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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-nationality-fees-regulations-2018/schedule-8/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-nationality-fees-regulations-2018",
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  "heading": "Fees for applications, processes and services relating to nationality",
  "text": "(1) Tables 19 and 20 specify the amount of the fees for the specified applications, processes and services relating to nationality.\n(1A) Table 20A provides exceptions from the requirement to pay fees specified in Table 19 and Table 20 in specified circumstances.\n(2) The fees specified in Table 20 are subject to paragraph 3 (multiple declarations of renunciation of British citizenship).\n(3) Paragraph 6 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive the fee specified in 19.3.1.\n(4) Paragraph 7 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive, in specified circumstances, any fee specified in Table 19 or 20.\n(5) Paragraph 8 confers a discretion on the Secretary of State to waive, in specified circumstances, the fees specified in 19.3.1 , 19.3.1A and 19.3.2.\nTable 19 (Fees for applications relating to nationality)\nNumber of fee\nType of application\nAmount of fee\n19.1\nFees for applications for naturalisation\n19.1.1\nApplication for naturalisation as a British citizen.\n£1,709\n19.1.2\nApplication for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen.\n£1,140\n19.1A\nFee for applications for registration as a British citizen in special circumstances\n19.1A.1\nApplication for registration as a British citizen under section 4L of the 1981 Act made on the basis that the applicant would have been able to become a British citizen but for—\n(a) historical legislative unfairness,\n(b) an act or omission of a public authority, or\n(c) exceptional circumstances relating to the applicant.\n£1,540\n19.2\nFees for other applications for registration where the applicant is an adult\n19.2.1\nApplication for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act, where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made.\n£1,540\n19.2.1A\nApplication for registration as a British citizen under section 4AA of the 1981 Act (Irish citizens), where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made.\n£723\n19.2.2\nApplication for registration as a British citizen under the 1997 Act, where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made.\n£1,540\n19.2.3\nApplication for registration as a British overseas territories citizen, where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made.\n£1,027\n19.2.4\nApplication for registration as a British overseas citizen, where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made.\n£1,027\n19.2.5\nApplication for registration as a British subject, where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made.\n£1,027\n19.2.6\nApplication for registration as a British protected person where the applicant is aged 18 or over at the time the application is made.\n£1,027\n19.3\nFees for other applications for registration where the applicant is a child\n19.3.1\nApplication for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made.\n£1,000\n19.3.1A\nApplication for registration as a British citizen under section 4AA of the 1981 Act (Irish citizens), where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made.\n£607\n19.3.2\nApplication for registration as a British citizen under the 1997 Act, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made.\n£1,000\n19.3.3\nApplication for registration as a British overseas territories citizen, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made.\n£863\n19.3.4\nApplication for registration as a British overseas citizen, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made.\n£863\n19.3.5\nApplication for registration as a British subject, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made.\n£863\n19.3.6\nApplication for registration as a British protected person, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a child at the time the application is made.\n£863\nTable 20 (Fees for applications, processes and services in connection with nationality)\nNumber of fee\nType of application, process or service\nAmount of fee\n20.1\nFees for applications in connection with nationality\n20.1.1\nApplication for the amendment of a certificate of registration or naturalisation other than where the amendment is required to rectify an error made by the Secretary of State.\n£456\n20.1.2\nApplication for a certificate of entitlement where the application is made in respect of a person who is in the United Kingdom at the time that the application is made.\n£589\n20.1.3\nApplication for a certificate of entitlement where the application is made in respect of a person who is outside the United Kingdom at the time that the application is made.\n£589\n20.1.4\nApplication for a letter or other document confirming a person's nationality status or that a person is not a British citizen, where the fee is not specified elsewhere in these Regulations.\n£489\n20.2\nFees for processes in connection with nationality\n20.2.1\nApplication for the review of an application for a certificate of registration or naturalisation, or for a certificate of entitlement, which has been refused by the Secretary of State.\n£513\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n20.3\nFees for services in connection with nationality\n20.3.1\nRegistration of a declaration of renunciation of British citizenship under section 12 of the 1981 Act .\n£513\n20.3.2\nRegistration of a declaration of renunciation of British overseas territories citizenship under sections 12 and 24 of the 1981 Act .\n£513\n20.3.3\nRegistration of a declaration of renunciation of British National (Overseas) status under section 12 of the 1981 Act and article 7 of the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 .\n£513\n20.3.4\nRegistration of a declaration of renunciation of British overseas citizenship under sections 12 and 29 of the 1981 Act.\n£513\n20.3.5\nRegistration of a declaration of renunciation of the status of British subject under sections 12 and 34 of the 1981 Act.\n£513\n20.3.6\nRegistration of a declaration of renunciation of the status of British protected person under article 11 of the 1982 Order .\n£513\n20.3.7\nThe supply of a certified copy of a notice, certificate, order, declaration or entry given, granted or made under the 1981 Act, any of the former nationality Acts (within the meaning of section 50(1) of the 1981 Act), or the 2007 Act.\n£456\n20.4\nFees for services in connection with citizenship ceremonies and citizenship oaths\n20.4.1\nThe arrangement of a citizenship ceremony (including the administration of a citizenship oath and pledge at the ceremony).\n£130\n20.4.2\nThe administration of a citizenship oath (or citizenship oath and pledge), where the citizenship oath (or citizenship oath and pledge) are not administered at a citizenship ceremony or by a Justice of the Peace.\n£5\nTable 1\nNumber\nDescription of the exception\nFees to which the exception applies\n20ZA.1\nCertain applications for the review of an applications which have been refused by the Secretary of State\n20ZA.1.1\nNo fee is payable for a review of an application for a certificate of registration or naturalisation, or for a certificate of entitlement (the original application), which has been refused by the Secretary of State where the fee in respect of the original application was exempted, waived or otherwise not payable.\nFee 20.2.1\nTable 20A (Exceptions in respect of fees for registration and for services in connection with citizenship ceremonies and oaths)\nNumber and description of the exception\nFees to which the exception applies\n20A.1\nCertain applications for registration as a British citizen under section 4F of the 1981 Act\n20A.1.1\nNo fee is payable in respect of an application for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act where—\n(a) the application is made under section 4F of that Act;\n(b) the relevant registration provision (within the meaning given by section 4F(2) of that Act) is paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to that Act; and\n(c) the applicant made an application falling within paragraphs (a) and (b) before 25th July 2019 but it was refused because the Secretary of State was not satisfied that the applicant was of good character.