Consular Fees
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DESCRIPTION |
FEE (£) |
FEE (COP $) |
| 1. 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— (i) Standard Service . . . . . . . . . . |
28,00 | 94.000 |
| (ii) Premium Service . . . . . . . . . . | 69,00 | 232.000 |
| 2. Obtaining a legalisation or other certification from another authority upon any document (in addition to other direct costs, if any) . . |
45,00 | 151.000 |
| 3. Preparing any certificate, declaration or document not listed elsewhere in this Schedule— (a) in standard form, for every copy . . . . . . . . |
36,00 | 121.000 |
| (b) not in standard form, for every 100 words— (i) in English . . . . . . . . . . |
45,00 | 151.000 |
| (ii) in any other language . . . . . . . . | 71,00 | 238.000 |
| 4. 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 the Government of any other Commonwealth country |
17,00 | 57.000 |
| 5. Administering an oath or attesting the signature on a declaration or affirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . except where— (a) the oath, declaration or affirmation is made under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(a) or in connection with the loss of a passport, or (b) fee 16, 17, 27, 28, 29, 32,38, 44 or 45 is to be taken |
53,00 | 178.000 |
| 6. Supplying witnesses, for each witness . . . . . . . . | 21,00 | 71.000 |
| 7. Initialling alterations in any document not prepared by the consular officer or marking exhibits, for each initialling or marking . . . . |
11,00 | 37.000 |
| 8. Making or verifying (including certifying where necessary) a copy of a document— (a) in typescript, for each page . . . . . . |
36,00 | 121.000 |
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(b) reproduced by electronic means outside the consular premises, for each page . . . . . . |
36,00 | 121.000 |
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(c) reproduced by electronic means within the consular premises, for each page (with a minimum charge of £25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
5,00 | 17.000 |
| 10. Affixing a photograph to a document not prepared by the consular officer, and if necessary, certifying it (except where fee 16 or 17 is applicable) . . . . . . . . |
21,00 |
71.000 |
| 11. Supplying certified copies of documents which form part of the records of a court which is, or was formerly, established under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts 1890(b) and 1913(c)— for each page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
63,00 | 212.000 |
| 12. Making or verifying (including certifying where necessary) a written translation, for every 100 words or characters written in the foreign language (except where fee 31, 32 or 47 is to be taken)— (a) from or into Amharic, Chinese, Japanese or Korean (three Japanese kana being counted as one character when used independently) . . . . . . . . |
71,00 | 238.000 |
| (b) from or into any other language . . . . . . | 45,00 | 151 .000 |
| 13. Translating and interpreting viva voce except when performing official duties, for every 15 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . |
32,00 | 108.000 |
| 14. Administering an application made abroad, including applications for replacing an expired passport, replacing a passport of restricted validity with a new passport of full validity, issuing a new passport with amended personal details and replacing a lost or stolen passport and, if the application is successful, providing a 32 page passport— (a) where the applicant is aged 16 years or over . . . . |
124,00 | 418.000 |
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(b) where the applicant is under 16 years old (for a passport valid for 5 years) . . . . |
79,00 | 267.000 |
| 15. Administering an application made abroad, including applications for replacing an expired passport, replacing a passport of restricted validity with a new passport of full validity, issuing a new passport with amended personal details and replacing a lost or stolen passport and, if the application is successful, providing a 48 page passport . . . . . . . . . . . . |
150,00 | 505.000 |
| 16. Administering an application made abroad and, if the application is successful providing an Emergency Passport (or other document not otherwise provided for in lieu of a passport) . . . . |
69,00 | 232.000 |
| 17. Administering an application made abroad and, if the application is successful providing a Temporary Passport valid for not more than one year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
89,00 | 299.000 |
| 18. Administering an application made abroad and, if the application is successful providing an Emergency Travel Document . . . . . . . . |
89,00 | 299.000 |
| 29. Receiving notice of an intended marriage, civil partnership or overseas relationship . . . . . . . . . . |
63,00 | 212.000 |
| 30. Solemnising or attending a marriage under the Foreign Marriage Acts 1892(d) and 1947(e): administering oaths to the parties and registering the marriage . . . . . . . . . . |
134,00 | 449.000 |
| 31. Registering a civil partnership under the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005(f) . . . . |
134,00 | 449.000 |
