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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-nationality-and-passport-fees-amendment-regulations-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/363",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-nationality-and-passport-fees-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/330) (“the principal Regulations”) (which set fees for the exercise of various functions in connection with immigration and nationality) and the Passport (Fees) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/660) (which set fees for the exercise of various functions in connection with passports).\nRegulations 2 to 11 and Schedules 1 to 7 amend Schedules 1 to 4 and 6 to 10 to the principal Regulations, replacing existing fee amounts with increased fee amounts.\nRegulations 3 and 4 amend certain references the Immigration Rules in Schedules 1 and 2 to the principal Regulations. This is because Part 7 of the Immigration Rules was replaced by Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP), Appendix Family Reunion (Protection) was renamed as Appendix Family Reunion (Sponsors with Protection) and Appendix Child staying with or joining a Non-Parent Relative (Protection) was renamed as Appendix Child Relative (Sponsors with Protection).\nRegulations 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11 omit entries which provide for functions, relating to assessment of overseas qualifications, which will no longer be in operation, in Schedules 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10 to the principal Regulations. The functions which will no longer be in operation are those relating to downloadable digital statements and priority services and the recognised appropriate language level of overseas qualification service.\nPart 3 and Schedule 8 set out amendments which increase various fees in the Passport (Fees) Regulations 2022.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs to business has been produced. An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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