<?xml version="1.0"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2026-03-30" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-03-30" lims:current-date="2026-03-31" lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561478" lims:id="1561478" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SI" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561479" lims:id="1561479"><InstrumentNumber>SI/2026-11</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2026</YYYY><MM>4</MM><DD>8</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2026</YYYY><MM>4</MM><DD>1</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561480" lims:id="1561480"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-11">FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561481" lims:id="1561481">Fees Paid or Payable for the Processing of an Application for Permanent Resident Status (Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations) Remission Order, No. 2</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>2026-299</OrderNumber><Date><YYYY>2026</YYYY><MM>3</MM><DD>30</DD></Date></RegulationMakerOrder></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561482" lims:id="1561482"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561483" lims:id="1561483" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, considering that the collection of certain fees is unreasonable, on the recommendation of the Treasury Board and the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="regulation" link="SI-2026-11">Fees Paid or Payable for the Processing of an Application for Permanent Resident Status (Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations) Remission Order, No. 2</XRefExternal> under subsection 23(2.1)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5835-1-E_hq_1758656794">a</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-11">Financial Administration Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5835-1-E_hq_1758656801">b</FootnoteRef>.</Text><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5835-1-E_hq_1758656794" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 7(2)</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5835-1-E_hq_1758656801" placement="page" status="official"><Label>b</Label><Text>R.S., c. F-11</Text></Footnote></Provision></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561484" lims:id="1561484"><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561485" lims:id="1561485"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561486" lims:id="1561486">Definition of <DefinitionRef>principal applicant</DefinitionRef></MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Text>In this Order, <DefinedTermEn>principal applicant</DefinedTermEn> means a foreign national who has made an application under a public policy for permanent resident status for themselves and, if applicable, any accompanying family member.</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561487" lims:id="1561487"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561488" lims:id="1561488">Remission</MarginalNote><Label>2</Label><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561489" lims:id="1561489"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>Subject to subsection (2), remission is granted to a principal applicant or a family member of the principal applicant of the fees paid or payable under section 307 of the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2002-227">Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations</XRefExternal> for the processing of an application made under subsection 25(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="act" link="I-2.5">Immigration and Refugee Protection Act</XRefExternal>.</Text></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561490" lims:id="1561490"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561491" lims:id="1561491">Conditions</MarginalNote><Label>(2)</Label><Text>Remission is granted on condition that</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561492" lims:id="1561492"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>the principal applicant made an application for permanent resident status under</Text><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561493" lims:id="1561493"><Label>(i)</Label><Text>the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="other">Temporary public policy for out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area</XRefExternal>, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on July 4, 2019,</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561494" lims:id="1561494"><Label>(ii)</Label><Text>the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="other">Updated: Temporary public policy to further facilitate access to permanent resident status for out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)</XRefExternal>, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on May 24, 2021,</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561495" lims:id="1561495"><Label>(iii)</Label><Text>the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="other">Subsequent temporary public policy to continue to facilitate access to permanent resident status for out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)</XRefExternal>, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on December 22, 2022,</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561496" lims:id="1561496"><Label>(iv)</Label><Text>the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="other">Subsequent temporary public policy to continue to facilitate access to permanent resident status for out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) – Extension</XRefExternal>, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on December 18, 2023,</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561497" lims:id="1561497"><Label>(v)</Label><Text>the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="other">Subsequent temporary public policy to continue to facilitate access to permanent resident status for out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) – Second extension</XRefExternal>, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on June 28, 2024,</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561498" lims:id="1561498"><Label>(vi)</Label><Text>the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="other">Temporary public policy to grant permanent residence to certain foreign nationals selected by Quebec working in the health care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic</XRefExternal>, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on November 23, 2020, or</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561499" lims:id="1561499"><Label>(vii)</Label><Text>the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="other">Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for certain refugee claimants working in the health care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic</XRefExternal>, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on November 23, 2020;</Text></Subparagraph></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561500" lims:id="1561500"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>the principal applicant or, if applicable, the family member of the principal applicant did not meet the conditions set out in the public policy under which the application was made; and</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1561501" lims:id="1561501"><Label>(c)</Label><Text>the principal applicant or, if applicable, the family member of the principal applicant made a request under subsection 25(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="act" link="I-2.5">Immigration and Refugee Protection Act</XRefExternal>.</Text></Paragraph></Subsection></Section></Body></Regulation>