The Consular Fees Order 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/152
• Sections: 57

Section 1

This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1989 and may be cited as the Consular Fees Order 1989.

Section 2

In this Order–

(a) “consular officer” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise consular functions, or functions in the United Kingdom which correspond with consular functions, (including persons who are not, as well as persons who are, consular officers);

(b) “consular employee” means any person employed in the administrative or technical service of the consular post or diplomatic mission;

(c) “consular premises” means the buildings or parts of buildings used for the purposes of the consular post or diplomatic mission;

(d) “entry clearance” means a visa, entry certificate, entry permit or other document which, in accordance with the applicable immigration laws or rules, is to be taken as evidence of a person’s eligibility for entry into the United Kingdom, a dependency of the United Kingdom, or any other country or territory, as the case may be (but does not include a work permit).

(e) “replacement passport” means a passport issued in substitution for a valid passport in order to incorporate an addition or amendment thereto.

Section 3

The several fees set forth in the table in the Schedule annexed to this Order are prescribed to be levied by consular officers and by marriage officers under the Foreign Marriage Act 1892 and the Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906 in the execution of their duties, and the said table shall be construed as part of this Order.

Section 4

The following Orders are revoked–

The Consular Fees Order 1987

The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 1988

The Consular Fees (Amendment) ( No. 2) Order 1988

Section 1

Preparing any certificate, declaration or document not otherwise provided for–

(a) in standard form, per copy

Section 2

Preparing or signing, or both, a declaration of existence

except in connection with pay or pensions payable by a department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or of any other Government within the Commonwealth

Section 3

(1) Attesting or legalising a signature or seal

except where–

(a) the signature or seal is on a certificate or survey of foreign passenger ships running to or from the United Kingdom, or

(b) the signature or seal is on a document required for the deposit or withdrawl of money in or from any British Post Office or other Government Savings Bank, or

(c) the signature or seal is in connection with stocks or bonds on the registers of the Post Office, with Savings Bank Annuities or with annuities granted direct by the National Debt Commissioners

Section 4

Supplying witnesses, for each witness

Section 5

Initialling alterations in any document not prepared by the consular officer or marking exhibits, for each initialling or marking

Section 6

Making or verifying (including certifying where necessary) a copy of a document–

(a) in typescript or made by photographic process outside the consular premises, for each page

Section 7

Uniting documents and sealing the fastening (except where fee 39 is applicable), or affixing a photograph to a document not prepared by the consular officer and if necessary certifying it (except where fee 19 is applicable)

Section 8

Obtaining a legalisation or other certification from another authority upon any document

in addition to costs, if any

Section 9

Supplying certified copies of documents forming part of the records of a court which is, or was formerly, established under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts 1890 and 1913 –

for every page

Section 10

Making or verifying (including certifying where necessary) a translation in writing of a document or part of a document, for each 100 words or characters (or part thereof) in the foreign language–

(a) from or into Amharic, Chinese, Japanese or Korean (three Japanese Kana being counted as one character when used independently)

Section 11

Translating and interpreting viva voce (except when necessary for the performance of official duties)–

for every 15 minutes

Section 12

Issuing a passport of not more than 32 pages

Section 13

Issuing a passport of 94 pages

Section 14

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(1) Issuing a British Visitor’s passport

except where fee 14(2) is applicable

Section 15

Issuing an excursion document for travel to France

Section 16

Issuing a collective passport

Section 17

Amending an existing passport by adding the particulars of a child or children

Section 18

Amending an existing passport by amending the holder’s name at the request of the holder, or issuing a replacement passport which contains such amendment

Section 19

Amending an existing passport by adding a fresh photograph or amending the holder’s description, or issuing a replacement passport which contains such addition or amendment

Section 20

(a) Receiving an application for–

(i) entry clearance (other than for the United Kingdom or a dependency of the United Kingdom)

Section 21

Issuing and, where required, preparing an Emergency Passport or other document not otherwise provided for in lieu of a passport, or accepting a Declaration of Identity on which a visa is to be granted and issuing a certificate on such declaration describing the applicant

Section 22

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(1) Receiving an application outside the United Kingdom for an entry clearance, certificate of entitlement to the right of abode or a confirmation of the right of abode

unless

Section 23

Renewing a Travel Certificate, a certificate of identity or other travel document on behalf of a Commonwealth country or of a dependency of a Commonwealth country

except where fee 25 is to be taken

Section 24

Renewing a Travel Certificate, a certificate of identity or other travel document on behalf of a dependency of the United Kingdom

except where fee 25 is to be taken

Section 25

Revalidating or renewing a Seaman’s Certificate of Nationality and Identity or a Seaman’s Identity Book

in addition to fee 20 where applicable

Section 26

Receiving notice of an intended marriage

Section 27

Solemnising or attending a marriage under the Foreign Marriage Acts 1892 to 1947 (as amended) , administering oaths to the parties and registering the marriage

Section 28

Issuing in English or in the local language a certificate that no impediment to an intended marriage has been shown to exist

Section 29

Transmitting a record of a marriage under the local law to the appropriate Registrar General in accordance with Article 7(1) of the Foreign Marriage Order 1970 , including the provision of any necessary certification

Section 30

Issuing a “certificate de coutume” for an intended marriage in accordance with the local law

Section 31

Registering a birth or death

Section 32

Making an addition to or correction in the consular register of births, deaths or marriages at the request of the parties concerned

Section 33

Furnishing a certified copy of an entry in the consular register of births, deaths or marriages

in addition to fee 34 where applicable

Section 34

Making a search in–

(a) the consular registers of births, deaths or marriages where the number or date of entry is not provided

Section 35

Having a search made for, or obtaining copies of, or both, entries in the local registers or records not kept by a consular officer–

for an entry in a local register of births, deaths or marriages

Section 36

Administering in full or in part, safeguarding, or arranging the transmission of all or part of the personal effects and other estate of a deceased person or proceeds thereof, excepting the wages and personal effects of a seaman and except where the gross current market value is less than £1000, on the amount of the gross current market value

Section 37

Attending (except in connection with commercial enquiries) for each hour or lesser period, including if appropriate the time taken in proceeding from a reasonable point of departure and in returning to a reasonable point–

(a) at the consular premises during customary business hours for the purpose of supervising an examination

except that where two or more persons are sitting examinations at the same time the fee may be apportioned between them

Section 38

Presiding at the taking of evidence under a commission or order from a Court, including any matter or thing done by the consular officer as examiner–

(a) for the first two hours or less on the first day

Section 39

Providing evidence of service or attempted service

in addition to fee 37 or 40

Section 40

Providing the services of a consular officer or consular employee–

(a) to assist the consular officer in the taking of evidence under a commission or order from a Court, for each such person–

for each sitting of two hours or less

Section 41

Forwarding a request to a local authority for the taking of evidence or the service of a document and, where necessary, certifying the accuracy of a translation accompanying the document

Section 42

Arranging the repatriation of a person or a group of persons of the same family and travelling together

Section 43

Arranging for currency to be made available against payment of a sterling cheque or against the deposit elsewhere of funds with or to the order of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom

in addition to fee 37 where applicable

Section 44

Granting or considering whether to grant a provisional certificate of registry–

(a) where the owner is a private individual

Section 45

Receiving a return of the birth or death of any person on board a ship and endorsing the agreement with the crew accordingly

Section 46

Examining or arranging for the examination of provisions or water, payable to the party who proves to be in default

in addition to the cost, if any, of survey