Part 1 TABLE OF GENERAL CONSULAR FEESI1F1
United Kingdom
| Fee | £ | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I. LEGALISATION | |||
| F21. | Legalising a signature or seal— | ||
| (i) | Standard Service in the UK | 45.00 | |
| (ii) | Standard service in the UK (Next Day) | 40.00 | |
| (iii) | Digital (e-Apostille) | 35.00 | |
| (iv) | Urgent Service in the UK | 100.00 | |
| (v) | Overseas service (in addition to direct costs, if any) | 40.00 | |
| II. NOTARIAL AND RELATED MATTERS | |||
| 2. | Preparing any certificate, declaration or document not listed elsewhere in this table | ||
| (i) | in English | 50.00 | |
| (ii) | in any other language | 50.00 | |
| 3. | Signing a declaration of existence (except if required by a department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom) | 25.00 | |
| 4. | Administering an oath, declaration or affirmation | 50.00 | |
| 5. | Witnessing a signature | 25.00 | |
| 6. | Certifying a copy of a document | 25.00 | |
| 7. | Uniting documents and Marking of Exhibits | 25.00 | |
| 8. | Supplying certified copies of documents which form part of the records of a court which is, or was formerly, established under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts 1890 and 1913, for each page | 50.00 | |
| III. NATIONALITY | |||
| 9. | Administering an oath of British Citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1981 | 100.00 | |
| IV. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS AND DEATHS | |||
| 10. | Receiving notice of an intended marriage, civil partnership or overseas relationship | 50.00 | |
| 11. | Issuing a certificate that no impediment to an intended marriage or civil partnership has been shown to exist, or issuing any local equivalent document for an intended marriage or overseas relationship in accordance with local law | ||
| (i) | in English | 50.00 | |
| (ii) | in any other language | 50.00 | |
| 12. | Solemnising and administering oaths for consular marriage; or registering F3a civil partnership; or converting a civil partnership into marriage F4; or converting a marriage into a civil partnership under Part 4 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020”. | 150.00 | |
| 13. | Administering an application for the registration of a birth or a death | 150.00 | |
| 14. | Making an addition to or correction in the consular register as necessary | 25.00 | |
| 15. | Issuing a certified copy of an entry in the consular register | 50.00 | |
| 16. | Making a search in | ||
| (i) the consular register of births, deaths, marriages or civil partnerships where the number or date of entry is not provided | 50.00 | ||
| (ii) the naturalisation, registration or renunciation records kept by a consular officer | 50.00 | ||
| V. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS | |||
| 17. | Forwarding a request to a local authority for the taking of evidence or the service of a document (including effecting service of a document in relation to proceedings in which state immunity is in issue), and returning any evidence received of service or attempted service of a document (provided by F5the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in proceedings where state immunity is in issue) | 150.00 | |
| VI. MARITIME SERVICES | |||
| 18. | Providing or administering a service not otherwise covered in this Schedule in relation to shipping, seamen and related matters, for each hour or part hour (to include travel time if performed away from the consular premises) and in addition to direct costs, if any | 150.00 | |
| VII. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE | |||
| 19. | Administering an application for, and, if successful providing, an Emergency Travel Document F6(in addition to direct costs, if any) | F7125.00 | |
| 20. | Exceptionally, administering an application for, and, if successful, providing an Emergency Passport, on occasions when it is not possible to provide an Emergency Travel Document F8(in addition to direct costs, if any) | F9125.00 | |
| 21. | Arranging, exceptionally, for currency to be made available against the deposit of funds | ||
| (i) £0.01-£99.99 | 10.00 | ||
| (ii) £100.00-£499.99 | 25.00 | ||
| (iii) £500.00or more | 50.00 | ||
| VIII. OTHER SERVICES | |||
| 22. | Providing the services of a consular officer or a consular employee in relation to any other service which the consular post or diplomatic mission has agreed to undertake, for each hour or part hour (to include travel time if performed away from the consular premises) and in addition to direct costs, if any | 150.00 | |
| F10IX. MULTILINGUAL STANDARD FORMS | |||
| 23. | Issuing a multilingual standard form | 11.00 | |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table substituted (6.4.2016) by The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/373), arts. 1, 2(3)
- F2
Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (1.1.2024) by The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1388), arts. 1(1), 2
- F3
Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 inserted (7.12.2020) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1143), regs. 1(2), 46(a)
- F4
Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 inserted (7.12.2020) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1143), regs. 1(2), 46(b)
- F5
Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (30.9.2020) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/942), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 19
- F6
Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 inserted (16.2.2019) by The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/182), arts. 1, 2(2)
- F7
Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (9.4.2025) by The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/436), arts. 1(1), 2(2)
- F8
Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 inserted (16.2.2019) by The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/182), arts. 1, 2(3)
- F9
Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (9.4.2025) by The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/436), arts. 1(1), 2(3)
- F10
Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 inserted (16.2.2019) by The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/182), arts. 1, 2(4)
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 1 Pt. 1 in force at 6.4.2012, see art. 1