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SI-2023-23 Certain Fees Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status, Travel Document Services and Consular Services (Resettlement from Afghanistan) Remission Order

Current to 2023-06-28 · last amended 2023-06-23

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Provision

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, considering that it is in the public interest to do so, on the recommendation of the Treasury Board, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, makes the annexed Certain Fees Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status, Travel Document Services and Consular Services (Resettlement from Afghanistan) Remission Order under subsection 23(2.1) a of the Financial Administration Act b. S.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 7(2) R.S., c. F-11

Remission and Conditions

s. 1 — Acquisition of permanent resident status fee

Remission is granted, to persons whose application for permanent residency was processed under one of the following temporary public policies, of the fees paid or payable under subsection 303(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations for the acquisition of permanent resident status:

s. 1(a)

the Temporary public policy for the issuance of permanent resident visas for families of Afghan nationals who came to Canada under previous public policies;

s. 1(b)

the Amended temporary public policy to facilitate permanent residence for certain citizens of Afghanistan issued temporary resident permits;

s. 1(c)

the Temporary public policy to facilitate permanent residence for certain citizens of Afghanistan;

s. 1(d)

the Temporary public policy for the issuance of permanent resident visas for families of Afghan nationals who came to Canada under previous public policies — intake cap increase;

s. 1(e)

the Temporary public policy for extended families of former language and cultural advisors.

s. 2 — Document fees
s. 2(1)

Remission is granted, to persons who meet the conditions set out in subsection (2), of the fees paid or payable under subsection 31(1) of the Citizenship Regulations for an application for certificate of citizenship, under section 315 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, and under subsection 2(1) of the Passport and Other Travel Document Services Fees Regulations for the services set out in any of items 9, 10 and 14 of the schedule to those Regulations.

s. 2(2) — Conditions

The remission is granted on the following conditions:

s. 2(2)(a)

the application for the services was made abroad during the period beginning on August 25, 2021 and ending on December 31, 2023;

s. 2(2)(b)

the person is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada who was in Afghanistan or in another country en route to Canada and who urgently needed to travel as a result of the fall of Kabul in August 2021; and

s. 2(2)(c)

if the person was in a country other than Afghanistan when they applied for the services referred to in subsection (1), their urgent travel was facilitated by Canada.

s. 3 — Fee for consular services
s. 3(1)

Remission is granted, to persons who meet the conditions set out in subsection (2), of the fees paid or payable under section 4 of the Consular Services Fees Regulations for the issuance of a temporary passport.

s. 3(2) — Conditions

The remission is granted on the following conditions:

s. 3(2)(a)

during the period beginning on August 25, 2021 and ending on December 31, 2023, the person made, at a mission abroad, an application for a temporary passport; and

s. 3(2)(b)

the person urgently needed to travel as a result of the fall of Kabul in August 2021.

Coming into Force

s. 4 — Day made

This Order comes into force on the day on which it is made.