Tuesday 11th September 2007
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) provides consular assistance overseas. A consular premium is charged on passports issued in both the UK and overseas to cover the cost of the FCO providing this assistance. In the UK, the income is collected on behalf of the FCO by the Identity and Passport Service (IPS).
The FCO increased all its consular fees including passport fees and the consular premium, in April 2007 by £6 for adults, £1 for children and £8 for jumbo (48 page) passports. This will be added to the price of a UK passport from Thursday 4 October 2007, no further increase has been added by IPS.
