# The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 2: Fees for documents and services

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Table 10 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications, requests and other requirements for and in connection with documents and services relating to immigration or nationality.
(2) Table 11 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in Table 10 for—
(a) applications for travel documents and transfers of conditions,
(b) processing an application or claim which is later rejected as invalid, and
(c) contact point meetings.
(3) Table 12 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for biometric immigration documents ....
(4) Table 13 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in Tables 10 and 12.
(5) Paragraph 3 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the specified fee in 12.2.4.
(6) Paragraph 4 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive, in specified circumstances, any fee specified in Table 10 or 12.
(7) Paragraph 5 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive part of the specified fee in 10.8.1 in specified circumstances.
Table 10 (Fees for miscellaneous documents and services)
Number of fee
Type of application
Amount of fee
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10.2
Fee for applications made overseas for a transfer of conditions
10.2.1
Application for a transfer of conditions where the application is made outside the United Kingdom.
£154
10.3
Fees for applications for travel documents
10.3.1
Application for a certificate of travel where the person in respect of whom the application is made is aged 16 or over when the application is received by the Secretary of State.
£320
10.3.2
Application for a certificate of travel where the person in respect of whom the application is made is under the age of 16 when the application is received by the Secretary of State.
£161
10.3.3
Application for a convention travel document, stateless person's travel document, or document of identity where the person in respect of whom the application is made is aged 16 or over when the application is received by the Secretary of State.
£102
10.3.4
Application for a convention travel document, stateless person's travel document, or document of identity where the person in respect of whom the application is made is under the age of 16 when the application is received by the Secretary of State.
£66.50
10.4
Fee for applications for a Direct Airside Transit Visa
10.4.1
Application for a Direct Airside Transit Visa.
£41.50
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10.5A
Fees for applications for a replacement ... Appendix EU biometric residence card
10.5A.1
Application for a replacement of an Appendix EU biometric residence card that has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.
£19
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10.7A
Electronic Travel Authorisation
10.7A.1
Request for an ETA where required in accordance with Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation to the immigration rules
£20
10.8
Fee for processing an application or claim which is later rejected as invalid
10.8.1
Processing an application or claim which is rejected as invalid prior to a decision being issued . . .
£30
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10.9
Fee for contact point meeting
10.9.1
Carrying out a contact point meeting required by Appendix Innovator Founder of the immigration rules.
£500
10.10
Fees for applications for assessment of an overseas qualification
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10.10.3
Application for a recognised standard of overseas qualification including, if requested, a recognised appropriate language level of overseas qualification
£210.00
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Table 11 (Exceptions to requirement to pay fees for applications for travel documents and transfers of conditions, for processing an application or claim later rejected as invalid, and for contact point meetings)
Number and description of the exception
Fees to which exception applies
11.1
Travel documents for bodies being taken outside the United Kingdom for burial or cremation
No fee is payable in respect of an application for a travel document for a body that is being taken outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of burial or cremation.
Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4
11.2
Travel documents for reconstruction or resettlement
No fee is payable in respect of an application for a travel document where the application is stated as being made in order to enable the applicant to participate in a project operated or approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of enabling a person in the United Kingdom to make a single trip to a country outside the United Kingdom in order to assist the reconstruction of that country or to decide whether to resettle there.
Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4
11.3
Travel documents for the purposes of the Assisted Voluntary Return programme
No fee is payable in respect of an application for a document of identity for the purposes of the Assisted Voluntary Return programme.
Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4
11.4
Travel documents for persons born on or before 2nd September 1929
No fee is payable in respect of an application for a convention travel document or stateless person's travel document where the applicant was born on or before 2nd September 1929.
Fees 10.3.1 to 10.3.4
11.5
Processing an application or claim which is later rejected as invalid
11.5.1
No fee is payable in respect of the processing of an application or claim which is rejected as invalid prior to a decision being issued where—
(a)no fee was payable in respect of that application or claim; or
(b)a fee was payable in respect of that application or claim but no fee was paid at the time the application or claim was made.
Fee 10.8.1
11.5.2
No fee is payable in respect of the processing of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom made under Appendix EU to the immigration rules before 7.00 a.m. on 30th March 2019 which is rejected as invalid at or after that time prior to a decision being issued.
