Remission of PR Fee for Afghan Nationals

Summary#

The Fee Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status (Certain Afghan Nationals) Remission Order: SI/2025-124 is an Order registered on December 17, 2025 that cancels a small immigration fee for some Afghan nationals. It officially remits the right-of-permanent-residence fee that was not collected from people approved under a temporary public policy signed on June 28, 2023.

What it does#

• Gives legal authority to waive the right-of-permanent-residence fee for Afghan nationals whose permanent-resident applications were approved under the temporary public policy signed on June 28, 2023.
• Covers approvals on or after June 28, 2023, matching the group for whom the fee was already not collected in practice.
• Says the fee in question is the right-of-permanent-residence fee charged under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.
• Notes the remission is made under the Financial Administration Act so the government can formally cancel the amounts that remained legally payable.

Who's affected#

• Afghan nationals whose permanent-resident applications were approved under the temporary public policy signed on June 28, 2023.
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will record and report the remissions in its fees reports and public accounts.
• The broader public is indirectly affected because the government forgoes a small amount of revenue.

Why it matters#

• People in the covered group will not have to pay the $575 right-of-permanent-residence fee that otherwise could have been legally owed.
• The total amount of fees the government is waiving is $38,525 for 67 cases.
• This resolves a legal gap: the fee had not been collected in practice, but an Order was needed to formally cancel the legal obligation to pay.