The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/249
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2013 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Section 2 Amendments to the 2011 Order

(1) The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2011 is amended as follows.

(2) In article 4 (Requirement to pay a fee in respect of the provision on request of a service connected with immigration or nationality)—

(a) after “Secretary of State” insert “, or any person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State,”;

(b) at the end of paragraph (i) omit “and”;

(c) after paragraph (j) insert—

(k) arrangements for expediting the processing of applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom, entry clearance, and variation of leave to enter, or remain in, the United Kingdom;

(l) arrangements for expediting the processing of applications relating to nationality;

(m) customer services for sponsors; and

(n) the administration of any test a person is required to take for the purposes of the immigration rules.

(3) In article 5 (Requirement to pay a fee in respect of a process connected with immigration or nationality)—

(a) after “Secretary of State” insert “, or any person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State,”;

(b) at the end of paragraph (a) omit “and”;

(c) after paragraph (b) insert—

and

(C) taking a record of a person’s fingerprints or a photograph of a person’s face for the purposes of regulation 8(2)(d) of the Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008 .