Increase in Citizenship Application Fees in 2015

On December 23, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) released a public announcement outlining the increase in fees for the adult citizenship application starting January 1, 2015. All complete applications received after Jan 1, 2015 will be subject to a charge of $530 + $100 Right of Citizenship fee.

Due to the implementation of new, more efficient citizenship application processes, the Government of Canada feels that it is more accurate to charge applicants $530 as opposed to $300 to apply for Canadian citizenship. The cost of $530 is believed to more closely reflect the actual cost of processing the citizenship application in a timely manner.

According to CIC, since implementing the new streamlined system, more than 115,000 people have gained Canadian citizenship, which is a 90 percent increase since last year. Furthermore, thanks to faster and more efficient application processing, the government says it is on track towards eliminating the citizenship application backlog and hopes to reduce processing times to less than 1 year in 2015.

For more details regarding the increase in citizenship application fees, please visit the Government of Canada website at: Citizenship fees.