{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1998/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1998/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Consular Fees Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-fees-order-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order revokes and replaces the Consular Fees Order 1997.\nThe Order sets out the fees to be charged for consular services. The overall effect is to continue the drive towards full cost recovery for fee-bearing consular services by revising charges for passport services.\nPassport fees are raised from £18 to £21 (standard passport), and from £27 to £31 (48 page passport). The fee for amending an existing passport will be increased from £5 to £11. Children’s passports valid for five years will be issued at a cost of £11 (just over half the charge for a ten year standard passport), in contrast to the previous practice of charging the full standard fee then renewing the fee after five years.\nFor all passport fees there will be an extra £10 handling charge for applications made in person in the UK or applications made abroad. This reflects the increased cost of providing such services compared to dealing with postal applications.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/257/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:59.029892+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}