
1994 No. 2793
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
The Consular Fees Order 1994
Made 2nd November 1994
Coming into force 24th November 1994
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of November 1994
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(1) of the Consular Fees Act 1980, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1 
This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees Order 1994 and shall come into force on 24th November 1994.
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).
(e) “replacement passport” means a passport issued in substitution for a valid passport in order to incorporate an addition or amendment thereto.
3 
The fees set forth in the table of fees in the Schedule 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 of fees shall be construed as part of this Order.
4 
The following Orders are hereby revoked—
 The Consular Fees Order 1989
 The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 1989
 The Consular Fees (Amendment) (No 2) Order 1991
 The Consular Fees (Amendment) (No 3) Order 1991
 The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 1992
 The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 1993.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
TABLE OF CONSULAR FEES
PART I NOTARIAL AND KINDRED MATTERS

Fee £

1 
Preparing any certificate, declaration or document not otherwise provided for—
(a) in standard form, per copy 25.00

(b) not in standard form, per 100 words—
(i) in English 25.00

(ii) in any other language 40.00

2 
Preparing or signing, or both, a declaration of existence 25.00
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.

3 

(1) Attesting or legalising a signature or seal 10.00
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.
 Administering an oath or receiving a declaration or affirmation 15.00

(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

4 
Supplying witnesses, for each witness— 15.00

5 
Initialling alterations in any document not prepared by the consular officer or marking exhibits, for each initialling or marking— 2.00

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 25.00

(b) by photographic process, if the copy is made in the consular premises, for each page (with a minimum charge of £10.00) 2.00

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) 10.00

8 
Obtaining a legalisation or other certification from another authority upon any document 25.00
in addition to costs, if any

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 10.00

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 Japanese Kana being counted as one character when used independently) 40.00

(b) from or into any other language 25.00
except where fee 29 or 41 is to be taken

11 
Translating and interpreting viva voce (except where necessary for the performance of official duties)—
 for every 15 minutes 15.00
PART II PASSPORTS, VISAS AND KINDRED MATERIAL

12 
Issuing a passport of not more than 32 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable 18.00

13 
Issuing a passport of 48 pages which includes replacing an expired passport, and issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable 27.00

14 
—
(i) Issuing a British Visitor’s passport except where fee 14(2) is applicable 12.50

(2) Issuing a British Visitor’s passport which includes the particulars of a spouse 18.00

15 
Issuing an excursion document for travel to France 3.00

16 
Issuing a collective passport 40.00

17 
Amending an existing passport by adding the particulars of a child or children 5.00

18 
Amending an existing passport by amending the holder’s name at the request of the holder, or issuing a replacement passport which contains such amendment 5.00

19 
Amending an existing passport by adding a fresh photograph or amending the holder’s description, or issuing a replacement passport which contains such addition or amendment 5.00
except where the holder was under 16 years of age at the date of issue of the existing passport.

20 

(a) Receiving an application for—
(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(1)

(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 or identity card or forwarding any other certificate or document (except a Home Office travel document and applications for registration and naturalisation) 10.00

(c) Preparing or forwarding or both an application for registration or naturalisation to the Home Office 20.00

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 10.00

22 
—
(1) Receiving, outside the United Kingdom, an application for
(a) a visa for passing through the United Kingdom without entering it, where the applicant is under 25 years of age 10.00

(b) a visa for passing through the United Kingdom without entering it, where the applicant is 25 years of age or over 20.00

(c) entry clearance;
(i) in respect of any of the following for employment or self-employment for a period of six months or less, as a returning resident, as a visitor, as a student, as a passenger in transit, except where either sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above applies as an “au pair”, for a working holiday,
valid in each case in accordance with the following specified conditions
for one entry where the applicant is under 25 years of age 10.00
for one entry where the applicant is 25 years of age or over 20.00
for multiple entries, valid for six months from the date of issue 30.00
for multiple entries, valid for two years from the date of issue 40.00
for multiple entries, valid for five years from the date of issue 85.00

(ii) for settlement 80.00

(iii) for marriage 80.00

(iv) for any purpose other than those listed in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) above 60.00

