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Permanent Residence Application Fee Increases

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryCanada
Operative dateApril 30, 2020
CategoryResidence, investor business
Policy toolFees
Affected groupNew applicants

Policy effect

IRCC implemented a significant increase to permanent residence application fees, raising processing fees for non-business and business economic classes by 50% and the Right of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF) by 2%. The regulation also established a new biennial mechanism for automatic fee adjustments based on inflation.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: IRCC implemented a significant increase to permanent residence application fees, raising processing fees for non-business and business economic classes by 50% and the Right of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF) by 2%.; The regulation also established a new biennial mechanism for automatic fee adjustments based on inflation.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

… permanent resident cards, permanent resident travel documents and certification or replacement immigration documents will not increase. Description The Regulations are amended such that Starting in 2020-21, permanent resident processing fees for Economic class applicants increase as follows: Fees for principal applicants of the Economic business class (including self-employed, start-up visa, Quebec investor, Quebec entrepreneur, and Quebec self-employed) will increase from $1,050 to $1,575 (an increase of 50%). Fees for principal applicants of the Economic non-business class will go from $550 to $825 (an increase of 50%). Note: this increase will not apply to fees for principal applicants and their families in the Caregivers programs, which will remain unchanged. Fees for spouses or common-law partners of all Economic classes will go from $550 to $825 (an increase of 50%). Fees for dependent children of all Economic classes will go from $150 to $225 (an increase of 50%). The right of permanent resident fee will increase from $490 to $500 (an increase of 2%). Starting in 2022-2023, on the day of the two-year anniversary of the coming into force of these Regulations and every two years thereafter … to $340 and then increased by the applicable CPI rounded to the nearest $5 multiplier every two years thereafter. Starting in 2022-2023, the fee to sponsor a member of the family class will be increased to $80 and then increased by the applicable CPI rounded to the nearest $5 multiplier every two years thereafter. Starting in 2022-2023, the Right of Permanent Residence Fee (a privilege fee) will be increased to approximately $520, and then increased by the applicable CPI rounded to the nearest $5 multiplier every two years thereafter. The Regulations will come into force on April 30, 2020, at … permanent residence fees and will monitor the fee increases closely to assess the extent to which uneven impacts may be expected to be experienced by applicants who tend to have less ability to pay the fees. Implementation, compliance and enforcement, and service standards The Regulations come into force on April 30, 2020, at 09:00 am eastern daylight time (EDT). Completed applications received before 09:00 am EDT on April 30, 2020, will be processed in accordance with the fee schedule in place prior to April 30, 2020. Applications received on or after 09:00 am EDT on April 30, 2020, will be processed …
Canada GazetteCanada Gazette. Permanent Residence Application Fee Increases. Effective 2020-04-30.; Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 154, Number 7: Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Amendment of Certain Fees), SOR/2020-45.Open official source
Retrieved from https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2020/2020-04-01/html/sor-dors45-eng.html

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