Citizenship Applications

Citizenship Dept: Thursday's federal budget suggests the government is eyeing fee hikes to cover the ballooning cost of processing hundreds of thousands of visa and citizenship applications each year, according to CTV. At the same time, it will be spending more money on both those programs to speed up processing times, with $42 million allocated for the temporary resident program and $44 million for citizenship over two years and OTTAWA -- The cost of coming to Canada -- and becoming a Canadian citizen -- is set to rise. The Conservative government is seeking to shift more of those costs onto the businesses who want to bring in temporary foreign workers, as well as to those applying for citizenship. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.