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IRPRPART 19 FeesDIVISION 2 Fees for Applications for Authorizations, Visas and Permits
r.298

Fee — $200

Fees
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Applying for a temporary resident permit requires a processing fee. Refugees, accredited diplomats, and people who fall into several other specified categories are exempt from paying.

Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 298

(1)A fee of $200 is payable for processing an application for a temporary resident permit.

Exception

(2)The following persons are not required to pay the fee referred to in subsection (1): (a)a person referred to in subsection 295(2) or any of paragraphs 296(2)(c) and (d), 299(2)(a), (b), (d) to (f) and (h) to (k) and 300(2)(f) to (i); (a.1)a properly accredited diplomat, consular officer, representative or official of a country other than Canada, of the United Nations or any of its agencies or of any intergovernmental organization of which Canada is a member, the members of the suite of such a person and the family members of such a person; (a.2)a member of the armed forces of a country that is a designated state for the purposes of the Visiting Forces Act, including a person who has been designated as a civilian component of that visiting force under paragraph 4(c) of that Act, and their family members; (a.3)a person whose work in Canada would create or maintain reciprocal employment for Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada in other countries and who is a family member of a person referred to in subparagraph 299(2)(g)(iii); (b)a person in respect of whom an application for a permanent resident visa, an application to remain in Canada as a permanent resident, or an application under subsection 25(1) of the Act is pending, or in respect of whom a decision under subsection 25.1(1) or 25.2(1) of the Act is pending; (c)a citizen of Costa Rica seeking to enter and remain in Canada during the period beginning on May 11, 2004 and ending on May 12, 2004, if the person does not hold a temporary resident visa but is not otherwise inadmissible; (d)a person who is seeking to enter Canada(i)for the purpose of attending a meeting hosted by the Government of Canada, an organization of the United Nations or the Organization of American States, as a participant,(ii)for the purpose of attending a meeting as a representative of the Organization of American States or the Caribbean Development Bank, or(iii)for the purpose of attending a meeting hosted by the Government of Canada, an organization of the United Nations or the Organization of American States, at the invitation of the Government of Canada; and (e)a person who, while they are in transit to Canada, ceases to be exempt under paragraph 190(1)(a) from the requirement for a temporary resident visa, if, during the first 48 hours after they cease to be exempt from that requirement, they seek to enter and remain in Canada and are inadmissible to Canada for the sole reason that they do not have a temporary resident visa.

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