Passport and Other Travel Document Services Fees Regulations

Marginal note:General exceptions

• 3 (1) No fee is payable in respect of

  • (a) a service set out in item 1 or 2 of the schedule that is performed for

    • (i) a destitute person, or

    • (ii) a child less than 16 years of age or mentally incompetent person living in an institution in another country; or

  • (b) the issuance of an emergency travel document for the return of a Canadian citizen who is deported to Canada.

• Marginal note:Humanitarian service

  (2) The fees set out in paragraphs 7(a) and (b) and item 8 of the schedule do not apply in respect of a person who requests any of the services referred to in those provisions in order to travel outside Canada in support of any humanitarian operation conducted in response to a natural disaster or human conflict, including rescue, relief and reconstruction operations, if the person provides an official document to Passport Canada from an appropriate authority attesting to the person’s participation in the humanitarian operation.