Remission Order in Respect of Certain Fees for the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (Russian Invasion of Ukraine) (SI/2024-20)

Marginal note:Definition of document

1 In this Order, document means any of the following:

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

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

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

• (d) an emergency travel document.

Marginal note:Remission

2 Remission is granted to any person who meets the conditions set out in section 3 of the fees paid or payable under

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

• (b) section 4 of the Consular Services Fees Regulations;

• (c) item 6 of the schedule to the Citizenship Regulations;

• (d) section 315 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations; or

• (e) subsections 296(1), 298(1), 299(1), 300(1), 303.2(1), 305(1) and 315.1(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.

Marginal note:Conditions

• 3 (1) Remission of the fees set out in paragraphs 2(a) to (d) is granted on the condition that

  • (a) the person is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident who was in Ukraine or in another country and was required to travel on an urgent basis as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and, in the case of a remission of fees under paragraph 2(d), the person was travelling to Canada;

  • (b) during the period beginning on February 22, 2022 and ending on March 31, 2023, that person, or a person acting on their behalf, submitted an application for the issuance of a document either electronically or in person at the Canadian mission in

    • (i) Warsaw, Poland,

    • (ii) Bucharest, Romania,

    • (iii) Budapest, Hungary, or

    • (iv) Vienna, Austria; and

  • (c) the fees in question have not been remitted under section 11 of the Passport and Other Travel Document Services Fees Regulations.

• Marginal note:Ukrainian nationals

  (2) Remission of the fees set out in paragraph 2(e) is granted on the condition that the application for a document was submitted by a Ukrainian national to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration during the period beginning on February 22, 2022 and ending on March 14, 2022.