
1 
This Order shall come into force on 1st September 1987 and may be cited as the Consular Fees Order 1987.
2 
In this Order—
(a) “consular officer” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise consular functions, or functions in the United Kingdom which correspond with consular functions, (including persons who are not, as well as persons who are, consular officers);
(b) “consular employee” means any person employed in the administrative or technical service of the consular post or diplomatic mission;
(c) “consular premises” means the buildings or parts of buildings used for the purposes of the consular post or diplomatic mission;
(d) “entry clearance” means a visa, entry certificate, entry permit or other document which, in accordance with the applicable immigration laws or rules, is to be taken as evidence of a person’s eligibility for entry into the United Kingdom, a dependency of the United Kingdom, or any other country or territory, as the case may be (but does not include a work permit).
3 
The several fees set forth in the table in the Schedule annexed to this Order are prescribed to be levied by consular officers and by marriage officers under the Foreign Marriage Act 1892 and the Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906 in the execution of their duties, and the said table shall be construed as part of this Order.
4 
The following Orders are revoked:
 The Consular Fees Order 1983
 The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 1984
 The Consular Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order 1984
 The Consular Fees (Amendment No. 3) Order 1984
 The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 1985
 The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 1986
G.I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
PART I

Fee £
1 Preparing any certificate, declaration or document not otherwise provided for— 
 
(a) in standard form, per copy 15.00
 
(b) not in standard form, per 100 words: 
 
(i) in English 15.00
 
(ii) in any other other language 25.00
2 Preparing or signing, or both, a declaration of existence
 except in connection with pay or pensions payable by a department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or of any other Government within the Commonwealth 15.00
3 
(i) Attesting or legalising a signature or seal
 except where—
(a) the signature or seal is on a certificate or survey of foreign passenger ships running to or from the United Kingdom, or
(b) the signature or seal is on a document required for the deposit or withdrawal of money in or from any British Post Office or other Government Savings Bank, or
(c) the signature or seal is in connection with stocks or bonds on the registers of the Post Office, with Savings Bank Annuities or with annuities granted direct by the National Debt Commissioners 5.00
 
(ii) Administering an oath or receiving a declaration or affirmation
 except where—
(a) the oath, declaration or affirmation is made under the Merchant Shipping Acts or in connection with the loss of a passport, or
(b) fee 21, 26, 27, 29, 38 or 39 is to be taken 10.00
4 Supplying witnesses, for each witness 10.00
5 Initialling alterations in any document not prepared by the consular officer or marking exhibits, for each initialling or marking 1.00
6 Making or verifying (including certifying where necessary) a copy of a document— 
 
(a) in typescript or made by photographic process outside the consular premises, for each page 15.00
 
(b) by photographic process, if the copy is made in the consular premises, for each page (with a minimum charge of £10) 1.00
7 Uniting documents and sealing the fastening (except where fee 39 is applicable),or affixing a photograph to a document not prepared by the consular officer and if necessary certifying it (except where fee 19 is applicable) 5.00
8 Obtaining a legalisation or other certification from another authority upon any document
 in addition to costs, if any 10.00
9 Supplying certified copies of documents forming part of the records of a court which is, or was formerly, established under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts 1890 and 1913—
 for every page 5.00
10 Making or verifying (including certifying where necessary) a translation in writing of a document or part of a document, for each 100 words or characters (or part thereof) in the foreign language— 
 
(a) from or into Amharic, Chinese, Japanese or Korean (three JapaneseKana being counted as one character when used independently) 25.00
 
(b) from or into any other language 15.00
 except where fee 29 or 41 is to be taken 
11 Translating and interpretingviva voce(except when necessary for the performance of official duties)—
 for every 15 minutes 10.00
PART II
12 Issuing a passport of not more than 32 pages
 except where fee 15(a) is applicable 15.00
13 Issuing a passport of 94 pages
 except where fee 15(b) is applicable 30.00
14 Issuing a British Visitor’s passport
 except where fee 15(c) is applicable 7.50
15 Issuing a passport which includes the particulars of a spouse: 
 
(a) a passport of not more than 32 pages 22.50
 
(b) a passport of 94 pages 45.00
 
(c) a British Visitor’s passport 11.25
16 Issuing a collective passport 30.00
17 Amending an existing passport by adding the particulars of a child or children 4.00
18 Amending an existing passport by amending the holder’s name at the request of the holder 3.00
19 Amending an existing passport by adding a fresh photograph or amending the holder’s description, except where the holder was under 16 years of age at the date of issue 3.00
19A Issuing an excursion document for travel to France 2.00
20 
(a) Issuing: 
 
(i) entry clearance (other than for the United Kingdom or a dependency of the United Kingdom) 10.00
 
(ii) entry clearance for a dependency of the United Kingdom when the application was referred to the dependency 5.00
 in addition to Fee 22 
 
