Overview: Fees and cost recovery

This section provides information about

• the program objectives (to sustain a revenue-generating cost recovery system by applying a charge to most aspects of immigration services in Canada and abroad);
• the development of the fee schedule (development and management of the Immigration Cost Recovery Program);
• the guidelines (documented costs and established procedures exist for each item where a fee is charged);
• the departmental policy (fees, exemptions, file retention, payments, and refunds).

Using these program delivery instructions

Table of contents (a full listing of operational instructions related to fees and cost recovery)