Fee Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status (Certain Colombian, Haitian and Venezuelan Nationals) Remission Order (SI/2025-123)

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, under subsection 23(2.1)Footnote ^a of the Financial Administration ActFootnote ^b, remits the fee paid or payable for the acquisition of permanent resident status under subsection 303(1)Footnote ^c of the Immigration and Refugee Protection RegulationsFootnote ^d to certain Colombian, Haitian and Venezuelan nationals whose applications for permanent residency were approved under

• (a) the Temporary public policy to facilitate the issuance of permanent resident visas to certain Colombian, Haitian and Venezuelan nationals with family in Canada signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on December 4, 2023; or

• (b) a subsequent public policy issued under section 25.2Footnote ^e of the Immigration and Refugee Protection ActFootnote ^f and signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on September 20, 2024.

• Return to footnote ^aS.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 7(2)

• Return to footnote ^bR.S., c. F-11

• Return to footnote ^cSOR/2020-45, s. 3

• Return to footnote ^dSOR/2002-227

• Return to footnote ^eS.C. 2012, c. 17, s. 14

• Return to footnote ^fS.C. 2001, c. 27