Canada increases fees for permanent residence

New Delhi: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is going to raise the fees for all permanent residence applications from April 30, 2022, according to the government officials.

This hike includes economic, permit holder, family and humanitarian classes.

According to the information the PR fees for applicant and accompanying spouse has been increased by CAD15 to CAD515.

The government has hiked a nominal fees structure of all major categories for immigration to Canada.

Meanwhile, government previously hiked residence fees in 2020 to account for inflation and in 2002, it was announced that fees would increase every 2 years to adjust for inflation.