The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/3182
• Sections: 3

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1 st December 2005.

Section 2

Article 2 of the Consular Fees Order 2005 shall be amended by inserting, before the definition of “Crown Dependencies”, the following—

“biometric passport” means a passport which contains unique biological data specific to the holder,

Section 3

The Schedule to the Consular Fees Order 2005 shall be amended as follows—

(a) Fee 12 shall be replaced with the following—

(12) For applications made in the United Kingdom and irrespective of whether or not the passport issued is a biometric passport, issuing a passport of not more than 32 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable and issuing a new passport with amended personal details—

(a) for applications made by post

(i) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over

(ii) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years)

(b) for applications made in person

(i) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over using the fast-track service

(ii) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) using the fast-track service

(iii) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over using the fast-track collect service

(iv) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) using the fast-track collect service

(v) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over using the premium service

(vi) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) using the premium service

(12A) For applications made abroad, issuing a passport of not more than 32 pages which includes replacing an expired passport and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable—

(a) in the case that the passport issued is not a biometric passport and

(i) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over

(ii) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years)

(b) in the case that the passport issued is a biometric passport and

(i) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over

(ii) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years)

(b) Fee 13 shall be replaced with the following—

(13) For applications made in the United Kingdom and irrespective of whether or not the passport issued is a biometric passport, issuing a passport of 48 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable and issuing a new passport with amended personal details—

(a) for applications made by post

(b) for applications made in person

(i) using the fast-track service

(ii) using the fast-track collect service

(iii) using the premium service

(13A) For applications made abroad, issuing a passport of 48 pages which includes replacing an expired passport and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable—

(a) in the case that the passport issued is not a biometric passport

(b) in the case that the passport issued is a biometric passport

(c) Fee 15 shall be replaced with the following—

(15) Amending or extending an existing passport where the application is made abroad and—

(a) the passport issued is not a biometric passport

(b) the passport issued is a biometric passport