SI-2025-121 Certain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (Sudan) Remission Order

Current to 2025-12-10 · last amended 2025-12-05

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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 in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (Sudan) 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

s. 1 — Definition of document

In this Order, document means any of the following:

a passport, as defined in section 2 of the Canadian Passport Order;

a certificate of citizenship, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Citizenship Act;

a travel document issued to a permanent resident under subsection 31(3) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act;

an emergency travel document.

s. 2 — Remission

Remission is granted to any person who meets the conditions set out in section 3 of the fees paid or payable set out in any of the following provisions, in respect of a document or the provision of services:

paragraph 7(c) and items 9, 10 and 14 of the schedule to the Passport and Other Travel Document Services Fees Regulations;

item 6 of the schedule to the Citizenship Regulations;

section 4 of the Consular Services Fees Regulations;

section 315 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations; and

subsections 303(1) and 304(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.

s. 3 — Conditions — paragraphs 2(a) to (d)

Remission of the fees referred to in paragraphs 2(a) to (d) is granted on condition that

the person is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada;

during the period beginning on April 24, 2023 and ending on October 27, 2025, the person, or a person acting on their behalf, submitted an application in respect of a document or a service; and

the application included a signed declaration stating that the document or service was required as a result of the impact of the crisis in Sudan on the person.

s. 3(2) — Condition — paragraph 2(e)

Remission of the fees referred to in paragraph 2(e) is granted on condition that the application for which the fees are payable was processed under

the Temporary public policy for family members who fled conflict in Sudan, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on April 30, 2023;

the Temporary public policy for family members who fled conflict in Sudan – Extension, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on April 30, 2024; or

the Updated temporary public policy for family members who fled conflict in Sudan, signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on January 14, 2025.