record of a person’s biometric information if that person is a child who is being provided with assistance by a local authority.
Fees 12.2.1 to 12.2.3

13.5
Applicants with leave to remain under the EC Association Agreement with Turkey

No fee is payable for the process used to take a record of a person’s biometric information if that person has leave to remain in the United Kingdom under the terms of the EC Association Agreement with Turkey.
Fees 12.2.1 to 12.2.3

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

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 in accordance with regulation 3(1)(a) and (2)(a) of the 2008 Regulations, 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 12.2.3

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 enter or remain in the United Kingdom to allow recourse to public funds in certain circumstances

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 remain in the United Kingdom, in order to be permitted access to public funds by a person who has been granted such leave—

(a)
under—

(i)
paragraph 276BE of the immigration rules;

(ii)
paragraph 276DG of the immigration rules;

(iii)
paragraph D-LTRP.1.2 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

(iv)
paragraph D-LTRPT.1.2 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

(v)
paragraph D-ILRP.1.2 and D-ILRP 1.3 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules; or

(vi)
paragraph D-ILRPT.1.2 and D.ILRPT.1.3 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules;

(b)
outside the immigration rules in accordance with paragraph GEN.1.10 and GEN.1.11 of Appendix FM to the immigration rules.

Fees 12.2.3 and 12.2.5

13.8
Fee for a biometric immigration document where the person has paid for an application fee in 10.7 of this Schedule

No fee is payable for a biometric immigration document if that person has made an application for which the fee is contained in 10.7.
All fees in 12.1

Waiver in respect of the fee listed at 12.2.5

3.  The Secretary of State may waive or reduce the specified fee in 12.2.5.

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 4SPONSORSHIP

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

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

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

(a)
a company that is subject to the small companies regime under section 381 of the Companies Act 2006(44);

(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

(c)
a charity within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2011(45), or section 1 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(46) or a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register(47);

“Tier” means the route, provided for in the immigration rules, by which a person seeking leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 Migrant, a Tier 4 Migrant or a Tier 5 Migrant applies for such entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain;

“Tier 4 Sponsor status” means the status that a sponsor attains when they are recorded on the register of licensed sponsors maintained by the Home Office as having Tier 4 Sponsor status.

Fees for applications for sponsor licences, certificates of sponsorship, confirmations of acceptance for studies or for premium customer services

2.  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 of studies, and for premium customer services for sponsors.

Table 14 (Fees in relation to sponsor licences, premium customer services, 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 applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor

14.1.1
Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 Migrants.
£1,476

14.1.2
Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 4 Migrants.
£536

14.1.3
Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 5 Migrants.
£536

14.1.4
Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 and Tier 4 Migrants.
£1,476

14.1.5
Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 and Tier 5 Migrants.
£1,476

14.1.6
Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2, Tier 4 and Tier 5 Migrants.
£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 Tier 4 Migrants 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 customer services for sponsors

14.3.1
The provision of Tier 2 and Tier 5 premium customer services to a sponsor that is not a small or charitable sponsor for a period of 12 months.
£25,000

14.3.2
The provision of Tier 2 and Tier 5 premium customer services to a small or charitable sponsor for a period of 12 months.
£8,000

14.3.3
The provision of Tier 4 premium customer services to a sponsor for a period of 12 months.
£8,000

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 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 for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 4 Migrant.
£21

14.4.3
The issuing of a certificate of sponsorship in respect of an application or potential application for leave to enter or 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 sponsorship

3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where a person holding an existing valid sponsor licence applies to add an additional Tier or additional 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 the additional Tiers applied for.

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

(3) Where a person holding an existing valid sponsor licence applies for a separate licence in respect of an additional Tier, the fee payable is the full fee chargeable in respect of a licence for that Tier.

