Certain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (Iran) Remission Order: SI/2025-119
Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 159, Number 26
Registration
SI/2025-119 December 17, 2025
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT
P.C. 2025-901 December 5, 2025
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, considering that it is in the public interest to do so, on the recommendation of the Treasury Board, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, makes the annexed Certain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (Iran) Remission Order under subsection 23(2.1)footnote a of the Financial Administration Act footnote b.
Certain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (Iran) Remission Order
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.
Remission
2 Remission is granted to any person who meets the conditions set out in section 3 of the fees paid or payable set out in any of the following provisions, in respect of a document:
- (a) paragraph 7(c) and items 9, 10 and 14 of the schedule to the Passport and Other Travel Document Services Fees Regulations;
- (b) item 6 of the schedule to the Citizenship Regulations;
- (c) section 4 of the Consular Services Fees Regulations;
- (d) section 315 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.
Conditions
3 Remission is granted on condition that
- (a) at some time during the period beginning on February 9, 2023 and ending on February 28, 2025, the person, as a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada, was in Iran and was required to travel on an urgent basis as a result of the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran; and
- (b) during the period referred to in paragraph (a), the person, or a person acting on their behalf, submitted an application for the issuance of the document.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order.)
Proposal
The Governor in Council, considering that it is in the public interest to do so, on the recommendation of the Treasury Board, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, pursuant to subsection 23(2.1) of the Financial Administration Act, has made the Certain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (Iran) Remission Order (the Remission Order).
Objective
The objective of the Remission Order is to remit fees associated with travel documents, citizenship certificates and consular services that were not collected from Canadians and permanent residents of Canada in Iran from February 9, 2023, to February 28, 2025.
Background
As part of the Government of Canada’s response to the deteriorating human rights and unstable situation in Iran, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration announced special measures to support foreign nationals, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada affected by the situation.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) did not collect fees from Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada associated with travel documents and citizenship certificates to help facilitate their exit from Iran on an urgent basis. These measures were determined to be in the public interest given that the costs associated with obtaining these documents would have imposed an additional burden on affected individuals, particularly for those seeking to reunite with family in Canada. The Minister of Foreign Affairs also did not collect the Consular Services Fee payable on all Canadian adult travel documents.
These fees were not collected for Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada that were in Iran and were required to travel on an urgent basis due to the deteriorating human rights situation in the country from February 9, 2023, to February 28, 2025.
The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Foreign Affairs do not have the legal authority to remit fees for Canadians and permanent residents of Canada in emergency or crisis situations; therefore, the fees were still required to be paid under the relevant regulations. An Order in Council is needed to allow for the remission of these fees.
Implications
The remission of fees incurred linked to the above-mentioned special measures results in foregone revenues to the Government of Canada, as these fees will not be collected.
The total cost of foregone revenues from remitting these fees is up to $66,900. Although no cases were identified where a client paid a fee that should have been eligible for the special measures, the Remission Order will still authorize the issuance of a refund if such a client comes forward and meets the eligibility criteria.
| Fee waived / service provided | Fee | Volume | Foregone revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proof of citizenship | $75 | 892 | $66,900 |
| TOTAL | N/A | N/A | $66,900 |
The Remission Order also provides for the remission of fees for temporary passports, emergency travel documents, passport administrative services including passport or other travel document replacement, passport pick-up service, and the Consular Services Fee, but to date, no requests for remission of these fees have been received. Given that the measures have expired, additional requests are not anticipated.
Accountability implications
All remissions associated with the Remission Order will be reported in the annual Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and IRCC Fees Reports, as well as in GAC and IRCC public accounts.
Contact
Bruce Scoffield
Director General
International Crisis Response Branch
International Affairs and Crisis Response Sector
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Email: Bruce.Scoffield@cic.gc.ca