FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACTCertain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (2023 Morocco Earthquake) Remission OrderP.C.2025-899202512
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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 (2023 Morocco Earthquake) Remission Order under subsection 23(2.1)a of the Financial Administration Actb.S.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 7(2)R.S., c. F-11Definition of documentIn this Order, document means any of the following:a passport, as defined in section 2 of the Canadian Passport Order;a certificate of citizenship, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Citizenship Act;a travel document issued to a permanent resident under subsection 31(3) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act;an emergency travel document.RemissionRemission 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:paragraph 7(c) and items 9, 10 and 14 of the schedule to the Passport and Other Travel Document Services Fees Regulations;item 6 of the schedule to the Citizenship Regulations;section 4 of the Consular Services Fees Regulations;section 315 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.ConditionsRemission is granted on condition thatat some time during the period beginning on September 8, 2023 and ending on March 12, 2024, the person, as a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada, was in an area in Morocco affected by the earthquake of September 8, 2023 and was required to travel on an urgent basis as a result of the earthquake; andduring 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.