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Paragraph 2 Fees for documents and servicesF49

United Kingdom

(1)

Table 10 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified F1applications, requests and other requirements for and in connection with documents F2and services relating to immigration or nationality.

(2)

Table 11 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in Table 10 F3for—

(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 F4....

(4)

Table 13 provides for exceptions to the requirement to pay fees specified in F5Tables 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.

F6(6)

Paragraph 4 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive, in specified circumstances, any fee specified in Table 10 or 12.

F7(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 feeType of applicationAmount of fee
F8... ...
F9. . .. . .. . .
10.2Fee for applications made overseas for a transfer of conditions
10.2.1Application for a transfer of conditions where the application is made outside the United Kingdom.£154
10.3Fees for applications for travel documents
10.3.1Application 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.F10£320
10.3.2Application 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
10.3.3Application 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
10.3.4Application 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
10.4Fee for applications for a Direct Airside Transit Visa
10.4.1Application for a Direct Airside Transit Visa.£41.50
F11......
F1210.5A Fees for applications for a replacement F13... 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.F14£19
F15. . .. . .. . .
. . .. . .. . .
. . .. . .. . .
. . .. . .. . .
. . .. . .. . .
F16...
F17. . .. . .. . .
F1810.7AElectronic Travel Authorisation
10.7A.1Request for an ETA where required in accordance with Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation to the immigration rules £20
10.8F19Fee for processing an application or claim which is later rejected as invalid
10.8.1Processing an application or claim which is rejected as invalid prior to a decision being issued F20. . .£30
F21. . .. . .. . .
F2210.9 Fee for contact point meeting
10.9.1Carrying out a contact point meeting required by Appendix Innovator Founder of the immigration rules.£500
F2310.10 Fees for applications for assessment of an overseas qualification
F24. . .. . .. . .
F25. . .. . .. . .
10.10.3Application for a recognised standard of overseas qualification including, if requested, a recognised appropriate language level of overseas qualification£210.00
F26. . .. . .. . .

Table 11 (Exceptions to requirement to pay fees for applications for travel documents F27and transfers of conditionsF28, for processing an application or claim later rejected as invalid, and for contact point meetings)

Number and description of the exceptionFees to which exception applies
11.1Travel 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
11.2Travel 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
11.3Travel 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
11.4Travel 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
F2911.5Processing an application or claim which is later rejected as invalid
F3011.5.1

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—

  1. (a)

    no fee was payable in respect of that application or claim; or

  2. (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.

F31Fee 10.8.1
F3211.5.2 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
F3311.6 Contact point meetings for certain applicants
11.6.1

No fee is payable in respect of a contact point meeting where—

  1. (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”),

  2. (b)

    the contact point meeting is with the endorsing body or legacy endorsing body which endorsed the applicant (pursuant to the immigration rules) F34on or before 12th April 2023 in connection with the application which gave rise to the grant of the applicant’s F35... leave, and

  3. (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, F36under—

    1. (i)

      Appendix Innovator or Appendix Start-up to the immigration rules; or

    2. (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—

  1. (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”),

  2. (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,

  3. (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

  4. (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
11.6.3No 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
F3711.7  Transfer of conditions for applicants granted leave under Appendix EU to the immigration rules
11.7.1No 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 F38...

Number of feeType of application or processAmount of fee
12.1Fees 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 M1 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) M2.

F39£19
F40. . .. . .. . .
F41. . .. . .. . .
F42. . ...... . .
. . .. . .. . .

Table 13 (Exceptions to the requirement to pay fees for applications for biometric immigration documents F43...

Number and description of the exceptionFees to which exception applies
13.1Persons 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.

F44Fee 12.1.1
13.2Children born in the United Kingdom to persons granted asylum or humanitarian protection
13.2.1No 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
F45......
......
F46......
. . .. . .
13.8Fee for a biometric immigration document where the person has paid an application fee in 10.6 of this Schedule
13.8.1No fee is payable for a biometric immigration document if that person F47made 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 .F48Fee 12.1.1

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1) substituted (10.4.2024) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/398), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(b)(ii)(aa)

F2

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1) inserted (10.4.2024) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/398), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(b)(ii)(bb)

F3

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(2) substituted (8.10.2026) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/1008), regs. 1(2), 7(2)

F4

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(3) omitted (7.9.2023) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 3(3)(a)

F5

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(4) substituted (5.10.2020 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 4 and Fees) and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/966), regs. 1(2), 19(2)

F6

Sch. 3 para. 2(6) inserted (6.4.2022) by The Immigration and Nationality and Immigration Services Commissioner (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/296), regs. 1(2), 7(2)

F7

Sch. 3 para. 2(7) inserted (9.11.2022) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1062), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)

F8

Words in Sch. 3 Table 10 omitted (7.9.2023) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 3(3)(b)(i)

F9

Words in Sch. 3 Table 10 omitted (6.4.2022 at 9.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality and Immigration Services Commissioner (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/296), regs. 1(3)(b), 7(3)

F10

Sum in Sch. 3 Table 10 substituted (8.4.2026 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passports (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/311), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3

F11

Words in Sch. 3 Table 10 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 46(2)(b)

