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Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Removals Costs Modernization) (SOR/2024-284)

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CountryCanada
Operative dateApril 1, 2025
CategoryRemoval and return
Policy toolFee recovery / cost enforcement
Affected groupIndividuals previously removed under removal orders

Policy effect

Modernizes the recoverable removal fee structure charged to foreign nationals who seek to return to Canada after having been removed at the expense of the Government of Canada, replacing geographic destination brackets with updated actual costs and fully exempting individuals who were minors when their removal order was issued.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Modernizes the recoverable removal fee structure charged to foreign nationals who seek to return to Canada after having been removed at the expense of the Government of Canada, replacing geographic destination brackets with updated actual costs and fully exempting individuals who were minors when their removal order was issued.

Official source excerpt

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1 is replaced by the following: Payment of removal costs 243 (1) Unless expenses incurred by His Majesty in right of Canada have been recovered from a transporter, a foreign national who is removed from Canada at His Majesty’s expense shall not return to Canada if the foreign national has not paid to His Majesty the removal costs of (a) $3,840 for removal without escort or under escort other than by air; and (b) $12,880 for removal under escort by air. Exception — medical escort (2) Despite paragraph 1(b), a foreign national who is removed by air under medical escort is subject to the removal … cost set out in paragraph (1)(a). Non-application — under 18 (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a foreign national who is under 18 years of age at the time the removal order is made. Transitional Provision 2 Section 243 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, as it read immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force, continues to apply with respect to a foreign national who was 18 years of age or older at the time the removal order was made and who was removed before the day on which these Regulations come into force. Coming into Force 3 These Regulations … program costs. The recovery of removal cost framework is also in place to help incentivize voluntary compliance with removal orders, whereby the persons concerned may depart Canada at their own expense and not be subject to this framework. Description Removal costs apply to the issuance and administration of all removal orders. The regulations replace the geographic-based fee structure for removals to the United States or St. Pierre and Miquelon ($750) and the fee for removals to elsewhere ($1,500) into a single fee for an unescorted removal cost of $3,840 and an escorted removal cost of $12,880. The regulations exempt individuals who are below the age of 18 at the time a removal order was issued against them from the requirement to pay removal costs; this includes persons covered by the original fees set under these regulations. In order to recognize that escorted removals may be required for medical cases, for reasons beyond the control of the individual, the regulations stipulate that the escorted fee does not apply in these cases, and instead the unescorted fee would apply. Further, as costs related to land removals are less than other types of removals, the regulations stipulate that … removal expenditures, which include all removals. Average removal unit cost 2018–19 Expenditures (A) 2018–19 removals (persons) (B) Average 2018–19 removal cost [rounded] (A/B) Average costs adjusted with 2020 to 2024 [rounded] (A/B)*CPI Unescorted removal $28,443,602 8,763 $3,250 $3,840 Escorted removal $9,840,489 903 $10,900 $12,880 Implementation, compliance and enforcement, and service standards Implementation The regulations come into force on April 1, 2025, or on the date they are registered, whichever is later, and do not apply retroactively, with the exception of minors. In other words, unescorted …
Canada GazetteCanada Gazette, Part II, Volume 159, Number 1, SOR/2024-284, December 16, 2024; Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 159, Number 1, SOR/2024-284.Open official source
Retrieved from https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2025/2025-01-01/html/sor-dors284-eng.html

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