Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Immigration and Nationality (Cost Recovery Fees) Regulations 2014, which specify various fees relating to applications, claims, services and processes in connection with immigration and nationality.

Regulations 2(6) and (7) specify fees for the process of taking a record of a person’s biometric information, where this is required for the purposes of certain additional categories of application.

Regulation 2(6) also reduces the fee for the Direct Airside Transit Visa.

Regulation 2(8) creates a new fee for the process of ‘administrative review’ – that is, the review on request of a decision in connection with immigration, in circumstances where the applicant has no right of appeal in relation to the decision.

An impact assessment has not been prepared as this instrument will have no impact on the costs of business or the voluntary sector.