Citizenship Fee: Citizenship and Fee

citizenship fee: Order this photo By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Wed., Oct. 12, 2016 The number of immigrants applying for Canadian citizenship has plummeted for the second year in a row in the wake of hefty application fee hikes Ottawa introduced in recent years, according to Toronto Star. The trend has prompted fears that the current citizenship costs — $530 per adult, plus a $100 right of citizenship fee — are creating a growing underclass of newcomers who can't afford the fee and hence are prevented from full integration and participation in Canadian society, according to a report published in the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Michael Roberston hand after being given her citizenship certificate at a ceremony at Harbourfront Centre last July 1. According to the latest government data, only 36,000 citizenship applications were received from January to June in 2016, just more than one-third of the number for the same period last year. The decline is so significant that it cannot be ignored, said retired immigration department director-general Andrew Griffith, who obtained the government statistics for policy analysis for the Montreal-based Institute for Research on Public Policy. In 2015, a total of 130,000 citizenship applications were submitted to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, compared to an average of 200,000 received in previous years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.