\nFees 19.2.1, 19.3.1\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n20A.3\nChildren being looked after by a local authority\n20A.3.1\nNo fee is payable in respect of an application for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act , section 4AA of the 1981 Act (Irish citizens), or the 1997 Act where, at the time the application is made, the person in respect of whom it is made is a child and—\n(a) is being looked after by a local authority, or\n(b) is being looked after outside the United Kingdom under an arrangement similar to any of those referred to in the provisions mentioned in the definition of “being looked after by a local authority” in regulation 2.\nFees 19.3.1, 19.3.1A and 19.3.2\n20A.4\nFees for services in connection with citizenship ceremonies and citizenship oaths where no registration fee was payable\n20A.4.1\nNo fee is payable for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony (including the administration of a citizenship oath and pledge at the ceremony) in relation to the registration of a person as a British citizen under the 1981 Act or the 1997 Act where no fee was payable in respect of the related application for registration of that person because—\n(a) the exception in 20A.3.1 applied, or\n(b) the fee in respect of that application was waived under paragraph 8.\nFee 20.4.1\n20A.4.2\nNo fee is payable for the administration, otherwise than at a citizenship ceremony or by a Justice of the Peace, of a citizenship oath (or citizenship oath and pledge) in relation to the registration of a person as a British citizen under the 1981 Act or the 1997 Act where no fee was payable in respect of the related application for registration of that person because—\n(a) the exception in 20A.3.1 applied, or\n(b) the fee in respect of that application was waived under paragraph 8.\nFee 20.4.2\n20A.4.3\nNo fee is payable for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony (including the administration of a citizenship oath and pledge at the ceremony) in relation to the registration of a person as a British citizen under section 4K of the 1981 Act where the person is entitled to be registered as a British citizen under that section because they are or would be entitled to be registered as a British overseas territories citizen under section 17H of that Act.\nFee 20.4.1\n20A.4.4\nNo fee is payable for the administration, otherwise than at a citizenship ceremony or by a Justice of the Peace, of a citizenship oath and pledge in relation to the registration of a person as a British citizen under section 4K of the 1981 Act where the person is entitled to be registered as a British citizen under that section because they are or would be entitled to be registered as a British overseas territories citizen under section 17H of that Act.\nFee 20.4.2\n20A.4.5\nNo fee is payable for the administration of a citizenship oath and pledge in relation to the registration of a person as a British overseas territories citizen under section 17H of the 1981 Act.\nFee 20.4.2",
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      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 2(1A) substituted (6.10.2021) by The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of T2 Sportsperson Route and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1035), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 9(2)"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 2(1A) substituted (6.4.2022) by The Immigration and Nationality and Immigration Services Commissioner (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/296), regs. 1(2), 9(2)(a)"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 2(1A) inserted (16.6.2022) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/581), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)(i)"
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      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 2(4) inserted (6.4.2022) by The Immigration and Nationality and Immigration Services Commissioner (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/296), regs. 1(2), 9(2)(b)"
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      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 2(5) inserted (16.6.2022) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/581), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)(ii)"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 2(5) inserted (22.7.2025) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/763), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
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      "text": "Sum in Sch. 8 Table 19 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. 5 para. 1(a)"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 Table 19 inserted (28.6.2022) by The British Nationality (General, British Overseas Territories and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/602), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(b)(i)"
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      "text": "Word in Sch. 8 Table 19 inserted (28.6.2022) by The British Nationality (General, British Overseas Territories and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/602), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(b)(iii)"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 Table 19 substituted (16.6.2022) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/581), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)"
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      "text": "Sum in Sch. 8 Table 19 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. 5 para. 1(b)"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 Table 19 inserted (22.7.2025) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/763), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)"
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      "text": "Sum in Sch. 8 Table 20 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. 5 para. 2"
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      "text": "Sums in Sch. 8 para. 2 Table 20 substituted (9.4.2025 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/363), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 2"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 Table 20 omitted (6.4.2022) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality and Immigration Services Commissioner (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/296), regs. 1(2), 9(3)"
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      "text": "Sum in Sch. 8 Table 20 substituted (10.4.2024 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/398), reg. 1(2)(c), Sch. 1"
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      "text": "Sch. 8 Table 1 inserted (11.11.2025) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1108), regs. 1(1), 6"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 Table 20A inserted (6.4.2020) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/294), regs. 1(2), 9(3)"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 Table 20A substituted (16.6.2022) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/581), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(c)(i)"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 Table 20A omitted (6.4.2022) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality and Immigration Services Commissioner (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/296), regs. 1(2), 9(4)(b)"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 Table 20A inserted (16.6.2022) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/581), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(c)(ii)"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 Table 20A inserted (22.7.2025) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/763), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)"
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 Table 20A inserted (22.7.2025) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/763), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)"
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      "text": "S.I. 1986/948 as amended by section 2(3) of the Overseas Territories Act."
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      "text": "S.I. 1982/1070, article 11 was amended by section 2(3) of the Overseas Territories Act and S.I. 1983/1699."
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