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Removals Cost Historical Adjustment Remission Order (SI/2025-130)

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CountryCanada
Operative dateDecember 18, 2025
CategoryRemoval and return / enforcement
Policy toolRemission order / cost recovery waiver
Affected groupForeign nationals previously removed from canada at crown expense seeking return

Policy effect

Remits statutory debts totaling $210,225.73 owed to the Crown by foreign nationals removed from Canada between April 1, 2019, and October 31, 2024, arising from the Canada Border Services Agency's failure to apply annual Consumer Price Index adjustments to section 243 removal recovery fees prior to re-entering Canada. Phase scope: Full operative effect upon registration.

Official source excerpt

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2019 to October 31, 2024) Remission Order P.C. 2025-977 December 18, 2025 Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, considering that the collection of the amounts is unreasonable, on the recommendation of the Treasury Board and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, under subsection 23(2.1)footnote a of the Financial Administration Actfootnote b, remits the amounts of the annual adjustments — made under subsection 17(1) of the Service Fees Actfootnote c — to the costs paid or payable under section 243footnote d of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulationsfootnote e, as it read before April 1, 2025, for the period beginning on April 1, 2019 and ending on October 31, 2024. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order.) Proposal The Governor in Council, considering that collection of the debt is unreasonable, on the recommendation of the Treasury Board and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, makes the Adjustment of Certain Costs Paid or Payable Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (April 1, 2019 to October 31, 2024) Remission Order [the Remission Order] pursuant to subsection 23(2.1) of the Financial Administration Act. Objective The objective of the Remission Order is to remit outstanding debts that resulted from the non-collection of inflation-based adjustments to certain fees charged by the Canada Border Services Agency between April 1, 2019, and October 31, 2024. Background The Canada Border Services Agency (the Agency) is responsible for providing integrated border services that support national security and public safety priorities and facilitate the free flow of persons and goods. The majority of activities and services provided by the Canada Border Services Agency, such as processing … travellers and examining goods entering Canada during regular business hours, are publicly funded. Other activities and services are managed on a cost-recovery basis and are subject to fees which may be set by agreement or by regulation. The rates charged by the Agency for regulatory fees are based on a number of fee-setting regulations, including the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, which detail the framework of fees (section 243) for the recovery of costs incurred by the Government of Canada as a result of the removal of foreign nationals deemed inadmissible to Canada under the … recovery of removal costs fees under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations for which the mandatory fee adjustments were not collected between April 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020 Fee name Transaction volume (A) Fee amount charged (B) Adjusted fee amount (C) Total foregone revenue ((C-B) x A) Recovery of removal costs payable by a foreign national previously removed from Canada at Her Majesty’s expense and for which the removal costs were not recovered from a transporter — for persons removed to the United States or St. Pierre and Miquelon 52 $750 $766.50 $858.00 Recovery of removal costs payable by a foreign national previously removed from Canada at Her Majesty’s expense and for which the removal costs were not recovered from a transporter — for persons removed to any country other than the United States or St. Pierre and Miquelon 290 $1,500 $1,533.00 $9,570.00 Total for fiscal year 2019–2020 N/A N/A N/A $10,428.00 Table 2: Summary of the recovery of removal costs fees under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations for which the mandatory fee adjustments were not collected between April 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021 Fee name Transaction volume (A) Fee amount charged …
Canada GazetteSI/2025-130, Canada Gazette Part II, Vol. 159, No. 27Open official source
Retrieved from https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2025/2025-12-31/html/si-tr130-eng.html

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