F12

Words in Sch. 3 Table 10 inserted (30.3.2019 at 7.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Refund, Waiver and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/475), regs. 1(3)(f), 7(3)(b)

F13

Words in Sch. 3 Table 10 omitted (7.9.2023) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 3(3)(b)(ii)

F14

Sum in Sch. 3 Table 10 substituted (9.11.2022 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1062), regs. 1(3), 2(4)(b)(i)

F15

Words in Sch. 3 Table 10 omitted (7.9.2023) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 3(3)(b)(iii)

F16

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2 Table 10 omitted (7.3.2025) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/282), arts. 1(2), 3(2)(b)(i)

F17

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2 Table 10 omitted (7.3.2025) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/282), arts. 1(2), 3(2)(b)(ii)

F18

Words in Sch. 3 Table 10 inserted (25.10.2023) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1004), regs. 1(5), 5(3) (with reg. 12)

F19

Word in Sch. 3 Table 10 substituted (30.3.2019 at 7.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Refund, Waiver and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/475), regs. 1(3)(f), 7(3)(d)

F20

Words in Sch. 3 Table 10 omitted (30.3.2019 at 7.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Refund, Waiver and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/475), regs. 1(3)(f), 7(3)(e)

F21

Words in Sch. 3 Table 10 omitted (30.3.2019 at 7.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Refund, Waiver and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/475), regs. 1(3)(f), 7(3)(f)

F22

Words in Sch. 3 Table 10 inserted (10.4.2024) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/398), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(c)

F23

Words in Sch. 3 Table 10 inserted (11.12.2024 at 6.00 p.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1313), regs. 1(2)(a), 3(4)

F24

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2 Table 10 omitted (1.5.2025) by virtue of The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/363), regs. 1(3), 5(3)(a)

F25

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2 Table 10 omitted (1.5.2025) by virtue of The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/363), regs. 1(3), 5(3)(b)

F26

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2 Table 10 omitted (1.5.2025) by virtue of The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/363), regs. 1(3), 5(3)(c)

F27

Words in Sch. 3 Table 11 heading inserted (8.10.2026) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/1008), regs. 1(2), 7(3)(a)

F28

Words in Sch. 3 Table 11 heading substituted (10.4.2024) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/398), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(d)(i)

F29

Words in Sch. 3 Table 11 inserted (8.10.2018) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/999), regs. 1(2), 5(4)(b)

F30

Word in Sch. 3 Table 11 inserted (30.3.2019 at 7.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Refund, Waiver and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/475), regs. 1(3)(f), 7(4)(a)(i)

F31

Words in Sch. 3 Table 11 substituted (30.3.2019 at 7.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Refund, Waiver and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/475), regs. 1(3)(f), 7(4)(a)(ii)

F32

Words in Sch. 3 Table 11 inserted (30.3.2019 at 7.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Refund, Waiver and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/475), regs. 1(3)(f), 7(4)(b)

F33

Words in Sch. 3 Table 11 inserted (10.4.2024) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/398), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(d)(ii)

F34

Words in Sch. 3 Table 11 inserted (8.4.2026 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passports (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/311), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(a)(i)

F35

Word in Sch. 3 Table 11 omitted (8.4.2026 at 9.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Immigration, Nationality and Passports (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/311), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(a)(ii)

F36

Words in Sch. 3 Table 11 substituted (8.4.2026 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passports (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/311), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(b)

F37

Words in Sch. 3 Table 11 inserted (8.10.2026) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/1008), regs. 1(2), 7(3)(b)

F38

Words in Sch. 3 Table 12 heading omitted (7.9.2023) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 3(3)(c)(i)

F39

Sum in Sch. 3 Table 12 substituted (9.11.2022 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1062), regs. 1(3), 2(4)(b)(iv)

F40

Words in Sch. 3 Table 12 omitted (7.9.2023) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 3(3)(c)(ii)

F41

Words in Sch. 3 Table 12 omitted (6.4.2022 at 9.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality and Immigration Services Commissioner (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/296), regs. 1(3)(b), 7(4)(a)

F42

Words in Sch. 3 Table 12 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 46(2)(c)

F43

Words in Sch. 3 Table 13 heading omitted (7.9.2023) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 3(3)(d)(i)

F44

Words in Sch. 3 Table 13 substituted (7.9.2023) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 3(3)(d)(ii)

F45

Words in Sch. 3 Table 13 omitted (7.9.2023) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 3(3)(d)(iii)

F46

Words in Sch. 3 Table 13 omitted (6.4.2022 at 9.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality and Immigration Services Commissioner (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/296), regs. 1(3)(b), 7(5)(b)

F47

Words in Sch. 3 Table 13 substituted (7.9.2023) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 3(3)(d)(iv)(aa)

F48

Words in Sch. 3 Table 13 substituted (7.9.2023) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/977), arts. 1(2), 3(3)(d)(iv)(bb)

F49

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2 heading inserted (10.4.2024) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/398), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(b)(i)

Marginal citations

M1

Regulation 19 was amended by S.I. 2009/819 and S.I. 2015/433.

M2

Regulation 17 was amended by S.I. 2009/819.