| 32. Issuing in English or in the local language a certificate that no impediment to an intended marriage or civil partnership has been shown to exist or issuing a "certificate de coutume" for an intended marriage or intended overseas relationship in accordance with local law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
63,00 | 212.000 |
| 33. Forwarding a record of a marriage under the local law to the appropriate Registrar General in accordance with the Foreign Marriage Order 1970(g), including the provision of any necessary certification . . . . . . . . . . |
36,00 | 121.000 |
| 34. Forwarding a record of an overseas relationship to the appropriate Registrar General in accordance with the Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005(h), including the provision of any necessary certification . . . . . . . . |
36,00 | 121.000 |
| 35. Registering a birth or death (in addition to fee 35 where applicable) . . . . . . . . |
98,00 | 329.000 |
| 36. Making an addition to or correction in the consular register of births, deaths, marriages or civil partnerships at the request of the parties concerned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
36,00 | 121.000 |
| 37. Issuing a certified copy of an entry in the consular register of births, deaths, marriages or civil partnerships (in addition to fee 36 or fee 33 where applicable) . . . . . . . . . . |
63,00 | 212.000 |
| 38. Making a search in (in addition to fee 2(a) and 35 where applicable)— (a) the consular registers of births, deaths, marriages or civil partnerships where the number or date of entry is not provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
63,00 | 212.000 |
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(b) the records of the Identity and Passport Service where the request originates in the United Kingdom . . . . . . |
15,00 | 51.000 |
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(c) any other records or archives of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . |
109,00 | 366.000 |
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(d) naturalisation or registration records kept by a consular officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
76,00 | 255.000 |
| 39. Having a search made for, or attempting to obtain copies of, or both, entries in the local registers or records of local authorities responsible for births, marriages or overseas relationships or for any other document, irrespective of whether an entry or record or any other document is found or obtained after a period of 18 months (in addition to direct costs exceeding £5.00 if any) . . . . |
128,00 | 429.000 |
| 40. Administering an oath of British Citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1981(i) at a citizenship ceremony . . . . . . |
80,00 | 268.000 |
| 41. Preparing or forwarding, or both, an application for registration or naturalisation to the Home Office . . . . . . |
63,00 | 212.000 |
| 42. Preparing or forwarding, or both, any other application requested by any Department of Her Majesty’s Government . . . . . . |
63,00 | 212.000 |
| However, where a local lawyer is employed and consular officer’s actions are nominal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
81,00 | 272.000 |
| 45. Attending (except in connection with trade and investment enquiries) for each hour or part hour. The time taken will include reasonable travelling time from the consular premises and return or out of office hours to the consular or other premises and return— (a) at the consular premises or elsewhere during office hours except when attending to supervise an examination for two or more persons sitting examinations at the same time when the fee may be apportioned between them . . . . . . |
128,00 | 429.000 |
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(b) at the consular premises or elsewhere outside office hours up to a maximum in any 24 hour period for each consular officer of. . . . . . . . . . . . . |
128,00 | 429.000 |
| up to a maximum in any 24 hour period for each consular officer of | 922,00 | 3.08.900.000 |
| 46. Presiding at the taking of evidence under a commission or order from a Court, including any action by the consular officer as examiner— (a) for up to two hours on the first day . . . . . . |
255,00 | 855.000 |
| (b) for each additional hour or part hour . . . . . . | 128,00 | 429.000 |
| 47. Providing evidence of service or attempted service (in addition to fee 43 or 46) . . . . . . |
128,00 | 429.000 |
| 48. 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 part hour . . . . . . . . . . |
128,00 | 429.000 |
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(b) to affect or endeavour to affect service of a document, for each hour or part hour outside the consular premises— during office hours . . . . . . |
128,00 | 429.000 |
| outside office hours . . . . . . | 160,00 | 536.000 |
| 49. 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 . . . . |
128,00 | 429.000 |
These timings are for applications and requests, which are correctly made and supported by the necessary documentation. We can tell you what is required.
Payments should be made ONLY in Colombian pesos (cash).
For those calling at the Consulate requiring consular assistance our target is to attend to you within 15 minutes of arrival at the Consulate, failing which, to offer you an appointment for a later date.
Last updated 22 October 2009