(b) Preparing or forwarding, or both, any letter, certificate, declaration or other document which may be required by an authority in any country or territory in connection with an application for or the issue or renewal of an entry clearance (for a country or territory for which the consular officer does not himself have authority to issue entry clearance), a residence permit, identity card or application for registration or naturalisation or forwarding any other certificate or document (except a Home Office travel document) 5.00
21 Issuing and, where required, preparing an Emergency Passport or other document not otherwise provided for in lieu of a passport, or accepting a Declaration of Identity on which a visa is to be granted and issuing a certificate on such declaration describing the applicant 5.00
22 
(a) Receiving an application outside the United Kingdom for an entry clearance, certificate of entitlement to the right of abode or, if the application is granted, a confirmation of the right of abode 50.00
 unless 
 
(b) the applicant seeks entry clearance for employment or self-employment for a period of six months or less, or as a returning resident, visitor, student, passenger in transit, “au pair” or for a working holiday, in which case, if the application is granted, the fee is 20.00
 or, for multiple entries 40.00
 or such sums, (being the equivalent of fees charged by the authorities of any State for receiving or granting an application for an entry clearance to a British citizen), as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, directs to be taken for receiving or granting an application for an entry clearance from a national or citizen of that State 
23 Renewing a Travel Certificate, a certificate of identity or other travel document on behalf of a Commonwealth country or of a dependency of a Commonwealth country
 except where fee 25 is to be taken 10.00
24 Renewing a Travel Certificate, a certificate of identity or other travel document on behalf of a dependency of the United Kingdom
 except where fee 25 is to be taken 10.00
25 Revalidating or renewing a Seaman’s Certificate of Nationality and Identity or a Seaman’s Identity Book
 in addition to fee 20 where applicable 5.00

PART III
26 Receiving notice of an intended marriage 15.00
27 Solemnising or attending a marriage under the Foreign Marriage Acts 1892 to 1947, administering oaths to the parties and registering the marriage 40.00
28 Issuing in English or in the local language a certificate that no impediment to an intended marriage has been shown to exist 15.00
29 Transmitting a record of a marriage under the local law to the appropriate Registrar General in accordance with Article 7(1) of the Foreign Marriage Order 1970, including the provision of any necessary certification 20.00
30 Issuing a “certificate de coutume” for an intended marriage in accordance with the local law 15.00
31 Registering a birth or death 15.00
32 Making an addition to or correction in the consular register of births, deaths or mar s at the request of the parties concerned 15.00
33 Furnishing a certified copy of an entry in the consular register of births, deaths or marriages 10.00
 in addition to fee 34 where applicable 
PART IV
34 Making a search in— 
 
(a) the consular registers of births, deaths or marriages where the number or date of entry is not provided 10.00
 
(b) any other records or archives of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom 15.00
 in addition to fee 33 where applicable 
35 Having a search made for, or obtaining copies of, or both, entries in the local registers or records not kept by a consular officer— 
 for an entry in a local register of births, deaths or marriages 20.00
 for any other document 20.00
 in addition to costs exceeding £1.00
PART V
36 Administering in full or in part, safeguarding, or arranging the transmission of all or part of the personal effects and other estate of a deceased person or proceeds thereof, excepting the wages and personal effects of a seaman and except where the gross current market value is less than £1000, on the amount of the gross current market value 2% rounded upwards to the nearest 10.00
 but with a fee, where a local lawyer is employed and the matters or things to be done by the consular officer are nominal, of 25.00
PART VI
37 Attending (except in connection with commercial enquiries) for each hour or lesser period, including if appropriate the time taken in proceeding from a reasonable point of departure and in returning to a reasonable point— 
 
(a) at the consular premises during customary business hours for the purpose of supervising an examination 10.00
 except that where two or more persons are sitting examinations at the same time the fee may be apportioned between them 
 
(b) during customary business hours but elsewhere than at the consular premises 35.00
 
(c) outside customary business hours— 
 at the consular premises or residence 40.00
 elsewhere 65.00
 with— 
 
(i) a maximum in any one period of 24 hours of 200.00
 
(ii) an increase of one-half where the consular officer is accompanied away from the consular premises by another consular officer or a consular employee with a maximum in this event of 300.00
PART VII
38 Presiding at the taking of evidence under a commission or order from a Court, including any matter or thing done by the consular officer as examiner— 
 
(a) for the first two hours or less on the first day 100.00
 
(b) for the first two hours or less on each subsequent day 65.00
 
(c) for each additional hour on any day 35.00
39 Providing evidence of service or attempted service
 in addition to fee 37 or 40 25.00

