Canada Immigration Fees 2026: PR Increase April 30, Citizenship $123

How much is permanent residence in 2026?

Short answer: For most economic applicants, including Express Entry, the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), Quebec skilled workers, Atlantic immigration, and most economic pilots, the principal applicant pays $990 in processing plus $600 RPRF, which is $1,590 if you pay both together. A spouse or partner is the same $990 plus $600. Each dependent child is $270 and is not charged the RPRF. Business immigration is $1,895 processing for the principal applicant, $2,495 with RPRF. You can pay the RPRF with the application or later, but you must pay it before you become a permanent resident. IRCC refunds the RPRF if you withdraw or the application is refused. It is the only fee IRCC refunds after processing starts.

RPRF does not apply to dependent children of a principal applicant or sponsor, to sponsorship of adopted children, to sponsorship of an orphaned brother, sister, niece, nephew or grandchild, or to protected persons, including applicants eligible on H&C grounds and convention refugees.

The April 30 increase on the fee-changes table was $575 to $600 for RPRF, $950 to $990 for most economic principal applicants, $1,810 to $1,895 for business, $375 to $390 for permit holders, and $635 to $660 for protected persons and H&C principal applicants.

How much is family sponsorship?

Short answer: Sponsoring a spouse or partner is $1,260 if you pay the sponsorship fee, the principal applicant processing fee, and the RPRF together. Independently sponsoring a dependent child is $180 per child. Sponsoring a parent or grandparent is also listed at $1,260 with RPRF, or $660 without. Those combined totals are on the live fee list. The 30 April 2026 component increases were sponsorship $85 to $90, sponsored principal applicant $545 to $570, sponsored dependent child principal applicant $85 to $90, accompanying spouse $635 to $660, and accompanying child $175 to $180.

New Parents and Grandparents Program intake was paused in 2026. Confirm the live family immigration status before you pay anything toward a parent file. A super visa is a different application with a $100 visa fee. It is not a sponsorship.

How much is Canadian citizenship?

Short answer: An adult grant is $653: $530 processing plus $123 right of citizenship. That $123 rate applies to applications received on or after 31 March 2026. A minor grant (under 18) is $100 processing and does not include the right of citizenship fee. A citizenship certificate (proof of citizenship) is $75. A search of citizenship records is $75. Resume citizenship is $530 for an adult and $100 for a minor. Renounce citizenship is $100.

How much are study permits, work permits, and visitor visas?

Short answer: On the 2 July 2026 fee list a study permit, including an extension, is $150 per person. A work permit, including an extension, is $155 per person. The open work permit holder fee is $100. A visitor visa, including a super visa, is $100 per person, or $500 as a family maximum when 5 or more eligible family members apply at the same time and place. Extending stay as a visitor is $100. An electronic travel authorization (eTA) is $7. Biometrics are $85 per person, $170 as a family maximum for 2 or more eligible people applying together.

The visitor visa $100 / family $500 split is also printed on the apply for a visitor visa page. Super visa applicants see the same $100 plus $85 biometrics on the super visa apply page. Restoration and temporary resident permit amounts ($246.25) are the 1 December 2025 inadmissibility figures, also listed on fee-changes.

A permanent resident card is $50. A permanent resident travel document is $50. Replacing or verifying an immigration document is $30.

What do these government fees not include?

Short answer: Language tests, an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA), the panel-physician medical exam, translations, courier, and any Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) or lawyer fees. Those are paid to other parties. IRCC does not set them. Build them as a separate line so the government table is not your whole budget. Processing time is also separate. Paying today does not mean a decision this month. Check current processing times when you plan the cash.

A single Express Entry adult who pays processing and RPRF together is $1,590 in IRCC fees before test, ECA, and medical. A spouse sponsorship that pays the combined $1,260 still needs biometrics if required, and still needs the relationship evidence. Confirm every figure on the live fee list the week you pay. Fees can move again.

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Sources

• IRCC fee list (date modified 2026-07-02)
• IRCC fee changes, including 30 April 2026 PR table (date modified 2026-04-30)
• Permanent residence fees increasing on April 30, 2026 (notice 2026-03-27)
• Right of citizenship fee increasing (notice 2026-03-27)
• Apply for a visitor visa, fee table
• Super visa how to apply, fee table (updated 2026-08-28)
• Biometrics