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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:
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 The Consular Fees Regulations1 are repealed.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.
(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 |