(d) a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode 80.00

(e) a confirmation of the right of abode 80.00
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 15.00
except where fee 25 is to be taken

24 
Renewing a Travel Certificate, a certificate of identity or other travel document on behalf of a dependency of the United Kingdom 15.00
except where fee 25 is to be taken

25 
Revalidating or renewing a Seaman’s Certificate of Nationality and Identity or a Seaman’s Identity Book 10.00
in addition to fee 20 where applicable
PART III MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS

26 
Receiving notice of an intended marriage 30.00

27 
Solemnising or attending a marriage under the Foreign Marriage Acts 1892 to 1947 (as amended), administering oaths to the parties and registering the marriage 60.00

28 
Issuing in English or in the local language a certificate that no impediment to an intended marriage has been shown to exist 30.00

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 40.00

30 
Issuing a “certificat de coutume” for an intended marriage in accordance with the local law 30.00

31 
Registering a birth or death 30.00

32 
Making an addition to or correction in the consular register of births, deaths or marriages at the request of the parties concerned 30.00

33 
Furnishing a certified copy of an entry in the consular register of births, deaths or marriages 15.00
in addition to fee 34 where applicable
PART IV SEARCHES

34 
Making a search in—
(a) the consular registers of births, deaths or marriages where the number or date ofentry is not provided 15.00

(b) any other records or archives of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom 25.00
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 40.00
for any other document 40.00
in addition to costs exceeding £5.00
PART V ESTATES

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 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 45.00
PART VI ATTENDANCES

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 30.00
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 MATTERS RELATING TO LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

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 120.00

(b) for the first two hours or less on each subsequent day 85.00

(c) for each additional hour on any day 35.00

39 
Providing evidence of service or attempted service 45.00
in addition to fee 37 or 40

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 hour or less 30.00

(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 30.00
outside customary business hours 45.00

41 
Forwarding a request to a local authority for the taking of evidence or the service of a document, where necessary, certifying the accuracy of a translation accompanying the document 45.00
PART VIII REPATRIATION AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

42 
Arranging the repatriation of a person or a group of persons of the same family and travelling together 45.00

43 
Arranging for currency to be made available against the 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 25.00
in addition to fee 37 where applicable
PART IX SHIPPING, SEAMEN AND KINDRED MATTERS

44 
Granting or considering whether to grant a provisional certificate of registry—
(a) where the owner is a private individual 100.00

(b) where the owner is a body corporate 230.00

45 
Receiving a return of the birth or death of any person on board a ship and endorsing the agreement with the crew accordingly 25.00

46 
Examining or arranging for the examination of provisions or water, payable by the party who proves to be in default 60.00
in addition to the cost, if any, of survey

47 
Noting a marine protest and furnishing one certified copy if required 45.00
for every further copy 25.00

48 
Extending a marine protest, filing the original and furnishing one certified copy if required—
(a) for any number of words up to 200, excluding the declaratory clause 120.00

(b) for every subsequent 100 words or less 25.00
in addition to fees 1 and 3 where applicable

49 
Making a request, or issuing or arranging for the issue of a document, in connection with a survey of a ship—
(a) for the purposes of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (SOLAS) or of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 as modified by its Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL) 30.00

(b) for any other purpose 120.00
in addition to fee 6 where applicable

50 
Issuing a bill of health 45.00

51 
Preparing or signing, or both, any document, whether required by the Merchant Shipping Acts or by the local authorities, relating to the master or the members of the crew or a ship, to their numbers, names or other details, or to their engagement, discharge, desertion or death 40.00
except where—
(a) fee 45 is taken in addition to fee 37, or
(b) a death inquiry is held under section 61 Merchant Shipping Act 1970

52 
Signing and, if required, sealing any document at the request of the master of the ship 40.00
except where—
(a) this is required under the Merchant Shipping Acts, or
(b) fee 51 is taken

53 
Inspecting—
(a) a ship’s papers when required to enable a consular officer to do any matter or thing in respect of a ship 30.00
except where fee 51 is taken in addition to fee 37
(b) the marking of a ship, irrespective of the number of visits 30.00
in addition to fee 37.