The Canadian government has announced that effective April 30, 2022, application fees for all permanent residence matters will be increasing. Though this will include fees for categories including family class, business classes, humanitarian classes, and permit holders, the most notable for those who deal with foreign workers and other prospective skilled worker permanent residence applicants, are the changes that impact the economic classes.
In that regard, for principal applicants in: federal high skilled programs, provincial nominees and Quebec skilled worker programs, the ‘Atlantic Immigration Class’, and most economic pilot programs (Rural, Agri-Food), fees will increase from $825CDN to $850CDN. Further, the Right of Permanent Residence Fee (ROPRF – an additional fee payable by all such applicants) will increase from $500CDN to $515CDN. (This is therefore a total increase from $1325CDN to $1365CDN.)
Dependents will also see a fee increase. Accompanying spouses/common-law partners fees will increase from $825CDN to $850CDN (and will also have the same increase to the ROPRF), and accompanying children’s fees will increase from $225CDN to $230CDN.
[Note that the fee changes in the categories other than the economic classes are different, and should be investigated if applicable.]Details of the new fee schedule can be found at https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/increase-permanent-residence-fees-april-2022.html.
The information in this article is for general purposes only, and not intended as legal advice for any particular situation.