Recent information from Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) indicates that Canada welcomed 471,550 new permanent residents in 2023, more than 6,000 additional permanent residence than the target summarized in Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada’s 2023-2025 Immigration Level Plan.
The number of permanent residents in Canada welcomed in 2023 also surpassed the total number reached in 2022, which was 437,600, which was above 33,000.
Of the several permanent residence routes obtainable to international citizens seeking to begin a new life in Canada, several candidates will land via economic relocation.
To achieve this goal, candidates must pay different fees based on their program and pathway to become permanent residents. Below is a summary of the permanent residence fee list for economic relocation routes released by Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Remember that all fees mentioned in this blog are in Canadian dollars.
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General Economic Immigration Fee Payment
Based on Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the fees below are applied to every of the following conditions:
- Quebec – selected skilled employees
- Agri-food pilot
- Rural and northern immigration pilot
- Atlantic immigration pilot
- Provincial Nominee Programs
- Atlantic Immigration program
- Express Entry – Canadian Experience Class (CEC), Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP), Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP).
The application processing payment: $850.00
Attaching spouse or partner (processing fee): $850.00
Attaching a dependent child: $230.00 for each child
Temporary Resident To Permanent Resident Route
For instance, international citizens seeking to become permanent residents in Canada after staying in the nation as temporary residents using a work or study permit must pay the same fees as other economic immigration candidates; however, they are paid at a slightly lower rate. Temporary Residence to Permanent Residence payments include:
- Application processing fees: $570.00
- Attaching a spouse processing fee: $570
- Attaching a dependent child: $155.00 for each child
Other Permanent Residence Payments
Permanent Resident Cards
Fees: $50.00
Permanent residence cards are a kind of recognition document that Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada makes use of to ascertain an international citizen’s permanent resident status. Using this card, which has to do with a photo of the card owner, is as well what Canadian permanent residence makes use as a travel paper when arriving in Canada.
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Permanent Resident Travel Document (PRTD)
Fee: $50.00
A permanent resident travel document is the document permanent residents in Canada use to go on trips when they need an authentic, permanent resident card. Based on Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), permanent residents who do not have a permanent resident card or travel document may be unable to book their flight, bus, or train to Canada.
Right Of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF)
Fee: $515.00
Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship, Canada’s (IRCC’s) Right of Permanent Residence Fee is a payment that several permanent residence in Canada candidates must reimburse when their request is authorized. This payment must be refunded before becoming a permanent resident in Canada, and Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) provides candidates the choice to pay this fee while paying their other application fees to prevent delays.
Remember that the Right of Permanent Residence Fees (RPRF) will add $515.00 to an international citizen’s application processing payment of $850.00, as stated above, for a total of $1365.00. If relevant, a different Right of Permanent Residence Fee would also be applied to a candidate’s spouse or partner.
Remember that the Right of Permanent Residence Fee is applied in the exact method to people seeking permanent residence in Canada via Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada’s temporary resident to permanent resident route, which has a slightly lowered application processing payment.
A candidate’s Right of Permanent Resident Fee will be paid back if their permanent resident request is denied or they select to cancel it.
Note:Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) demonstrates that the Right of Permanent Resident Fee is the only payment qualified for a payback after the department starts processing a request. Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) RPRF is not required in the cases below:
- Protected individuals include candidates qualified on a humanitarian and passionate basis and traditional refugees.
- Dependent kids of a main candidate or supporter
- Sponsorship requests for an orphaned sibling or grandchild
- Sponsorship request for adopted kids.
Biometrics (if relevant)
Fee for each person: $85.00
The fee for each family, which includes two or more people, is $170.00
Biometrics are the images and fingerprints that Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) obtains from immigration candidates to bolster Canada’s identity supervision. They operate to promote federal safety by checking the candidate’s identity against criminal and immigration history in Canada.
Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) states that $170.00 represents the highest payment for a household of two or more individuals who present biometrics and make an application at the same time and location.
