{"id":575937,"date":"2026-04-01T21:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575937\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:18:09","slug":"big-changes-to-canadas-passport-system-now-in-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575937\/","title":{"rendered":"Big changes to Canada&#8217;s passport system now in effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are some important changes now in place if you need a passport in this country.<\/p>\n<p>First: you\u2019ll be paying more, for both a five-year and 10-year passport.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa says most travel document fees are going up to reflect both inflation and the cost of delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says the passport program\u2019s previous fee structure is no longer enough to support the cost of its operations.<\/p>\n<p>Recent fee changes include:<\/p>\n<p>ServiceOld fee (CAN$)<br \/>Before March\u00a031New fee (CAN$)<br \/>On or after March\u00a03110-year adult passport (age 16 and up)<br \/>Passport fee for Canadians living\u00a0in Canada$160$163.505-year adult passport (age 16 and up)<br \/>Passport fee for Canadians living\u00a0in Canada$120$122.5010-year adult passport (age 16 and up)<br \/>Passport fee for Canadians living\u00a0outside Canada$260$266.255-year adult passport (age 16 and up)<br \/>Passport fee for Canadians living\u00a0outside Canada$190$194.25Child passport (5-year validity only)<br \/>Passport fee for Canadians living\u00a0in Canada$57$58.50Child passport (5-year validity only)<br \/>Passport fee for Canadians living\u00a0outside Canada$100$102.50Adult certificate of identity (age 16 and up)$260$266.25Adult refugee travel document (age 16 and up)$120$122.50Urgent pickup$110$125.75Weekend or statutory holiday service$335$383.50Temporary passport$110$125.75Interim passport$135$150.75<\/p>\n<p>(Courtesy IRCC)<\/p>\n<p>If passport offices receive your application on or after May 1, you\u2019ll have to resubmit your application with the correct payment.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not all bad news. As of April 1, if your passport application takes more than 30 business days to process, it\u2019ll be free. <\/p>\n<p>Late recipients will be given an automatic refund, and those who don\u2019t can reach out and let the IRCC know.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/648b234182529f69bd5d9f36b9ac04bd88670cb59caf4b457719148d18e47831-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" ratio=\"16x9\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe new Canadian passport is unveiled at an event at the Ottawa International Airport in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sean Kilpatrick  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are some important changes now in place if you need a passport in this country. First: you\u2019ll&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-575937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}