40 Providing the services of a consular officer or consular employee— 
 
(a) to assist the consular officer in the taking of evidence under a commission or order from a Court, for each such person— 
 
 for each sitting of two hours or less 25.00
 
 for each additional hour at each sitting 10.00
 
(b) to effect or endeavour to effect service of a document, for each hour or shorter period elsewhere than at the consular premises— 

 during customary business hours 25.00
 
 outside customary business hours 40.00
41 Forwarding a request to a local authority for the taking of evidence or theservice of a document and, where necessary, certifying the accuracy of a translation accompanying the document 25.00
PART VIII
42 Arranging the repatriation of a person or a group of persons of the same family and travelling together 30.00
43 Advancing currency to a traveller on payment of a sterling cheque or against the deposit elsewhere of funds with or to the order of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom 15.00
 in addition to fee 37 where applicable 
PART IX
44 Receiving or recording a declaration under Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 with a view to the registry, transfer and transmission of ships, interests in ships, or mortgages of ships 30.00
45 Endorsing a memorandum of change of master upon the certificate of registry and initialling, where required, the new master’s signature on the agreement with the crew 15.00
46 Granting a provisional certificate of registry 70.00
 in addition to fee 44 where applicable 
47 Recording a mortgage of a ship or of shares in a ship 70.00
48 Recording the transfer of a mortgage of a ship or of shares in a ship 70.00
49 Recording the discharge of a mortgage of a ship or of shares in a ship 70.00
50 Making an interposition in the sale of a ship or of shares in a ship 70.00
51 Receiving a return of the birth or death of any person on board a ship and endorsing the agreement with the crew accordingly 10.00
52 Certifying a form of claim for wages and other matters, if any, of a deceased seaman or apprentice 15.00
53 Examining or arranging for the examination of provisions or water, payable by the party who proves to be in default 35.00
 in addition to the cost, if any, of survey 
54 Preparing and attesting a salvage bond executed in pursuance of section 560(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, payable by the master or owner of the property salved 150.00
55 Noting a marine protest and furnishing one certified copy if required 25.00
 for every further copy 15.00
56 Extending a marine protest, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy if required— 
 
 for any number of words up to 200, excluding the declaratory clause 70.00
 
 for every subsequent 100 words or less 15.00
 in addition to fees 1 and 3 where applicable 
57 Filing a request for survey and issuing an order of survey 35.00
58 Receiving a report of a survey, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy, if required, of the request, order and report of survey— 
 
 for any number of words up to 200, excluding the words in the consular certificate 70.00
 
 for every subsequent 100 words or less 15.00
59 Issuing a bill of health 25.00
60 Addressing at the request of the master an application to local authorities forthe arrest, imprisonment or release of seamen or apprentices—
 for each seaman or apprentice 25.00
61 Granting such certificate as to the number of the crew and other matters as may be required by local authorities for the clearance inwards and outwards of a ship 25.00
 in addition to fee 72 or 65 where applicable 
62 Drawing up, in the form and language required by local authorities, a muster-roll or detailed list giving the names and other details of each member of the crew 15.00
 in addition to fee 61 unless a certificate in the form of a muster-roll or list is required for the clearance of the vessel 
63 Signing and, if required, sealing the original of a ship’s manifest and signingany copies on the same occasion 20.00
64 Signing and, if required, sealing any entry in the official log-book of a ship where such entry is not required under the Merchant Shipping Acts 15.00
65 Inspecting a ship’s papers when required to enable a consular officer to do any matter or thing in respect of a ship 15.00
 
 except where—
(a) the papers are already in the custody of the consular officer and fee 72 has been taken, or
(b) the master opens a new agreement at the consular premises 
66 Inspecting the marking of a ship, irrespective of the number of visits 15.00
 in addition to fee 37 
67 Making a request for survey and arranging for the issue of a certificate in accordance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 15.00
The following fees are to be levied only in respect of British ships not registered in the United Kingdom:—
68 Sanctioning the engagement of seamen— 
 for each seaman 10.00
 
 with—
(a) a maximum where a crew or part of a crew transfer from one British ship to another, or
(b) a maximum in respect of each ship where crews or parts of crews transfer between British ships, 
 of 150.00
 in addition to fee 73 or 65 where applicable 
69 Attesting alterations in the agreement with the crew— 

 for each alteration in respect of each seaman concerned 10.00
 
 with a maximum on each separate occasion of 150.00
70 Sanctioning the discharge of seamen or leaving behind of seamen and apprentices— 
 
 for each seaman or apprentice 10.00
 
 with—
(a) a maximum where a crew or part of a crew transfer from one British ship to another, or
(b) a maximum in respect of each ship where crews or parts of crews transfer between British ships, 
 of 150.00
 
 except where an apprentice—
(a) is transferred whilst overseas from one ship to another, or
(b) having come to the end of his indentures, signs on as a seamanin addition to fee 65 where applicable 
71 Certifying desertions of seamen and apprentices—
 for each seaman or apprentice 10.00
72 Taking custody of a ship’s papers, and making any necessary endorsements thereon, and giving the certificate required by section 257(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 15.00
73 Preparing a fresh agreement with the crew when a new agreement is opened at a foreign port and furnishing the copy which must be made accessible to the crew— 
 
 for each seaman 10.00
 
 with a minimum of 70.00
 
 and a maximum of 150.00
 in addition to fee 68 