# The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2007, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Consular Fees Order 2007.
This Order increases the minimum charge for making or verifying (including certifying where necessary) a copy of a document from £17.50 to £25.
This Order increases the fee for (i) issuing passports of not more than 32 pages in the United Kingdom to adults from £66 to £72 (postal) and from £91 to £97 (in person, fast-track service); (ii) issuing passports of not more than 32 pages in the United Kingdom to children from £45 to £46 (postal) and from £80 to £81 (in person, fast-track service); and (iii) issuing 48 page passports in the United Kingdom to adults from £77 to £85 (postal) and £97 to £105 (in person, fast-track service). The fees for fast-track collect and premium passport services have also increased.
These increases are made to cover the increased costs of providing consular assistance overseas to British passport holders.
This Order also introduces a fee of £72 for making searches in the naturalisation or registration records kept by a consular officer.
This Order also clarifies that the fees in fee 30 are in addition, not only to fee 29, but also now to fee 1(a), if applicable.
A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Consular Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Old Admiralty Building, London, SW1A 2PA and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1680/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-amendment-order-2007/note
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