Canada Immigration Processing Fees Updated w.e.f April 30th

May 04 , 2020 By Rajneesh Kumar

In order to adjust for inflation, the Canadian government has increased processing fees for a few immigration programs for the first time since 2002.

The government processing fees for a few immigration applications have been updated w.e.f. 9:00 a.m. EDT on April 30, 2020.

If you have registered your application prior to this, then the old processing fee amount will be applicable, while, in case the application is received after the said time with the old processing fees, the IRCC will return it to you.

Here is a glimpse of the updated fee:

Principal applicants who are applying under economic classes of immigration, i.e. Express Entry have to pay an increased amount, i.e. from $550 to $825, with an exception to the Caregivers program
Fees for spouses or common-law partners for all economic immigration classes has gone up from $550 to $825 and for dependent children from $150 to $225
Fees for Principal applicants for the business class like, self-employed, start-up visa, Quebec entrepreneur, Quebec self-employed and Quebec investor has increased from $1,050 to $1,575
The right of the permanent resident fee has also increased from $490 to $500

Refer to a new table, which came into effect from 30th April 2020:

Charges applied for	Processing Fees ($CAN)
Your application Processing fee ($825) and right of permanent residence fee ($500)	1,325
Your application (without right of permanent residence fee)	825
Include your spouse or partner Processing fee ($825) and right of permanent residence fee ($500)	1,325
Include your spouse or partner (without right of permanent residence fee)	825
Include a dependent child	225(per child)

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The key reason behind this step is to address the noteworthy imbalance between the cost of services being provided to the newcomers coming to Canada and the amount of fees paid by them.

This imbalance has somewhere urged the taxpayers in Canada to heavily subsidize the process. But, with this step, there is hope to cast a balance between the Canadian immigration applicants and taxpayers.

The IRCC has also hinted about an additional fee hike incoming 2022.

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