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Add up the IRCC application fee, biometrics with its family cap, VFS charges and courier into one rupee total.
A Canada visa cost estimator totals the IRCC government fees for a temporary residence application — the visitor visa, study permit or work permit fee plus biometrics — and applies the two family maximums that make a joint application cheaper per head: CAD 500 for a family of five or more applying for visitor visas at the same time and place, and CAD 170 for two or more family members giving biometrics together. It also respects the age rule, since biometrics are only collected from applicants aged 14 to 79. Visa centre service charges, medical exams, photographs and courier are added on top, and the whole thing is converted to rupees at a rate you set.
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CAD 500 on visitor visas and CAD 170 on biometrics, when the conditions are met.
Under-14s and over-79s are counted out of the biometrics fee automatically.
A separate figure for how much the family maximums actually cut.
The IRCC visitor visa fee is CAD 100 a person, with a maximum of CAD 500 for a family of five or more applying at the same time and place, plus a biometrics fee of CAD 85 a person capped at CAD 170 for a family of two or more. On top of that you pay the visa application centre's service charge, photographs and any courier — all payable in rupees in India.
Biometrics are collected only from applicants aged 14 to 79, so children under 14 and applicants aged 80 and over pay no biometrics fee for a temporary residence application, even though they still pay the visa fee. Anyone who gave biometrics for a temporary residence application within the last ten years can normally reuse them and skip the fee as well.
No. Both maximums require the family members to apply at the same time and place — a joint submission. Five people applying individually pay CAD 100 each with no cap and CAD 85 each for biometrics, which is why staggered applications end up costing considerably more than one family submission.
No. The application processing fee and the biometrics fee pay for the assessment, not for the visa, and IRCC does not refund them when an application is refused or withdrawn after processing has begun. The right of permanent residence fee, which applies to permanent residence rather than visitor applications, is the main fee that is refunded if the application does not succeed.
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