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 Tier 4 Migrants changing to another sponsor

15.1.1
Application by a Tier 4 Migrant for permission to change to another sponsor for the purposes of paragraph 323A of the immigration rules, where the person’s leave to enter or remain (as the case may be) in the United Kingdom as a Tier 4 Migrant results from an application for entry clearance or leave to remain in the United Kingdom made during the period beginning on 31st March 2009 and ending on 4th October 2009.
£179

15.2
Fee for applications for Tier 4 Sponsor status

15.2.1
Application for Tier 4 Sponsor status by a sponsor holding a sponsor licence in respect of Tier 4 Migrants.
£536

15.3
Fee for processes relating to sponsor licences

15.3.1
The issuing, on request, of an action plan to a sponsor 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

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 5CONSULAR FUNCTIONS

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“the 1968 Act” means the Consular Relations Act 1968(48);

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

“consular function” has the same meaning as provided in regulation 2 of the 2015 Order;

“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 1968 Act;

“visa” includes an entry certificate, entry permit or other document which is to be taken as evidence of a person’s eligibility for entry into a country or territory (other than a work permit).

Fees for the exercise of consular functions in connection with immigration and nationality

2.—(1) Table 16 specifies the amount of the fees for the exercise of the specified consular functions.

(2) The fees in Table 16 are subject to paragraph 3 (charges for travel time where services are provided away from consular premises) and paragraph 4 (discretion to waive fees for the services of consular officers or employees).

Table 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.
£130 per hour or part hour

16.2
Fees for receiving, preparing and forwarding documents

16.2.1
Receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any one or more of these) supporting documents for an application for a visa where the consular officer does not have authority to issue that visa.
£115

16.2.2
Receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any one or more of these) supporting documents for an application for a residence permit or identity card issued by a country or territory other than the United Kingdom.
£115

16.2.3
Receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any one or more of these) any certificate or document except a travel document or an application for registration or naturalisation (within the meaning of Schedule 8 to these Regulations).
£115

16.3
Fee for receiving applications for visas on behalf of Commonwealth countries or British Overseas Territories

16.3.1
Receiving, preparing or forwarding (or any one or more of these) supporting documents for an application for a visa for a country listed in Schedule 3 to the 1981 Act(49) or a British Overseas Territory within the meaning of section 50(1) of the 1981 Act(50).
£115

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

3.  For the purposes of calculation of the fee specified in fee 16.1.1 in Table 16, the hours or part hours during which the services of consular officers or employees are provided includes travel time where those services are provided away from the consular premises.

Discretion to waive fees for the services of consular officers or employees

4.  The official responsible for determining whether the services of consular officers or employees should be provided may waive the payment of the fee specified for such services in Table 16 where the official considers it is appropriate to do so in the particular circumstances of the case.

Regulation 8

SCHEDULE 6PREMIUM SERVICES (IN THE UNITED KINGDOM)

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“online application” means an application made via the public website known as www.gov.uk;

“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 the transit of such persons through the United Kingdom;

“super premium service” means the super premium service for processing applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom offered by the Home Office.

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

2.—(1) Table 17 specifies the amount of the fees for the provision of the specified 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 application or service provided
Amount of fee

17.1
Fee for expediting online and postal applications, and applications made by courier

17.1.1
The expedited processing of an immigration or nationality application made by post, courier or as an online application.
£300

17.2
Fees for applications made in person (other than those made under the super premium service)

17.2.1
The arrangement of an appointment for the purposes of making an immigration or nationality application (or any part of such application) in person, where the application is made in the United Kingdom, and is not made under the super premium service.
£100

17.2.2
The expedited processing of an immigration or nationality application made in person, where the application is made in the United Kingdom, and is not made under the super premium service.
£300

17.3
Fees for submitting an immigration or nationality application, or documents or information in connection with such an application, within the United Kingdom

17.3.1
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 any other location.
£70

17.3.2
The acceptance or processing 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, if not specified in 17.3.1.
£70

17.4
Fees in relation to applications made under the super premium service

17.4.1
The attendance by a representative of the Secretary of State at a location of the applicant’s choosing, for the purposes of processing an immigration or nationality application (or any part of such an application) made under the super premium service.
£7,000

