Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Fee

• 301 (1) The following fees are payable for processing an application to remain in Canada as a permanent resident:

  • (a) if the application is made by a person as a member of the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class

    • (i) in respect of a principal applicant, $475,

    • (ii) in respect of a family member of the principal applicant who is 22 years of age or older or is less than 22 years of age and is a spouse or common-law partner, $550, and

    • (iii) in respect of a family member of the principal applicant who is less than 22 years of age and is not a spouse or common-law partner, $150; and

  • (b) if the application is made by a person as a member of the live-in caregiver class or as a protected person referred to in subsection 21(2) of the Act

    • (i) in respect of a principal applicant, $550,

    • (ii) in respect of a family member of the principal applicant who is 22 years of age or older or is less than 22 years of age and is a spouse or common-law partner, $550, and

    • (iii) in respect of a family member of the principal applicant who is less than 22 years of age and is not a spouse or common-law partner, $150.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (1.1) A person who is a member of the protected temporary residents class and the family members included in their application are not required to pay the fees referred to in subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Payment by sponsor

  (2) The fee payable under subsection (1) in respect of a person who makes an application as a member of the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class or their family members

  • (a) is payable, together with the fee payable under subsection 304(1), at the time the sponsor files the sponsorship application; and

  • (b) shall be repaid in accordance with regulations referred to in subsection 20(2) of the Financial Administration Act if, before the processing of the application to remain in Canada as a permanent resident has begun, the sponsorship application is withdrawn by the sponsor.

• Marginal note:Age

  (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the age of the person in respect of whom the application is made shall be determined as of the day the sponsorship application is filed.