<?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="1564843" lims:id="1564843" 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="1564844" lims:id="1564844"><InstrumentNumber>SI/2026-8</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="1564845" lims:id="1564845"><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="1564846" lims:id="1564846">Fees Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status and for the Processing of a Sponsorship Application for Family Classes (Sudan) Remission Order</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>2026-296</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="1564847" lims:id="1564847"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564848" lims:id="1564848" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, considering that it is in the public interest to do so, 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-2026-8">Fees Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status and for the Processing of a Sponsorship Application for Family Classes (Sudan) Remission Order</XRefExternal> under subsection 23(2.1)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5983_hq_1759344255">a</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-11">Financial Administration Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5983_hq_1759344283">b</FootnoteRef>.</Text><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5983_hq_1759344255" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 7(2)</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5983_hq_1759344283" 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="1564849" lims:id="1564849"><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564850" lims:id="1564850"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564851" lims:id="1564851">Permanent resident status</MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564852" lims:id="1564852"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>Remission is granted, to any foreign national who meets the condition set out in subsection (2), of the fee paid or payable under subsection 303(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2002-227">Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations</XRefExternal> for the acquisition of permanent resident status.</Text></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564853" lims:id="1564853"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564854" lims:id="1564854">Condition</MarginalNote><Label>(2)</Label><Text>The remission is granted on the condition that the foreign national was granted, under one of the following temporary public policies, an exemption from the applicable requirements of the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2002-227">Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations</XRefExternal> for their application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the family class or for permanent residence under the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class:</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564855" lims:id="1564855"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="other">Updated Temporary Public Policy for Family Members Who Fled Conflict in Sudan</XRefExternal>, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on October 27, 2025;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564856" lims:id="1564856"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="other">Updated temporary public policy for family members who fled conflict in Sudan</XRefExternal>, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on December 29, 2025.</Text></Paragraph></Subsection></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564857" lims:id="1564857"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564858" lims:id="1564858">Sponsorship</MarginalNote><Label>2</Label><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564859" lims:id="1564859"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>Remission is granted, to any person who meets the conditions set out in subsection (2), of the fee paid or payable under subsection 304(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2002-227">Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations</XRefExternal> for the processing of a sponsorship application.</Text></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564860" lims:id="1564860"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564861" lims:id="1564861">Conditions</MarginalNote><Label>(2)</Label><Text>The remission is granted on the following conditions:</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564862" lims:id="1564862"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>the person is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada who filed a sponsorship application in respect of a foreign national; and</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564863" lims:id="1564863"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>the foreign national requested, under one of the following temporary public policies, an exemption for the applicable requirements of the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2002-227">Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations</XRefExternal> for their application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the family class or for permanent residence under the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class:</Text><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564864" lims:id="1564864"><Label>(i)</Label><Text>the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="other">Updated Temporary Public Policy for Family Members Who Fled Conflict in Sudan</XRefExternal>, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on October 27, 2025, or</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-03-30" lims:enacted-date="2026-03-30" lims:fid="1564865" lims:id="1564865"><Label>(ii)</Label><Text>the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="other">Updated temporary public policy for family members who fled conflict in Sudan</XRefExternal>, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on December 29, 2025.</Text></Subparagraph></Paragraph></Subsection></Section></Body></Regulation>