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Applying for a Canada PR visa gets costlier. That’s right! On March 30, 2024, IRCC announced an increase in the cost of applying for permanent residence. This change will take effect on April 30, 2024, from 9:00:00 AM Eastern Time and will remain valid till March 2026.
The department made it clear that the step to increase the cost to apply for Canada PR has been done as per Canada’s Immigrant and Refugee Protection (IRPR), calculated “following the growing percentage increase to the Consumer Price Index for Canada, published by Statistics Canada.”
So, if you are planning Canada immigration from India after April 2024, you may not want to miss this!
Changes to Permanent Residence Fees
Listed below are the fee increases that you have to follow from April 2024 to March 2026:
1. Right of Permanent Residence Fee
Principal Applicant and accompanying spouse or partner Current Fees: $515, New Fees: $575
2. Federal Skilled Workers, Provincial Nominee Program, Quebec Skilled Workers, Atlantic Immigration Class and most economic pilots (Rural, Agri-Food)
Principal Applicant Current Fees: $850, New Fees: $950
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner Current Fees: $850, New Fees: $950
Accompanying dependent child Current Fees: $230, New Fees: $260
3. Live-in Caregiver Program and caregivers’ pilots (Home Child Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot)
Principal Applicant Current Fees: $570, New Fees: $635
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner Current Fees: $570, New Fees: $635
Accompanying dependent child Current Fees: $155, New Fees: $175
4. Business (federal and Quebec)
Principal Applicant Current Fees: $1,625, New Fees: $1,810
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner Current Fees: $850, New Fees: $950
Accompanying dependent child Current Fees: $230, New Fees: $260
5. Family reunification (spouses, partners and children; parents and grandparents; and other relatives)
Sponsorship fee Current Fees: $75, New Fees: $85
Sponsored principal applicant Current Fees: $490, New Fees: $545
Sponsored child (principal applicant under 22 years old and not a spouse/partner) Current Fees: $75, New Fees: $85
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner Current Fees: $570, New Fees: $635
Accompanying dependent child Current Fees: $155, New Fees: $175
6. Protected persons
Principal Applicant Current Fees: $570, New Fees: $635
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner Current Fees: $570, New Fees: $635
Accompanying dependent child Current Fees: $155, New Fees: $175
7. Humanitarian and compassionate consideration / Public policy
Principal Applicant Current Fees: $570, New Fees: $635
Accompanying spouse or common-law partner Current Fees: $570, New Fees: $635
Accompanying dependent child Current Fees: $155, New Fees: $175
8. Permit holders
Principal Applicant Current Fees: $335, New Fees: $375
An important thing to note is that the immigration department of Canada updates Canada's PR fee structure every 2 years.
Who is exempt from this fee update?
The following are exempt from paying the right to permanent residence fee along with dependent children and protected persons:
- Principal applicants’ sponsored children under 22 years of age without a spouse or partner under the family reunification class.
- Principal applicants under the humanitarian and compassionate consideration and public policy classes.
One more thing, the applicants who are “permit holders” are not allowed to include their accompanying family members in their PR applications. All those who are eligible for Canada PR in the CRS score calculator through the family reunification class have to submit individual applications to apply for Canada PR as principal applicants.
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