17.4.2
The expedited processing of an immigration or nationality application made under the super premium service.
£400

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 through, the United Kingdom using the Border Force fast track service at Heathrow airport Terminals 1, 2, 3 or 4.
£3.60

17.5.2
The expedited entry of a passenger into, or transiting through, the United Kingdom using the Border Force fast track service, where 17.5.1 does not apply.
£3.00

17.5.3
Fee for the registration of initial identity documents in respect of persons registering on the registered traveller service.
£20

17.5.4
Fee for the registration of further identity documents in respect of persons registered on the registered traveller service.
£20

17.5.5
Annual subscription charge for membership of the registered traveller service.
£50

Waiver or reduction of fees specified in Table 17

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

Regulation 9

SCHEDULE 7PREMIUM SERVICES (OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM)

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“international contact centre service” means the service by which advice and assistance in relation to immigration or nationality applications is provided to applicants outside the United Kingdom;

“priority settlement service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom, by which applications for entry clearance are processed on an expedited basis;

“priority visa service” means the optional priority service offered to applicants outside the United Kingdom, by which relevant applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom 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 within 24 hours of receipt of the application;

“web-chat facility” means the facility enabling applicants to communicate directly with an advisor at the international contact centre service, for a block of ten minutes which can be used over a single or multiple sessions, via the Internet.

Fees for the submission and processing of immigration and nationality applications outside the United Kingdom, together with fees for connected services

2.—(1) Table 18 specifies the amount of fees for the provision of the specified 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 application or 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

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 any other location, outside the United Kingdom, either in person or by post or courier.
£70

18.1.2
The acceptance or processing 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, either in person or by post or courier, if not specified in 18.1.1.
£70

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.
£120

18.2.2
The expedited processing, under the super priority visa service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom.
£600

18.2.3
The expedited processing, under the priority settlement service, of an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom.
£360

18.3
Fee for the provision of services outside office hours by a contractor outside the United Kingdom

18.3.1
The acceptance or processing by a contractor, outside office hours, 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 any other location.
£50

18.4
Fee for the provision of a ‘passport pass-back’ facility by a contractor outside the United Kingdom

18.4.1
The expedited return to the applicant of travel or identity documents, or both, where these have been provided by the applicant in the course of making an application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom.
£40

18.5
Fees in connection with the international contact centre service

18.5.1
Fee for the provision of advice or assistance in relation to an immigration or nationality application to applicants outside the United Kingdom via a staffed telephone helpline.
£1.37 per minute

18.5.2
Fee for the provision of a single session of advice or assistance in relation to an immigration or nationality application to applicants outside the United Kingdom via the web-chat facility.
£4

Waiver or reduction in respect of the fees listed in Table 18

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

Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 8NATIONALITY

Interpretation

1.—(1) In this Schedule—

“the 1982 Order” means the British Protectorates, Protected States and Protected Persons Order 1982(51);

“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(52);

“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(53);

“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(54);

“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(55);

“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 the 1981 Act(56);

“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(57);

“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;

“certification of entitlement” has the same meaning as provided for in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act(58);

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

(2) In this Schedule, subject to regulation 14 of these Regulations, an application is ‘made’ on the date on which it is received by the Secretary of State or by any person appointed by the Secretary of State to receive nationality applications.

Fees for applications relating to nationality

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

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.
£925

19.1.2
Application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen.
£740

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.
£833

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.
£833

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.
£666

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.
£666

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.
£666

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.
£666

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.
£749

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.
£749

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.
£599

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.
£599

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.
£599

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.
£599

3.  The fees specified in Table 20 are subject to paragraph 4 (Multiple declarations of renunciation of British citizenship).

