Fees Paid or Payable for the Processing of an Application for Permanent Resident Status (Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations) Remission Order, No. 1 (SI/2026-10)

Marginal note:Definition of principal applicant

1 In this Order, principal applicant means a foreign national who has made an application under a public policy for permanent resident status or a permanent resident visa for themselves and, if applicable, any accompanying family member.

Marginal note:Remission

• 2 (1) 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 Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations for the processing of an application made under subsection 25(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

• Marginal note:Conditions

  (2) Remission is granted on condition that

  • (a) the principal applicant made an application for permanent resident status or a permanent resident visa that was processed under

    • (i) the Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for foreign nationals in Canada, outside of Quebec, with recent Canadian work experience in essential occupations, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on April 12, 2021,

    • (ii) the Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for foreign nationals in Canada, outside of Quebec, with a recent credential from a Canadian post-secondary institution, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on April 12, 2021,

    • (iii) the Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for French-speaking foreign nationals in Canada, outside of Quebec, with recent Canadian work experience in essential occupations, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on April 12, 2021,

    • (iv) the Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for French-speaking foreign nationals in Canada, outside of Quebec, with a recent credential from a Canadian post-secondary institution, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on April 12, 2021,

    • (v) the Temporary public policy for the issuance of permanent resident visas for foreign nationals, who have been refused under the “Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway”, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on April 21, 2022,

    • (vi) the Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for foreign nationals in Canada, outside of Quebec, with a recent credential from a Canadian post-secondary institution who applied in excess of the application intake cap, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on June 28, 2021, or

    • (vii) the Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for foreign nationals in Canada, outside of Quebec, who used an alternative format to apply to the Temporary Pathway to Permanent Residence and whose applications were received in excess of the application intake cap, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on August 9, 2021;

  • (b) 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 processed; and

  • (c) the principal applicant or, if applicable, the family member of the principal applicant made a request under subsection 25(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.