<?xml version="1.0"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2025-12-05" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-12-05" lims:current-date="2025-12-10" lims:inforce-start-date="2025-12-05" lims:enacted-date="2025-12-05" lims:fid="1549724" lims:id="1549724" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SI" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2025-12-05" lims:enacted-date="2025-12-05" lims:fid="1549725" lims:id="1549725"><InstrumentNumber>SI/2025-124</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2025</YYYY><MM>12</MM><DD>17</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2025</YYYY><MM>12</MM><DD>11</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2025-12-05" lims:enacted-date="2025-12-05" lims:fid="1549726" lims:id="1549726"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-11">FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2025-12-05" lims:enacted-date="2025-12-05" lims:fid="1549727" lims:id="1549727">Fee Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status (Certain Afghan Nationals) Remission Order</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>2025-906</OrderNumber><Date><YYYY>2025</YYYY><MM>12</MM><DD>5</DD></Date></RegulationMakerOrder></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2025-12-05" lims:enacted-date="2025-12-05" lims:fid="1549728" lims:id="1549728"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2025-12-05" lims:enacted-date="2025-12-05" lims:fid="1549729" lims:id="1549729" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>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 and the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, under subsection 23(2.1)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1744211075">a</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-11">Financial Administration Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1744211131">b</FootnoteRef>, remits the fee paid or payable for the acquisition of permanent resident status under subsection 303(1)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1744211138">c</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2002-227">Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1744211149">d</FootnoteRef> to certain Afghan nationals whose application for permanent residency was approved under a temporary public policy issued under section 25.2<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1758657381">e</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-level="federal" reference-type="act" link="I-2.5">Immigration and Refugee Protection Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1758657392">f</FootnoteRef> and signed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on June 28, 2023.</Text><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1744211075" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 7(2)</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1744211131" placement="page" status="official"><Label>b</Label><Text>R.S., c. F-11</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1744211138" placement="page" status="official"><Label>c</Label><Text>SOR/2020-45, s. 3</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1744211149" placement="page" status="official"><Label>d</Label><Text>SOR/2002-227</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1758657381" placement="page" status="official"><Label>e</Label><Text>S.C. 2012, c. 17, s. 14</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5835_hq_1758657392" placement="page" status="official"><Label>f</Label><Text>S.C. 2001, c. 27</Text></Footnote></Provision></Order></Regulation>