Increase in Permanent Residence Fees

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryCanada

Operative dateApril 30, 2022

CategoryResidence, family, skilled work, investor business

Policy toolFees

Affected groupNew applicants

Policy effect

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) increased fees across all permanent residence (PR) applications, including economic, permit holder, family, and humanitarian classes, to adjust for inflation.

Official source excerpt

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--- title: "Increase in permanent residence fees effective April 30, 2022 - Canada.ca" meta: author: "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada" description: "On April 30, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is increasing fees for all permanent residence applications" keywords: "permanent residence, fees, immigration, economic immigration" --- - [Skip to main content](#wb-cont) - [Skip to "About government"](#wb-info) - [Switch to basic HTML version](?wbdisable=true) ## Language selection - [Français fr](https://www.canada.ca/fr/immigration-refugies-citoyennete/nouvelles … https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices.html) # Increase in permanent residence fees effective April 30, 2022 **Ottawa, April 5, 2022 –** On April 30, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is increasing fees for all permanent residence applications. This includes economic, permit holder, family and humanitarian classes. In 2020, IRCC increased permanent residence fees to account for inflation for the first time since 2002. At that time, it was announced that fees would increase every 2 years to adjust for inflation. The Government of Canada supports a cost-effective approach to financing government programs, where most of the costs are the responsibility of those who receive the services and benefit directly from them. The differences between current and new permanent residence fees | Program | Applicants | Current Fee | New Fee<br> April 30, 2022 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 …

Government of Canadacanada.ca. Increase in Permanent Residence Fees. Effective 2022-04-30.Open official source

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Increase in Permanent Residence Fees

Policy effect

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other Canada changes operative in 2022