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The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced to increase in the Permanent Residency Fees, and that will be effective from April 30, 2022. This increment will be applicable on
As per the April 30, 2020 amendment, Except for the Caregiver Program, this fees increment will be affected most economic immigration programs.
In April 2020, it was the first time when the IRCC has increased their Permanent Residency fees since 2002. The reason given by Canada Immigration was increasing inflation, and they announced that the immigration fees would be increased every 2 years to adjust for inflation. Here is the class-wise full bifurcation in this article.
Program | Applicants | Current Fee | New Fee |
Right of Permanent Residence Fee | Principal applicant and accompanying spouse or common-law partner | $500 | $515 |
Federal High Skilled, Provincial Nominee Program and Quebec Skilled Workers, Atlantic Immigration Class and most Economic Pilots (Rural, Agri-Food) | Principal applicant | $825 | $850 |
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner | $825 | $850 | |
Accompanying dependent child | $225 | $230 | |
Live-in Caregiver Program and Caregivers Pilots (Home Child Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot) | Principal applicant | $550 | $570 |
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner | $550 | $570 | |
Accompanying dependent child | $150 | $155 | |
Business (Federal and Quebec) | Principal applicant | $1,575 | $1,625 |
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner | $825 | $850 | |
Accompanying dependent child | $225 | $230 | |
Family Reunification (Spouses, Partners and Children; Parents and Grandparents; and other relatives) | Sponsorship fee | $75 | $75 |
Sponsored principal applicant | $475 | $490 | |
Sponsored dependent child | $75 | $75 | |
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner | $550 | $570 | |
Accompanying dependent child | $150 | $155 | |
Protected Persons | Principal applicant | $550 | $570 |
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner | $550 | $570 | |
Accompanying dependent child | $150 | $155 | |
Humanitarian and Compassionate / Public Policy | Principal applicant | $550 | $570 |
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner | $550 | $570 | |
Accompanying dependent child | $150 | $155 | |
Permit Holders | Principal applicant | $325 | $335 |
As per the above-mentioned the fees increment has segregated into a different class. Canada Permanent Residence Visa includes the listed below classes.
Since the year 2002, the IRCC has not increased their fees because the government of Canada believes in a cost-effective approach and provides financial aid to government programs but in the last 18 years, the cost of Canada Permanent Residency operation and the process has increased a lot. As a result, on April 30, 2020, Canada Immigration has made this announcement that to manage the increasing programs and servicing costs the IRCC is increasing the Permanent Residency fees for most of the economic immigration programs, only the caregiver program has been put out of the list. However, Canada’s visa fees are considerably low than the countries like Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.