Canada is renowned as a country with an enviable quality of life, an excellent public education system, and access to healthcare. However, regardless of your country, when you apply for a Canadian visa, you will be expected to pay an application fee and every other fee necessary to process your application. Most often, what you are expected to pay will depend on the type of visa you are applying for and your application mode.
A Canadian visa is a stamp on your passport that gives the holder permission to enter the country. It is more or less a clearance to travel to the country and legally be allowed to stay either temporarily or permanently.
Note that individuals from countries that do not have a visa exemption or Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) agreement with Canada will be expected to obtain a visa to be granted entry into the country. According to reports, people from around 148 countries will definitely need a Canadian visa to visit, work, or immigrate to Canada.
If you are one of these applicants and you require a visa for Canada, you will be expected to apply for one. Depending on the type of visa you want, there are fees associated with processing and submitting your Canadian visa applications. These fees are the same regardless of your nationality or country of origin.
Fees Associated With Canadian Visa Application
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Permanent Residence Visa Fees
The amount you are expected to pay for a permanent residence visa will vary from program to program, most often depending on the immigration stream you apply for. Applicants will also be expected to pay a Right of Permanent Residence Fee once their application has been approved, coupled with a separate fee that must be paid by all approved applicants, regardless of which program they apply under.
a. Business Immigration Processing Fees
Anyone looking to move to Canada through the Investor, Entrepreneur, or Self-Employed streams of immigration is expected to pay the following processing fees:
- Principal applicant: $1575 CAD
- Spouse, common-law, or conjugal partner: Additional $825 CAD
- A dependent child under the age of 22 or a dependent over the age of 22 who is unable to support themselves financially owing to a physical or mental condition: Add $225 CAD per dependent
b. Economic Immigration Processing Fees
In addition to the fees noted below, anyone applying to certain provincial immigration programs may be expected to pay extra processing fees as stipulated by the provincial immigration authority.
- Principal applicant (Processing fee and right of permanent residence fee): $1325 CAD
- Spouse, common-law, or conjugal partner (with right of permanent residence fee): $1325 CAD
- A dependent child under the age of 22 who is not a spouse or common-law/conjugal partner, or a dependent over the age of 22 who is unable to support themselves financially owing to any form of physical or mental condition: Additional $225 CAD each per dependent.
c. Family Sponsorship Processing Fees
Permanent residents who are looking to sponsor their family to Canada will be expected to pay the following fees:
- Spouse or common-law partner (with the sponsorship fee, principal applicant fee, and right to permanent residence fee): $1050 CAD
- Dependent child: Additional $150 CAD per child
- Parent or grandparent (with the sponsorship fee, principal applicant fee, and right to permanent residence fee): $1050 CAD
- Spouse or common-law partner of your parent or grandparent: $1050 CAD
- Dependent children of your parent or grandparent: $150 CAD
- Provincial Immigration programs: As stipulated by the provincial immigration authority
d. Right of Permanent Residence Fee
This fee will have to be paid immediately after an application for permanent residence has been approved. This fee applies to all applicants and/or sponsored persons who are not dependent children or protected persons.
- Right of Permanent Residence fee (RPFR): $500 CAD
e. Citizenship Processing Fees
Once you decide to take the ultimate step of obtaining Canadian citizenship, you will be expected to pay the following fees:
- Adult aged 18 and older: $630 CAD per person
- Adopted minor (18 and under): $100 CAD per person
- Minor (18 and under): $100 CAD per person
- Citizenship certificate: Additional $75 CAD per person
- Resume citizenship application: $530 CAD per person
- Resume citizenship application (18 and under): $100 CAD per person
- Right of citizenship fee: Add $100 CAD per person
- Citizenship certificate: $75 CAD
Temporary Residence Visa Fees
Just as with permanent residence visa processing fees, what you are expected to pay will vary from program to program, and most often depending on the type of visa you are applying for. However, the Fees include;
a. Visitor Visa Processing Fees
If you are expected to obtain a visitor visa to enter Canada, then you will have to pay the following fees:
- Visitor or Super visa for single or multiple entries to Canada: $100 CAD per person
- Visitor visa for single or multiple entries to Canada for a family of 5 or more (all family members are expected to apply at the same time): $500 CAD
- Extend a visitor visa: $100 CAD per person
- Restore a visitor visa: $200 CAD per person
b. Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) Processing Fees
Anyone from a visa-exempt country is expected to obtain an eTA before they can legally enter Canada.
- Electronic Travel Authorization fee: $7
c. Work Permit Processing Fees
Irrespective of the industry you work in or the streams under which you apply, have it in mind that the cost for work permits in Canada is all the same.
- Work permit: $155 CAD per person
- Work permit for a group of 3 or more performing artists(all artists and staff must apply at the same time): $465 CAD
- Openwork permit: $100 CAD per person
- Restore a work permit: $355 CAD
d. Study Permit Processing Fees
Student visa holders in Canada are expected to pay these necessary fees when applying for a study permit:
- Study permit: $150 CAD per person
- Restore a study permit: $350 CAD
3. Biometrics Fees
Have it in mind that anyone submitting a Canadian visa application will be expected to include fingerprints and a photo (biometrics). The costs include;
- Individual applicants: $85 CAD
- Families applying together: Maximum total fee of $170 CAD
- Groups of 3 or more performing artists and their staff: Maximum total fee of $255 CAD
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)
Anyone seeking to move to Canada by applying through the PNP will have to pay additional application fees. These fees are known to vary from one province to another, but will mostly include;
- Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP): $500 CAD
- British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP): $1,150 CAD
- Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP): $500 CAD
- New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP): $250 CAD
- Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP): $250 CAD
- Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP): 0
- Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP): $1,500 or $2,000 CAD
- Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP): $300 CAD
- Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP): $350 CAD
Other Canada Visa Application Fees
- Temporary Resident Permit Fee: $200 CAD
- Verifying status or replacing an immigration document: $30 CAD
- Inadmissibility on criminal grounds: $200 CAD
- Inadmissibility on serious criminality grounds: $1,000 CAD
- Authorization to return to Canada: $400 CAD
- Repaying removal expenses for the USA and St. Pierre and Miquelon: $750 CAD
- Repaying removal expenses for any other country: $1,500 CAD
- International Experience Canada participation fee: $150 CAD
- Employer compliance fee: $230 CAD
- Employer compliance fee for a group of 3 or more entertainers: $690 CAD