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.
£162

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.
£223

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.
£324

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.
£162

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.
£80

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(59).
£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(60).
£223

20.3.2
Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British overseas territories citizenship under sections 12 and 24 of the 1981 Act.
£223

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(61).
£223

20.3.4
Registration of a declaration of renunciation of British overseas citizenship under sections 29 and 12 of the 1981 Act.
£223

20.3.5
Registration of a declaration of renunciation of the status of British subject under sections 34 and 12 of the 1981 Act.
£223

20.3.6
Registration of a declaration of renunciation of the status of British protected person under article 11 of the 1982 Order(62).
£223

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 British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997(63).
£162

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 oath and pledge where the oath, or oath and pledge, are not administered at a citizenship ceremony or by a justice of the peace.
£5

Multiple declarations of renunciation of British citizenship

4.  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 ceremony

5.—(1) The fee specified in fee 20.4.1 in Table 20 for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony is payable by the person who is required by section 42 of the 1981 Act(64) 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 any related application for registration or naturalisation made by the person responsible for paying that fee.

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

6.  Where the fee specified in fee 20.4.1 in Table 20 for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony is paid in accordance with paragraph 5 it must be refunded where—

(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.

Regulation 11

SCHEDULE 9ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

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

(a)
rules made by the States of Guernsey Home Department in respect of the Bailiwick of Guernsey under section 3(2) of the 1971 Act(65);

(b)
rules made by the Minister for Home Affairs in respect of the Bailiwick of Jersey under section 1(4) of the 1971 Act(66);

“settlement” means being ordinarily resident in the relevant Bailiwick without being subject under the immigration laws to any restriction on the period for which the applicant may remain.

Table 21 (Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Channel Islands)

Number of fee
Type of application for entry clearance to enter the Channel Islands
Amount of fee

21.1
General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands

21.1.1
Application for entry clearance where the fee is not specified elsewhere in this Schedule.
£324

21.2
Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands as a visitor

21.2.1
Application for a visit visa for a period of six months or less.
£85

21.2.2
Application for a visit visa for a period of two years.
£324

21.2.3
Application for a visit visa for a period of five years.
£588

21.2.4
Application for a visit visa for a period of ten years.
£737

21.3
Fee for applications for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands as a student

21.3.1
Application for entry clearance as a student.
£322

21.4
Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands for work permit employment or settlement

21.4.1
Application for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands for the purpose of undertaking work permit employment.
£564

21.4.2
Application for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands for the purpose of settlement.
£956

Table 21 (Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Channel Islands)

Number of fee
Type of application for entry clearance to enter the Channel Islands
Amount of fee

21.1
General fee for applications for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands

21.1.1
Application for entry clearance where the fee is not specified elsewhere in this Schedule.
£324

21.2
Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands as a visitor

21.2.1
Application for a visit visa for a period of six months or less.
£85

21.2.2
Application for a visit visa for a period of two years.
£324

21.2.3
Application for a visit visa for a period of five years.
£588

21.2.4
Application for a visit visa for a period of ten years.
£737

21.3
Fee for applications for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands as a student

21.3.1
Application for entry clearance as a student.
£322

21.4
Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands for work permit employment or settlement

21.4.1
Application for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands for the purpose of undertaking work permit employment.
£564

21.4.2
Application for entry clearance to enter either of the Channel Islands for the purpose of settlement.
£956

Waiver in respect of the fees listed in Table 21

2.  The Secretary of State may waive a fee specified in Table 21.

Applications by dependants

3.  Subject to the Secretary of State’s discretion to waive payment of a fee in accordance with the provision made in paragraph 2 of this Schedule, the fee for an application for entry clearance to enter the Channel Islands as a 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.

Regulation 12

SCHEDULE 10MISCELLANEOUS FEES

1.  In this Schedule—

“Life in the UK Test” means the test referred to as the Life in the UK Test in Appendix KoLL to the immigration rules and regulation 5A of the British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003(67).

Fee for the administration of the Life in the UK Test

2.  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 fee

3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (5), a fee of £80 is payable by an applicant requesting administrative review of—

(a)a single decision; or

(b)two (or more) decisions relating to connected applications or claims made by a main applicant and a dependant (or dependants) of that person.

