Consular Fees

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	Consular Fees (Specialized Services) Regulations
	Schedule

Consular services are supported by a number of fees paid by the travelling public. All the fees collected are used to maintain and improve Canadian consular services around the world. These fees are collected when you purchase a passport or, in some instances, when a specialized service is provided.

There are two main fees:

Consular Service Fee: A consular fee of $25 is included in the cost of all adult passports.
Consular Specialized Services Fees (see below): These fees are collected when a specialized service is provided. Specialized services mainly relate to financial transfers abroad using the Department's facilities or legal and notary services.

Consular Fees
(Specialized Services) Regulations

Interpretation

1. In these Regulations, "locally engaged employee" has the same meaning as the definition "employee" in section 2 of the Locally-Engaged Staff Employment Regulations, 1995.

Fees

2. Subject to section 4, the fee to be paid for a specialized service set out in column 1 of an item of the schedule, that is provided at a mission by a consular officer or locally engaged employee, is the fee set out in column 2 of that item.

3. Subject to section 4, the fee to be paid for a specialized service set out in column 1 of an item of the schedule, that is provided by a consular officer or locally engaged employee elsewhere than at a mission, is the fee set out in column 2 of that item plus an amount equal to the expenses of transportation, food, lodging, incidentals and other expenses incurred by that officer or employee while providing that service, determined at the applicable rates set out in the Treasury Board Travel Directive.

Exemptions

4. No fee is payable in respect of a specialized service that is provided

(a) to a person who is destitute or to whom overriding humanitarian or compassionate considerations apply;
(b) to a person who is a Canadian or foreign official, if the service is requested in their official capacity;
(c) for a naval vessel or service aircraft of a Commonwealth country;
(d) for the purposes of the Citizenship Act; or
(e) for the purpose of the payment of any remuneration, pension or allowance by the Government of Canada or the government of a province, or for the purposes of any other official business of those governments.

Repeal

5. The Consular Fees Regulations1 are repealed.

Coming into Force

6. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

Schedule

(Sections 2 and 3)

	Column 1	Column 2
Item	Specialized Service	Fee
1.	Administering an oath, receiving an affidavit, declaration or affirmation or attesting any document bearing a signature	$50 per document
2.	Attesting the execution of a document, other than a certificate of origin or a document in support of a consignment of goods	$50 per document
3.	Authenticating the signature and seal of a foreign authority, including an officially authorized translator	$50 per document
4.	Obtaining a legalization or other certification from a foreign authority in respect of any document (in addition to costs charged by the foreign authority, if any)	$50 per document
5.	Executing a document or preparing an exhibit or a parcel not otherwise provided for in this schedule	$50 per document
6.	Initialling alterations in any document not prepared by a consular officer	$25 per page
7.	Uniting documents and sealing their fastening	$30
8.	Preparing in English or French any certificate, affidavit, declaration or other document not otherwise provided for in this schedule, excluding any printed words where printed forms are used (in addition to the fee set out in item 1, 2 or 5, if applicable)
	(a) less than 200 words	$30 per document
	(b) 200 words or more and less than 500 words	$60 per document
	(c) 500 words or more and less than 1,000 words	$80 per document
	(d) 1,000 words or more	$0.10 per word
9.	Making a copy of a document not otherwise provided for in this schedule
	(a) by word processing, for 100 words or less	$30 per page
	(b) by photographic process	$3 per copy
10.	Certifying a copy of a document	$20 per page
11.	Preparing, signing and sealing a declaration of existence	$30 per document
12.	Signing and sealing a declaration of existence	$20 per document
13.	Making an unofficial translation of a document, from one to the other of Canada's official languages, from a foreign language to English or French, or from English or French to a foreign language
	(a) 100 words or less	$15
	(b) over 100 words	$.22 per word or $60 per letter size page, whichever is the lesser
14.	Issuing a letter addressed to a foreign authority for the granting of a visa, a residence permit, an exit permit or any other similar service	$50 per letter
15	Obtaining a copy of a document in the registers or records of the local authorities	$125 per document
16.	Distributing the personal effects of a deceased Canadian citizen and administering their estate in full or in part, where the total current market value of the personal effects and the estate or part of the estate is
	(a) less than $500 CAN	No charge
	(b) $500 CAN or more and less than $3,000 CAN	$100
	(c) $3,000 CAN or more	$200
17.	Transmitting of documents in private legal matters by formal note to the local authorities, including any necessary certification	$50 per document
18.	Service of documents in private legal matters performed at the mission, if an affidavit of service is provided	$50 per document
19.	Service of documents in private legal matters performed where the mission must prepare or provide an affidavit of service	$50 per document
20.	Where a Canadian consular official is authorized by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to be named as a Commissioner by a Canadian court to take testimony from witnesses abroad for use in Canadian court proceedings
	(a) for services of a consular official acting as a Commissioner, within the consular premises	$150 per person per hour or part of an hour
	(b) for sending a notice to appear, in the language of the country concerned	$50 per notice
	(c) for the swearing of witnesses, court stenographers, translators, legal counsel or any other person	$50 per person
	(d) for certifying a transcript as correct, including uniting documents and sealing their fastening	$60
	(e) for the services of an employee of the mission as an interpreter	$60 per person per hour or part of an hour
	(f) for the services of a stenographer or typist supplied by the mission	$60 per person per hour or part of an hour
21.	Preparing and sending a communication for the primary benefit of non-government persons, organizations and groups
	(a) less than 200 words	$30 per document
	(b) 200 words or more and less than 500 words	$60 per document
	(c) 500 words or more and less than 1,000 words	$80 per document
	(d) 1,000 words or more	$0.10 per word
22.	Making a toll telephone call for the primary benefit of non-government persons, organizations and groups	cost of call
23.	Setting up and maintaining a trust account to transfer funds to, or on behalf of, a Canadian citizen in need in a foreign country	$70 per account, per year or part of a year
24.	Arranging for and effecting the transfer of private or public funds from Canada or elsewhere to the mission	$75 per transfer

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Consular Fees (Specialized Services) Regulations

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Consular Fees
(Specialized Services) Regulations