The Consular Fees Order 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/649
• Sections: 55

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1 April 2007.

Section 2

In this Order—

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

“British overseas territory” means a territory as defined in section 50(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981 and includes the territories listed in Schedule 6 to that Act;

“Crown Dependencies” means the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man;

“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);

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

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

“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 Crown Dependency, a British overseas territory, or any other country or territory, as the case may be (but does not include a work permit);

“fast-track service” means an application made in person, either by the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within seven days of that application having been made;

“fast-track collect service” means an application made in person, either by the applicant or by another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within seven days of that application having been made, and which permits the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant to collect the passport in person;

“premium service” means an application made in person, either by the applicant or another person acting on behalf of the applicant, which is to be processed within twenty-four hours of that application having been made.

Section 3

The fees set forth in the table in Schedule 1 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 statutory instruments listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked.

Section 1

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

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 withdrawal 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—

Section 7

Uniting documents and sealing the fastening (except where fee 35 is applicable), or affixing a photograph to a document not prepared by the consular officer and if necessary certifying it (except where fee 17 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—

Section 11

Translating and interpreting viva voce (except where necessary for the performance of official duties)—

Section 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—

Section 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—

Section 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—

Section 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

Section 14

Issuing a collective passport—

Section 15

Amending or extending an existing passport where the application is made abroad

Section 16

(1) Receiving an application for entry clearance (other than for the United Kingdom or for the Crown Dependencies)

Section 17

(1) Issuing and, where required, preparing an Emergency Passport or other document not otherwise provided for in lieu of a passport

Section 18

(1) Receiving, outside the United Kingdom, an application for—

Section 19

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 21 is to be taken

Section 20

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

except where fee 21 is to be taken

Section 21

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

in addition to fee 16 where applicable

Section 22

Receiving notice of an intended marriage or civil partnership or overseas relationship

Section 23

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

Section 24

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

Section 25

(1) 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 26

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

Section 27

Registering a birth or death

in addition to fee 29 where applicable

Section 28

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

Section 29

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

in addition to fee 30 or fee 27 where applicable

Section 30

Making a search in—

Section 31

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, marriages or overseas relationships or for any other document

in addition to costs exceeding £5.00

Section 32

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 £1,000, on the amount of the gross current market value

Section 33

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—

Section 34

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—

Section 35

Providing evidence of service or attempted service

in addition to fee 33 or 36

Section 36

Providing the services of a consular officer or consular employee—

Section 37

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

Section 38

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

Section 39

Arranging for currency to be made available against the 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 33 where applicable

Section 40

Granting or considering whether to grant a provisional certificate or registry, whether the owner is a private individual or body corporate

Section 41

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

Section 42

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

in addition to the cost, if any, of survey

Section 43

Noting a marine protest and furnishing one certified copy if required

for every further copy

Section 44

Extending a marine protest, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy if required—