On April 30, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is increasing fees for all permanent residence applications.
This will impact:
- economic class
- permit holders
- family class, and
- humanitarian class
In 2020, IRCC increased permanent residence fees to account for inflation for the first time since 2002. At that time, it was announced that fees would increase every 2 years to adjust for inflation.
The Government of Canada supports a cost-effective approach to financing government programs, where most of the costs are the responsibility of those who receive the services and benefit directly from them.
Word of the Day
Cost-effective: yielding good results without costing a lot of money
Useful links:
- Fee list – Permanent residence
- Pay your application fees online
- How to pay your fees
- Increase in permanent residence fees effective April 30, 2020
- Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Amendment of Certain Fees)
Information Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/increase-permanent-residence-fees-april-2022.html