(2) No fee is payable for the administrative review of a decision if the applicant was exempt from payment of the fee for the application or claim to which that decision related (the “connected application”), or if the fee for the connected application was waived.

(3) If the outcome of the administrative review is that the decision in relation to the connected application is maintained, but for different or additional reasons to those specified in the decision under review, no fee is payable in respect of any request for administrative review of the revised decision, or of any subsequent decision made in relation to the connected application.

(4) The Secretary of State must refund the fee specified in sub-paragraph (1) if the outcome of the administrative review is that the decision in relation to the connected application is withdrawn.

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations specify fees relating to immigration, nationality and associated functions. They are made further to the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2015, which sets out the functions in connection with immigration and nationality for which the Secretary of State may charge a fee, and the maximum amount that can be charged for each of these functions.

These Regulations specify fees relating to applications for entry clearance and leave to enter the United Kingdom, and for limited and indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom. They specify fees for applications for documents relating to immigration, including for a transfer of conditions, documents relating to employment, travel documents (other than passports), transit visas, documents issued pursuant to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, certificates of entitlement to the right of abode, documents recording biometric information, and, in relation to the latter, for the process by which such information is captured.

These Regulations also include fees for applications for entry clearance or leave to remain made under the Points-Based System set out in Part 6A of the immigration rules and for sponsor licenses, premium customer services for sponsors and for applications for sponsor licences and connected applications and processes, including the issuing of an action plan. They also specify the fees for various consular functions, including the receiving, processing and forwarding of documents, and for optional premium services and processes offered either in the UK or to applicants overseas. These include the expedited processing of applications, the provision of services outside office hours, and the provision of services at a location other than offices of the Home Office or consular premises overseas. They also include fees for the passport pass-back service and the international contact centre advice and support service (both offered to applicants overseas) and for the registered travellers scheme (by which members of that scheme are offered expedited transit through the UK border).

These Regulations specify fees for applications, services and processes in connection with nationality, including the arrangement of citizenship ceremonies, the administration of citizenship oaths, the supply of certified copies, the amendment of certificates of registration or naturalisation as a British citizen and the reconsideration of applications for registration or naturalisation as a British citizen. They also specify fees for applications for entry clearance to the Channel Islands, and finally, they specify the fee for the administration of the ‘Life in the UK’ test and for the administrative review of an immigration or nationality decision.

A full impact assessment estimating the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector was published alongside the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2015 and is available alongside the instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

(1)
In pursuance of section 69(1) of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22).

(2)
2014 c.22.

(3)
S.I. 2015/746.

(4)
1971 c. 77.

(5)
1981 c. 61.

(6)
1999 c. 33.

(7)
2002 c. 41.

(8)
2007 c. 30.

(9)
S.I. 2008/3048, as amended by S.I. 2009/819, S.I. 2012/594 and S.I. 2015/433.

(10)
Laid before Parliament on 23rd May 1994 (HC 395).

(11)
S.I. 1995/755 (N.1.2), as amended by S.I. 1995/756.

(12)
1989 c. 41; section 17 was amended by paragraph 108(a) of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), section 7(2) of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c. 35), section 116(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), paragraphs 15, 16(1), (2)(a) and (3) of Schedule 3 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), section 53(1) of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31), and paragraph 6(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), sections 8(2), 24 and 42 of, paragraph 1(a) and (b) of Schedule 1, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 and Schedule 4 to, the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24) and paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2 and Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5); section 20 was amended by section 53(2) of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31), paragraphs 54 and 59 of Schedule 3 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38) and section 12(4) and paragraphs 1 and 28 of Schedule 2 to the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6); section 23 was amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), paragraph 14(1) and (3) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14), section 49(3) of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31), sections 8(1) and 39 of, and paragraphs 1 and 7 of Schedule 3 to, the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23) and paragraphs 1 and 30 of Schedule 2 to the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6).

(13)
1995 c. 36; section 22 was amended by paragraph 6(j) of Schedule 1 to the Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10), paragraph 50 of Schedule 3 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) and regulation 5 of S.S.I. 2013/137; section 26 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (2007 asp. 4) and paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23).

