LegalizeThe Immigration and Nationality (Cost Recovery Fees) Regulations 2013
Made: 14th March 2013
Laid before Parliament: 15th March 2013
Coming into force: 6th April 2013
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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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Fees for applications, services, and processes in connection with immigration and nationality
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Consequences of failing to pay the specified fee
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Revocation
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SCHEDULE 1 — FEES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM
Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom
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SCHEDULE 2 — FEES FOR SPONSOR LICENCES, HIGHLY TRUSTED SPONSOR STATUS, AND RELATED APPLICATIONS AND PROCESSES
Interpretation
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Fees for applications for sponsor licences, highly trusted sponsor status and related applications and processes
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SCHEDULE 3 — FEES FOR DOCUMENTS RELATING TO IMMIGRATION
Interpretation
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Fees for documents relating to immigration
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SCHEDULE 4 — FEES FOR APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH NATIONALITY
Interpretation
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Fees for applications and services in connection with nationality
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Multiple declarations of a renunciation of British citizenship
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Responsibility for paying the fee for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony
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Refunds of fees for the arrangement of a citizenship ceremony where an application is refused or the requirement to attend the ceremony is disapplied
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SCHEDULE 5 — FEES FOR THE EXERCISE OF CONSULAR FUNCTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
Interpretation
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Fees for the exercise of consular functions in connection with immigration and nationality
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Charges for costs incurred by consular officers or employees
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Discretion to waive fees for the services of consular officers or employees
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SCHEDULE 6 — FEES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
Fees for applications for entry clearance to enter the Channel Islands
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SCHEDULE 7 — MISCELLANEOUS FEES AND EXCEPTIONS
Applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom by stateless persons
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Applications for variation of limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom to allow recourse to public funds
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Administration of the Life in the UK Test
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Signed
Mark Harper — Minister of State — 14th March 2013
We consent
Robert Goodwill — David Evennett — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 13th March 2013
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: As required by section 52(5)(a) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13).
[^f00002]: 2006 c. 13.
[^f00003]: S.I. 2011/445; this Order was amended by the Immigration and Nationality (Fees)(Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/249).
[^f00004]: 1971 c. 77.
[^f00005]: 1981 c. 61.
[^f00006]: 1999 c. 33.
[^f00007]: S.I. 2006/1003, amended by the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1547); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
[^f00008]: 2007 c. 30.
[^f00009]: (CETS NO.:035).
[^f00010]: The definition of “entry clearance” in section 33(1) was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) and paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Immigration Act 1988 (c. 14).
[^f00011]: Section 33(1) was extended with modifications to the Bailiwick of Guernsey by the Immigration (Guernsey) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1796), and to the Bailiwick of Jersey by the Immigration (Jersey) Order 1993 (S.I.1993/1797).
[^f00012]: Laid before Parliament on 23rd May 1994 (HC 395).
[^f00013]: S.I. 2012/813.
[^f00014]: 2006 c. 46.
[^f00015]: 2011 c. 25.
[^f00016]: 2008 c. 12.
[^f00017]: S.I. 2008/3048.
[^f00018]: Section 94(1) was amended by section 60(2) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) and article 6 of, and paragraph 180 of Schedule 3 to, the Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order (S.I. 2008/2833).
[^f00019]: Regulation 3 was amended by regulation 6 of the Immigration (Biometric Registration)(Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/594).
[^f00020]: 2002 c. 41.
[^f00021]: 1997 c. 68; section 2 was amended by section 114 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and section 14 of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to, the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
[^f00022]: Regulation 3 was amended by regulation 4 of the Immigration (Biometric Registration)(Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/594).
[^f00023]: Regulation 19(1)(a) was amended by regulation 8 of the Immigration (Biometric Registration)(Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/819)
[^f00024]: S.I. 1982/1070.
[^f00025]: Section 1(3) was amended by section 42(1) and (3) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11).
[^f00026]: Section 1(3A) was inserted by section 42(1) and (4) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.
[^f00027]: Section 3(2) was amended by section 5 of, and paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8) and section 43(1) and (2) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.
[^f00028]: Section 3(5) was amended by section 5 of, and paragraph 3(1) and (4) of Schedule 1 to, the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
[^f00029]: Section 4A was inserted by section 4 of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
[^f00030]: Section 4B was inserted by section 12 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) and was amended by section 44(1), (2), (3), and (4) of, and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.
[^f00031]: Section 4D was inserted by section 46 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.
[^f00032]: Section 10(1) was amended by Schedule 9 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
[^f00033]: Section 10(2) was amended by section 5 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and by section 261 of, and paragraph 73 of Schedule 27 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33).
[^f00034]: Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 and section 8 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
[^f00035]: Paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
[^f00036]: 1997 c. 20; section 1 was amended by section 2(3) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 and s.47(3) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.
[^f00037]: Section 24 was amended by section 2(2) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
[^f00038]: Section 15(3) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
[^f00039]: Section 15(4) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
[^f00040]: Section 17(1) was amended by section 2(2) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
[^f00041]: Section 17(2) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
[^f00042]: Section 17(5) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
[^f00043]: Section 22(1) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 and Schedule 9 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
[^f00044]: Section 22(2) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, Schedule 9 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, and paragraph 77 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33).
[^f00045]: S.I. 1982/1070; article 7 was amended by section 1(2) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 and paragraph 10(4)(a) and (b) of Schedule 1 to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Consequential Amendments and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1892).
[^f00046]: The definition of “certificate of entitlement” was added by section 10(5)(b) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41).
[^f00047]: S.I. 1982/1070.
[^f00048]: 1997 c. 20.
[^f00049]: Section 42 was substituted by section 3 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41).
[^f00050]: 1968 c. 18.
[^f00051]: Schedule 3 was amended by article 1(2) and 3 of the British Nationality (Brunei) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1699), section 8 of the Brunei and Maldives Act 1985 (c. 3), article 2 of the British Nationality (Pakistan) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1331), article 2 of the British Nationality (Namibia) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1502), article 2 of the British Nationality (Cameroon and Mozambique) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3161), article 2 of the British Nationality (South Africa) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1634), and article 2 of the British Nationality (Rwanda) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/246).
[^f00052]: The definition of “British Overseas Territory” in section 50(1) was added by section 1(1)(a) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8).
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