Regulation 299 — Fee — $155

(1) A fee of $155 is payable for processing an application for a work permit.

(2) The following persons are not required to pay the fee referred to in subsection (1):

(a) a person in Canada who has made a refugee claim that has not yet been determined by the Refugee Protection Division, and their family members;

(b) a person in Canada on whom refugee protection has been conferred, and their family members;

(c) a person who is a member of the Convention refugees abroad class or a member of a humanitarian-protected persons abroad class, and their family members;

(d) a person who holds a study permit and is temporarily destitute, as described in paragraph 208(a);

(e) a person whose work in Canada is designated under subparagraph 205(c)(i);

(f) a person who works in Canada for a Canadian religious or charitable organization, without remuneration;

(g) a person whose work in Canada would create or maintain reciprocal employment for Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada in other countries and who is a family member of

(i) a properly accredited diplomat, consular officer, representative or official of a country other than Canada, of the United Nations or any of its agencies or of any intergovernmental organization of which Canada is a member,

(ii) a member of the armed forces of a country that is a designated state for the purposes of the Visiting Forces Act, including a person who has been designated as a civilian component of that visiting force under paragraph 4(c) of that Act, or

(iii) an officer of a foreign government sent, under an exchange agreement between Canada and one or more countries, to take up duties with a federal or provincial agency;

(h) a person who works in Canada under an agreement entered into with a country by Canada or by or on behalf of a province, that provides for reciprocal employment opportunities of an artistic, cultural or educational nature;

(i) a person whose work in Canada is pursuant to an international student or young workers reciprocal employment program;

(j) a person who works in Canada as an officer of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service or of United States Customs carrying out pre-inspection duties, as an American member of the International Joint Commission or as a United States grain inspector, and their family members;

(k) a United States Government official in possession of an official United States passport who is assigned to a temporary posting in Canada, and their family members; and

(l) a person described in section 207.1.

(3) If three or more persons who are part of the same group of performing artists and those artists’ staff make their applications for a work permit at the same time, the total amount of fees payable under subsection (1) is $465 for all applications together.