(14)
(CETS NO.:035).

(15)
1999 c. 33; section 94(1) was amended by sections 44(1), (2), (3), (4) and 60(2) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) and S.I. 2008/2833.

(16)
1998 c. 42, as amended by S.I. 2003/1587 and S.I. 2004/1574.

(17)
OJ No C 113, 24.12.73, p 2.

(18)
Section 41 was amended by S.I. 1986/948, sections 1(3) and (4) and 3 of, and paragraphs 3 to 7 of Schedule 1 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002) section 50(4) of, and paragraphs 1(a) and (b)(i) of Schedule 2, and Schedule 3 to, the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), section 10 of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22) and S.I. 2014/542. Regulations have been made S.I. 2003/548.

(19)
Section 126 was amended by sections 8, 12(3) and 14(3) of, and paragraph 19 of Schedule 9 to, the Immigration Act 2014. Regulations have been made S.I. 2006/1743.

(20)
Section 5 was amended by section 12 of, and paragraph 19 of the Schedule to, the Identity Documents Act 2010 (c. 40). Regulations have been made S.I. 2008/3048.

(21)
The provisions previously set out in the immigration rules relating to leave to enter the United Kingdom as a work permit holder have been withdrawn and replaced by Part 6A of the immigration rules (Points-Based System).

(22)
The definition of “entry clearance” in section 33(1) was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) and paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Immigration Act 1988 (c.14).

(23)
Section 33(1) was extended with modifications to the Bailiwick of Guernsey by the S.I. 1993/1796 and to the Bailiwick of Jersey by S.I.1993/1797.

(24)
2002 c. 41; section 82 was amended by sections 26(2) and 31 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19), sections 2, 47(6) and 57(3) of and Schedule 3 to the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, section 35 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (c. 30) and substituted by section 15(2) of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22).

(25)
1997 c.68; section 2 was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 7 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 and paragraph 26 of Schedule 9 to the Immigration Act 2014.

(26)
S.I.2015/433.

(27)
Paragraph 6 of the immigration rules.

(28)
Until 23rd April 2015 the short term student rules are in Part 2 of the immigration rules. As of 24th April 2015 they will be in Part 3 of the immigration rules.

(29)
Until 23rd April 2015 visitor rules are in Part 2 of the immigration rules. As of 24th April 2015 they will be in Appendix V to the immigration rules.

(30)
HM Forces has the same meaning as in paragraph 2(d) of Appendix Armed Forces to the immigration rules.

(31)
The English language concession is a scheme operated outside of the immigration rules whereby an applicant seeking entry to the United Kingdom to undertake an English language course for a period in excess of 6 months but for less than 11 months can apply to be granted leave outside the rules if they meet all other requirements of the short term student rules (excluding the requirement that they will only be in the United Kingdom for 6 months). Further information is available on www.gov.uk.

(32)
The Destitution Domestic Violence Concession enables destitute applicants who intend to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a victim of domestic violence to be provided with access to public funds pending resolution of their application. Further information is available on www.gov.uk.

(33)
S.I. 2006/1003, as amended by S.I. 2012/1547, S.I. 2013/1391 and S.I. 2013/3032; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(34)
2002 c. 41.

(35)
United Nations, Treaty Series, volume 189 at page 137.

(36)
United Nations, Treaty Series, volume 360 at page 117.

(37)
S.I. 2013/1460 as amended by S.I. 2014/530.

(38)
Regulation 19(1)(a) was amended by regulation 8 of S.I. 2009/819 and by S.I. 2015/433.

(39)
Regulation 17(j) was inserted by regulation 15 of (S.I. 2015/433.

(40)
Regulation 19(1)(b) was amended by regulation 16(b) of S.I. 2015/433.

(41)
Regulation 13(4)(b) and (c) were amended by regulations 2 and 5 of S.I. 2009/819. Regulation 13(4)(d) was inserted by regulation 11(e), and regulations 13A and 13B were inserted by regulation 12 of S.I. 2015/433.

