LegalizeThe Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2016
Made: 23rd February 2016
Laid before Parliament: 26th February 2016
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
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Citation, commencement and extent
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Interpretation
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Fees for applications, processes and services in connection with immigration and nationality
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Rate of Exchange
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Consequences of failing to pay the specified fee
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Payments for in person applications
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Revocation and saving
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SCHEDULE 1 — APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER AND LEAVE TO ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM
Interpretation
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Fees for, and in connection with, applications for entry clearance to enter and leave to enter the United Kingdom
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Applications by dependants
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Applications by CESC Nationals
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SCHEDULE 2 — APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Interpretation
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Fees for, and in connection with, applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom
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Applications by dependants
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Applications made by CESC Nationals
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Multiple applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom
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SCHEDULE 3 — DOCUMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION
Interpretation
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Fees for documents
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Waiver in respect of the fee listed at 12.2.4
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SCHEDULE 4 — SPONSORSHIP
Interpretation
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Fees for applications for sponsor licences, certificates of sponsorship, confirmations of acceptance for studies and for premium services for sponsors
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Fees for other applications in connection with sponsorship
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SCHEDULE 5 — CONSULAR FUNCTIONS
Interpretation
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Fees for the exercise of consular functions in connection with immigration and nationality
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Charges for travel time when services are provided away from consular premises.
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Discretion to waive fees for the services of consular officers or employees
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SCHEDULE 6 — PREMIUM SERVICES (IN THE UNITED KINGDOM)
Interpretation
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Fees for the provision of certain premium services in the United Kingdom, including the expedition of immigration or nationality applications
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Waiver or reduction of fees specified in Table 17
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SCHEDULE 7 — PREMIUM SERVICES (OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM)
Interpretation
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Fees for the submission and processing of immigration and nationality applications outside the United Kingdom, together with fees for connected services
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Waiver or reduction in respect of the fees listed in Table 18
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SCHEDULE 8 — NATIONALITY
Interpretation
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Fees for applications relating to nationality
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Multiple declarations of 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 9 — APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE TO ENTER THE ISLE OF MAN
Interpretation
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Fees for, and in connection with, applications for entry clearance to enter the Isle of Man
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Applications by dependants
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Applications by CESC Nationals
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SCHEDULE 10 — MISCELLANEOUS FEES
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Fee for the administration of the Life in the UK Test
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Fee for the process of administrative review, together with provision for exemption from, and waiver or reduction of, that fee
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Signed
James Brokenshire — Minister of State — Home Office — 22nd February 2016
We consent
George Hollingbery — Charlie Elphicke — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 23rd February 2016
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: In pursuance of section 69(1) of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22).
[^f00002]: 2014 c. 22.
[^f00003]: S.I. 2016/177.
[^f00004]: 1971 c. 77.
[^f00005]: 1981 c. 61.
[^f00006]: S.I. 1982/1070, as amended by sections 1(2) and 2(3) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), S.I. 1983/1699 and S.I. 2009/1892.
[^f00007]: 1999 c. 33.
[^f00008]: 2002 c. 41.
[^f00009]: 2007 c. 30.
[^f00010]: S.I. 2008/3048, as amended by S.I. 2009/819, S.I. 2012/594 and S.I. 2015/433.
[^f00011]: S.I. 2016/177.
[^f00012]: Laid before Parliament on 23rd May 1994 (HC 395).
[^f00013]: 1981 c. 61; section 6(2) was amended by section 40(1) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11) (the “2009 Act”) and section 261(1) of, and paragraph 72 of Schedule 27 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (the “2004 Act”).
[^f00014]: Section 18(1) was amended by section 2(2)(b) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8) (the “2002 Act”) and section 18(2) was amended by section 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act and section 261(1) of, and paragraph 76 of Schedule 27 to, the 2004 Act.
[^f00015]: Section 1(3) was amended by section 42(1) and (3) of the 2009 Act; section 1(3A) was inserted by section 42(1) and (4) of the 2009 Act; section 3(2) was amended by section 5 of, and paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the 2002 Act and section 43(1) and (2) of the 2009 Act; section 1(4) was amended by section 42(1) and (5) of the 2009 Act; section 3(5) was amended by section 5 of, and paragraph 3(1) and (4) of Schedule 1 to, the 2002 Act; section 4A was inserted by section 4 of the 2002 Act; 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, section 56 and Part 2 of the Schedule to, the 2009 Act; section 4D was inserted by section 46 of the 2009 Act; section 4F was inserted by section 65 of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22); section 10(1) was amended by sections 5(a) and 161 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; section 10(2) was amended by sections 5(a) and 161 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and by section 261(1) of, and paragraph 73 of Schedule 27 to, the 2004 Act; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 1(1)(b) of the 2002 Act, and sections 8 and 161 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act.
[^f00016]: 1997 c. 20; section 1 was amended by section 2(3) of the 2002 Act and section 47(3) of the 2009 Act.
[^f00017]: Paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the 1981 Act was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act.
[^f00018]: Sections 15(3) and (4), 17(2) and (5) were amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act; section 22(1) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act, and section 161 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; section 22(2) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act, Schedule 9 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, and section 261(1) of, and paragraph 77 of Schedule 27 to, the 2004 Act; and section 24 was amended by section 2(2) of the 2002 Act.
[^f00019]: S.I. 1982/1070; article 7 was amended by section 1(2) of the 2002 Act and paragraph 10(4)(a) and (b) of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2009/1892.
[^f00020]: S.I. 1995/755 (N.1.2), as amended by S.I. 1995/756.
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