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Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)

Regulations are current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2022-05-20. Previous Versions

PART 19Fees (continued)

DIVISION 5Fees for Other Applications and Services

Sponsorship Application for Family Classes

Marginal note:Fee — $75

  •  (1) A fee of $75 is payable for processing a sponsorship application under Part 7.

  • Marginal note:Payment

    (2) The fee referred to in subsection (1) is payable at the time the application is filed.

Extension of Authorization to Remain in Canada as a Temporary Resident

Marginal note:Fee — $100

  •  (1) A fee of $100 is payable for processing an application under subsection 181(1).

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (2) The following persons are not required to pay the fee referred to in subsection (1):

    • (a) a person who makes an application for a work permit or a study permit at the same time as they make the application referred to in subsection (1);

    • (b) a person who has made a claim for refugee protection that has not yet been determined by the Refugee Protection Division;

    • (c) a person on whom refugee protection has been conferred;

    • (d) a person who is a member of the Convention refugees abroad class or a humanitarian-protected persons abroad class;

    • (e) a properly accredited diplomat, consular officer, representative or official of a country other than Canada, of the United Nations or any of its agencies or of any intergovernmental organization of which Canada is a member, the members of the suite of such a person and the family members of such a person;

    • (f) a member of the armed forces of a country that is a designated state for the purposes of the Visiting Forces Act, including a person who has been designated as a civilian component of that visiting force under paragraph 4(c) of that Act, and their family members;

    • (g) a person who is a member of the clergy, a member of a religious order or a lay person who is to assist a congregation or a group in the achievement of its spiritual goals, if the duties to be performed by the person are to consist mainly of preaching doctrine, presiding at liturgical functions or spiritual counselling, and their family members;

    • (h) an officer of a foreign government sent, under an exchange agreement between Canada and one or more countries, to take up duties with a federal or provincial agency; and

    • (i) a family member of any of the following persons, namely,

      • (i) a person who holds a study permit and is temporarily destitute, as described in paragraph 208(a),

      • (ii) a person whose work is designated under subparagraph 205(c)(i),

      • (iii) a person whose work in Canada is for a Canadian religious or charitable organization, without remuneration,

      • (iv) a person whose presence in Canada is as a participant in a program sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, or

      • (v) a person whose presence in Canada is as a recipient of a Government of Canada scholarship or fellowship.

  • SOR/2011-222, s. 11
  • SOR/2014-19, s. 6

Restoration of Temporary Resident Status

Marginal note:Fee — $200

  •  (1) A fee of $200 is payable for processing an application under section 182.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (2) A person who holds an unexpired temporary resident permit is not required to pay the fee referred to in subsection (1).

Fees for a Request under Section 25 of the Act or an Examination of Circumstances under Section 25.2 of the Act

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  • SOR/2015-95, s. 1
]

Marginal note:Fees

 The following fees are payable for processing an application made in accordance with section 66 or for examining the circumstances under subsection 25.2(1) of the Act of a foreign national who applies for permanent resident status or for a permanent resident visa, if no fees are payable in respect of the same applicant for processing an application to remain in Canada as a permanent resident or an application for a permanent resident visa:

  • (a) in the case of a principal applicant, $550;

  • (b) in the case of a family member of the principal applicant who is a spouse or common-law partner, $550; and

  • (c) in the case of a family member of the principal applicant who is a dependent child, $150.

  • SOR/2014-133, s. 12
  • SOR/2015-95, s. 2

Permanent Resident Cards

Marginal note:Fee — $50

  •  (1) A fee of $50 is payable for processing an application made under paragraph 53(1)(b) for a permanent resident card.

  • Marginal note:Renewal or replacement fee

    (2) A fee of $50 is payable for processing an application for the renewal of a permanent resident card or for the replacement of a lost, stolen or destroyed permanent resident card.

  • Marginal note:Replacement due to error

    (3) No fee is payable for the replacement of a permanent resident card containing an error that is not attributable to the permanent resident.

Determination of Rehabilitation

Marginal note:Fees

 The following fees are payable for processing an application for a determination of rehabilitation under paragraph 36(3)(c) of the Act:

  • (a) in the case of a foreign national inadmissible on grounds of serious criminality under paragraph 36(1)(b) or (c) of the Act, $1,000; and

  • (b) in the case of a foreign national inadmissible on grounds of criminality under paragraph 36(2)(b) or (c) of the Act, $200.

Authorization to Return to Canada

Marginal note:Fee — $400

 A fee of $400 is payable for processing an application for authorization to return to Canada under subsection 52(1) of the Act.

Certification and Replacement of Immigration Document

Marginal note:Certification — $30

  •  (1) A fee of $30 is payable for processing an application for the certification of an immigration document, other than a permanent resident card, confirming the date on which a person became a permanent resident.

  • Marginal note:Replacement — $30

    (2) A fee of $30 is payable for processing an application to replace any immigration document, other than a permanent resident card, that is issued by the Department.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (3) The following persons are not required to pay the fee referred to in subsection (1):

    • (a) a federal, provincial or municipal government agency;

    • (b) a person in receipt of provincial social assistance payments; and

    • (c) a person in receipt of assistance under the Resettlement Assistance Program.

After-hours Examination

Marginal note:Fee — $100

  •  (1) The following fees are payable for an examination for the purpose of entering Canada that is made outside the applicable service hours of the port of entry where the officer who conducts the examination is based:

    • (a) a fee of $100 for the first four hours of examination; and

    • (b) a fee of $30 for each additional hour or part of an hour of examination.

  • Marginal note:Payment

    (2) The fees are payable at the time of the examination

    • (a) if the transporter’s vehicle carrying the person to be examined arrives unscheduled at a port of entry outside service hours, by the transporter; and

    • (b) in any other case, by the person who requests that the examination take place outside service hours.

Alternative Means of Examination

Marginal note:Fee — $30

  •  (1) A fee of $30 is payable for processing an application to enroll in a program for an alternative means of examination that is administered solely by the Minister.

  • Marginal note:Payment

    (2) The fee is payable in respect of each person to be examined by an alternative means referred to in subsection (1).

Immigration Statistical Data

Marginal note:Fee for statistical data

  •  (1) The following fees are payable for processing an application for immigration statistical data that have not been published by the Department:

    • (a) $100 for the first 10 minutes or less of access to the Department’s database in order to respond to such an application; and

    • (b) $30 for each additional minute or less of such access.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (2) The following persons are not required to pay the fees referred to in subsection (1):

    • (a) an employee of the Department; and

    • (b) an employee of the Data Development Division of the Department of Employment and Social Development.

  • Marginal note:Payment

    (3) The fee referred to in subsection (1)(b) is payable at the time the service is rendered.

  • SOR/2009-163, s. 17
  • SOR/2010-172, s. 5
  • 2013, c. 40, s. 237

Marginal note:Travel document

 A fee of $50 is payable for processing an application for a travel document issued under subsection 31(3) of the Act.

 

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