The Consular Fees Order 2011

• Citation: S.I. 2011/738
• Sections: 5

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees Order 2011 and comes into force on 6th April 2011.

Section 2

In this Order—

“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;

“Commonwealth country” means a country listed in Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981;

“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;

“direct costs” means expenses that are incidental to the performance of a service, such as the cost of posting documents to a customer’s home address or travel costs;

“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, a Commonwealth country 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;

“overseas service” in relation to legalisation means the service for the processing by consular officers at consular posts of applications made in person;

“premium service” in relation to legalisation means the same day service for the processing by a London legalisation office dedicated for companies, solicitors and notaries of applications made in person;

“premium service” in relation to passport applications 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;

“standard service” in relation to legalisation means the 24 hours service for the processing by the main legalisation office at Milton Keynes, of applications made in person at that office and the processing by that office of postal applications within a reasonable time period.

“the appropriate Registrar General” for the purpose of fee 15 means the Registrar General for England and Wales, the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland, or the Registrar General in Northern Ireland, as the case may be, under the Foreign Marriage Order 1970 or the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005 .

Section 3

The fees set forth in the table in Parts 1 and 2 of 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 each of their functions specified in those tables.

Section 4

The fees set forth in the table in Part 3 of 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 each of their functions specified in that table for which no fee is imposed under section 51 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 .

Section 5

The statutory instruments listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are revoked by this Order.