(42)
Regulation 3A was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 2015/433.

(43)
A person is required to provide biometric information for the purposes of an application of this type pursuant to section 126 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) as amended by sections 8, 12(3) and 14(3) of, and paragraph 19 of Schedule 9 to, the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22).

(44)
2006 c. 46; section 381 was amended by S.I. 2008/393.

(45)
2011 c. 25.

(46)
2008 c. 12.

(47)
The Scottish Charity Register was set up pursuant to section 3 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (2005 asp 10).

(48)
1968 c. 18.

(49)
1981 c. 61; Schedule 3 was amended by article 3 of S.I. 1983/1699, article 8 of S.I. 1989/1331, article 2 of S.I. 1990/1502, article 2 of S.I. 1998/3161, article 2 of S.I. 1994/1634, and article 2 of S.I. 2010/246.

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

(51)
S.I. 1982/1070, as amended by sections 1(2) and 2(3) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), S.I. 1983/1699 and S.I. 2009/1892.

(52)
1981 c. 61; section 6(2) was amended by section 40(1) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11) (the “2009 Act”) and section 261(1) of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (the “2004 Act”).

(53)
Section 18(1) was amended by section 2(2)(b) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8) (the “2002 Act”) and section 18(2) was amended by section 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act and section 261(1) of and paragraph 76 of Schedule 27 to the 2004 Act.

(54)
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 3(2) was amended by section 5 of, and paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the 2002 Act and section 43(1) and (2) of the 2009 Act; section 3(5) was amended by section 5 of, and paragraph 3(1) and (4) of Schedule 1 to, the 2002 Act; section 4A was inserted by section 4 of the 2002 Act; section 4B was inserted by section 12 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) and was amended by section 44(1), (2), (3), and (4) of, and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to, 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 (c. 22); section 10(1) was amended by Schedule 9 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; section 10(2) was amended by Schedule 9 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and by paragraph 73 of Schedule 27 to the 2004 Act; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 1(1)(b) of the 2002 Act and Schedule 9 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act.

(55)
1997 c.20; section 1 was amended by section 2(3) of the 2002 Act and section 47(3) of the 2009 Act.

(56)
Sections 15(3) and (4), 17(1), (2) and (5) were amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act; section 22(1) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act and Schedule 9 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; section 22(2) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act, Schedule 9 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and paragraph 77 of Schedule 27 to the 2004 Act; and section 24 was amended by section 2(2) of the 2002 Act.

(57)
S.I. 1982/1070; article 7 was amended by section 1(2) of the 2002 Act and paragraph 10(4)(a) and (b) of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2009/1892.

(58)
The definition of “certificate of entitlement” was substituted by section 10(5)(b) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41).

(59)
A person is required to provide biometric information for the purposes of an application of this type pursuant to section 41 of the 1981 Act. Section 41 was amended by section 10 of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22).

(60)
Section 12 was amended by section 261(1) of, and paragraph 74 of Schedule 27 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33).

(61)
S.I. 1986/948.

(62)
S.I. 1982/1070, article 11 was amended by section 2(3) of the 2002 Act (c. 8) and S.I. 1983/1699.

(63)
1997 c. 20.

(64)
1981 c. 61; section 42 was substituted by section 3 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41).

(65)
1971 c. 77; section 3 was extended with modifications to the Bailiwick of Guernsey by S.I. 1993/1796. The immigration rules for the Bailiwick of Guernsey can be found at http://www.gov.gg/article/2714/Immigration-Rules.

(66)
Section 1 was extended with modifications to the Bailiwick of Jersey by S.I. 1993/1797. The immigration rules for the Bailiwick of Jersey can be found at http://www.gov.je/LifeEvents/CitizenshipSettlingInJersey.

(67)
SI 2003/548; regulation 5A was inserted by S.I. 2004/1726 and substituted by S.I. 2005/2785 and S.I. 2013/2541.