
1995 No. 1617
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
The Consular Fees Order 1995
Made 28th June 1995
Coming into force 20th July 1995
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of June 1995
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 1995 and shall come into force on 20th July 1995.
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 in the administrative or technical service of the consular post or diplomatic mission;
(c) “consular premises” means the building 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 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 shall be construed as part of this Order.
4 
The following Orders are hereby revoked—
 The Consular Fees Order 1994
 The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 1994.
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 sealexcept 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 10.00

(2) Administering an oath or receiving a declaration or affirmationexcept 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 20, 25, 26, 28, 37 or 38 is to be taken 25.00

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 4.00

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 £15.00) 3.00

7 
Uniting documents and sealing the fastening (except where fee 38 is applicable), or affixing a photograph to a document not prepared by the consular officer and if necessary certifying it (except where fee 18 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 20.00

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 28 or 40 is to be taken 

11 
Translating and interpreting viva voce (except where necessary for the performance of official duties)—
for every 15 minutes 18.00
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 
—
(1) Issuing a British Visitor’s passport except where fee 14(2) is applicable 12.00

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

15 
Issuing a collective passport 40.00

16 
Amending an existing passport by adding the particulars of a child or children 5.00

17 
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

18 
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

19 

(1) Receiving an application for— 

(a) entry clearance (other than for the United Kingdom or a dependency of the United Kingdom) 20.00

(b) entry clearance for a dependency of the United Kingdom 20.00

(2) 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) 20.00

(3) Preparing or forwarding, or both, an application for registration or naturalisation to the Home Office 30.00

20 
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

21 

(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 12.50

(b) a visa for passing through the United Kingdom without entering it, where the applicant is 25 years of age or over 25.00

(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 16.50

 for one entry where the applicant is 25 years of age or over 33.00

 for multiple entries, valid for six months from the date of issue 45.00

 for multiple entries, valid for one year from the date of issue 55.00

 for multiple entries, valid for two years from the date of issue 65.00

 for multiple entries, valid for five years from the date of issue 130.00

(ii) for settlement 145.00

(iii) for marriage 145.00

(iv) for any purpose other than those listed in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) above 50.00

(d) a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode 145.00

(e) a confirmation of the right of abode 145.00
or such sums (being the equivalent of fees charged by the authorities or 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

(2) Receiving in the United Kingdom an application made in the United Kingdom for a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode 20.00

22 
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 25.00
except where fee 24 is to be taken 

23 
Renewing a Travel Certificate, a certificate of identity or other travel document on behalf of a dependency of the United Kingdom 25.00
except where fee 24 is to be taken 

24 
Revalidating or renewing a Seaman’s Certificate of Nationality and Identity or a Seaman’s Identity Book 20.00
in addition to fee 19 where applicable 
PART III MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS

25 
Receiving notice of an intended marriage 35.00

26 
Solemnising or attending a marriage under the Foreign Marriage Acts 1892 to 1947 (as amended), administering oaths to the parties and registering the marriage 70.00

27 
Issuing in English or in the local language a certificate that no impediment to an intended marriage has been shown to exist 35.00

28 
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

29 
Issuing a “certificat de coutume” for an intended marriage in accordance with the local law 35.00

30 
Registering a birth or death 45.00

31 
Making an addition to or correction in the consular register of births, deaths or marriages at the request of the parties concerned 30.00

32 
Furnishing a certified copy of an entry in the consular register of births, deaths or marriages 25.00
in addition to fee 33 where applicable 
PART IV SEARCHES

33 
Making a search in— 

(a) the consular registers of births, deaths or marriages where the number or date of entry is not provided 25.00

(b) any other records or archives of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom 40.00
in addition to fee 32 where applicable 

34 
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 or for any other document 60.00
in addition to costs exceeding £5.00 
PART V ESTATES

35 
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 £1,000, 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

36 
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 or elsewhere during customary business hoursexcept that where the attendance is for the purpose of supervising an examination and two or more persons are sitting examinations at the same time the fee may be apportioned between them; 50.00

(b) at the consular premises or elsewhere outside customary business hours 65.00
with a maximum in any one period of 24 hours for each consular officer of 400.00
PART VII MATTERS RELATING TO LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

37 
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 each additional hour or less 50.00

38 
Providing evidence of service or attempted service 65.00
in addition to fee 36 or 39 

39 
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 50.00

(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 50.00

 outside customary business hours 65.00

40 
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 60.00
PART VIII REPATRIATION AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

41 
Arranging the repatriation of a person or a group of persons of the same family and travelling together 60.00

42 
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 30.00
in addition to fee 36 where applicable 
PART IX SHIPPING, SEAMEN AND KINDRED MATTERS

43 
Granting or considering whether to grant a provisional certificate of registry, whether the owner is a private individual or body corporate 200.00

44 
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

45 
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 

46 
Noting a marine protest and furnishing one certified copy if required 45.00
for every further copy 25.00

47 
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 

48 
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) 35.00

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

49 
Issuing a bill of health 45.00

50 
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 of a ship, to their numbers, names or other details, or to their engagement, discharge, desertion or death
except where—
(a) fee 44 is taken in addition to fee 36, or
(b) a death inquiry is held under section 61 Merchant Shipping Act 1970  40.00

51 
Signing and, if required, sealing any documents at the request of the master of the ship
except where—
(a) this is required under the Merchant Shipping Acts, or
(b) fee 50 is taken 40.00

52 
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 50 is taken in addition to fee 36 

(b) the marking of a ship, irrespective of the number of visits 30.00
in addition to fee 36. 