Effective April 30, 2020, government fees for various Canadian permanent residence applications will be increasing. Specifically (in $CDN):
- Economic Class principal applicants’ fees will go from $550 to $825.
- This includes all Express Entry categories, comprised of the Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Workers, and the Federal Skilled Trades Program.
- This also includes federal applications after provincial selection/nomination.
- There is an exception for caregivers, whose fees will remain at $550.
- Business Class principal applicants’ fees will increase from $1,050 to $1,575.
- Spousal/Common Law Partner applicants’ fees in the above categories will go from $550 to $825.
- The Right of Permanent Residence Fee (ROPR) will increase from $490 to $500.
- This is an additional fee paid by all adult permanent residence applicants, in all the above cases.
- In all non-Business Class cases, the combined impact of the increase to application and ROPR fees is a rise from $1,040 to $1,325.
- In Business Class principal cases, the combined impact of the increase to application and ROPR fees is a rise from $1,590 to $2,075.
- Dependent children’s application fees in all above cases will go from $150 to $225.
The above represent 50% fee increases in all pertinent categories, except for the ROPR which is a 2% increase.
No fee increases in any categories other than those above are to be implemented at this time.
The government has also made provision for future increases based on increases to the Consumer Price Index, and we will apprise readers of those amounts as they are announced in the future.
The information in this article is for general purposes only, and not intended as legal advice for any particular situation.