- if applying in person at our offices in Portugal. Our preferred form of payment is Mastercard or Visa credit card. Please note we do not accept Maestro or Solo. We do not accept postal orders, cheques, cheque visado, or GBP Sterling.
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if applying by post. You can pay using Mastercard and Visa credit card by printing a credit card payment form filling in your card details as instructed on the form, and enclosing this with your correspondence by post. Do not send your actual credit card. Please ensure you have sufficient funds available to pay using your credit card failing this, your application will be returned.
Visa Electron debit cards issued by Portuguese banks cannot be used for postal transactions. These cards use the "chip and pin" system. Portuguese banks do not offer the facility for remote transactions, including postal and telephone payments.
From 01/10/09
£1= €1.15
Standard certificate
€ 41
* The Home Office registration fees are paid in Euros at the corporate consular rate of exchange in force on the day the application is lodged.
- Change in fees for naturalisation and registration as a British national. On 06 April 2009 the cost of applying for naturalisation and registration as a British National increased.
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Why have the fees changed? The Government is currently implementing a major reform of the immigration system, including:
- fingerprint checks before people come to the United Kingdom
- a strong new force at the border
- counting people in and out of the United Kingdom
- introducing identity cards for foreign nationals.
Fees for our most commonly used services are shown in the table below. Our preferred form of payment is Mastercard or Visa credit card