10.8.1
11.6
Contact point meetings for certain applicants
11.6.1
No fee is payable in respect of a contact point meeting where—
(a)the applicant has limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom which was granted under Appendix Innovator, Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules (“the applicant’s current leave”),
(b)the contact point meeting is with the endorsing body or legacy endorsing body which endorsed the applicant (pursuant to the immigration rules) on or before 12th April 2023 in connection with the application which gave rise to the grant of the applicant’s ... leave, and
(c)where the applicant has been granted leave, or further leave under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules (“the relevant AIF leave”), the applicant has had previous leave granted, before the grant of the relevant AIF leave, under—
(i) Appendix Innovator or Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules; or
(ii)Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules, in a case where the leave was granted following an endorsement given on or before 12th April 2023.
10.9.1
11.6.2
No fee is payable in respect of a contact point meeting where—
(a)the applicant has limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom which was granted under Appendix Innovator, Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules (“the applicant’s current leave”),
(b)the contact point meeting is not with the endorsing body which endorsed the applicant (pursuant to the immigration rules) in connection with the application which gave rise to the grant of the applicant’s current leave,
(c)the letter which endorsed the applicant in connection with the applicant’s current leave (“the original letter”) was issued (pursuant to the immigration rules) by a legacy endorsing body which was at the time when the original letter was issued, approved by the Home Office to endorse individuals in connection with applications under Appendix Innovator to those rules, and
(d)where the applicant has been granted leave, or further leave under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules (“the relevant AIF leave”), the applicant has had previous leave granted, before the grant of the relevant AIF leave, under Appendix Innovator, Appendix Innovator Founder or Appendix Start-up.
10.9.1
11.6.3
No fee is payable in respect of a contact point meeting where the endorsing body is the Global Entrepreneur Programme operated by the Department for Business and Trade.
10.9.1
11.7
Transfer of conditions for applicants granted leave under Appendix EU to the immigration rules
11.7.1
No fee is payable in respect of an application for a transfer of conditions by a person who has been granted leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix EU to the immigration rules.
Fee 10.2.1
Table 12 (Fees for applications for biometric immigration documents ...
Number of fee
Type of application or process
Amount of fee
12.1
Fees for mandatory applications for a replacement biometric immigration document
12.1.1
Application, by an applicant who has limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom, for a biometric immigration document in accordance with regulation 19(1)(a) of the 2008 Regulations to replace a biometric immigration document which has been cancelled under the following provisions of those Regulations—
(a) regulation 17(b) where the applicant is within the United Kingdom;
(b) regulation 17(c) to (e);
(c) regulation 17(f) (other than where the document needs to be reissued because some substantive alteration is required to the information recorded in the cancelled document); or
(d) regulation 17(g) .
£19
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Table 13 (Exceptions to the requirement to pay fees for applications for biometric immigration documents ...
Number and description of the exception
Fees to which exception applies
13.1
Persons granted asylum or humanitarian protection, stateless persons and their dependants
13.1.1
No fee is payable for an application for a biometric immigration document if the applicant—
(a) has been granted asylum;
(b) has been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules;
(c) has been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraphs 352A to 352FI of the immigration rules;
(d) is a dependant of an individual described in any of (a) to (c); or
(e) has been granted limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a stateless person, or as the family member of a stateless person, under Part 14 of the immigration rules.
Fee 12.1.1
13.2
Children born in the United Kingdom to persons granted asylum or humanitarian protection
13.2.1
No fee is payable for an application for a biometric immigration document if the applicant is a child who was born in the United Kingdom to a person who has been granted asylum, or has been granted humanitarian protection under the immigration rules.
Fee 12.1.1
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13.8
Fee for a biometric immigration document where the person has paid an application fee in 10.6 of this Schedule
13.8.1
No fee is payable for a biometric immigration document if that person made an application for which a fee was specified in 10.6.1, 10.6.3 or 10.6.5 at any time before the date on which those provisions were revoked , or made an application at any time before 9.00 a.m. on 6th April 2022 for which a fee was specified in 10.6.2 or 10.6.4 when the application was made .
Fee 12.1.1

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/330/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-nationality-fees-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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