{"id":10007,"date":"2018-02-21T12:42:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T17:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=10007"},"modified":"2018-02-21T12:42:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T17:42:16","slug":"canada-lowers-citizenship-fee-for-minors-applying-on-their-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/canada\/canada-lowers-citizenship-fee-for-minors-applying-on-their-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada lowers citizenship fee for minors applying on their own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2013 The federal government has lowered the processing fees for minors applying for Canadian citizenship on their own from $530 to $100.<\/p>\n<p>This change brings the fee in line with what it costs for minors who apply at the same time as a parent or who already have a Canadian parent.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement announcing the change, the government said that this will make it easier for minors, including immigrant children in the welfare system or in foster care, to become citizens.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fsk_splitbox_3305_onscreen\" class=\"fsk_splitbox_3305_onscreen\">\n<div id=\"fsk_splitbox_3305\" class=\"  fsk_splitbox_3305\">This change for minors who are permanent residents comes after amendments to the Citizenship Act passed in June.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among the changes, the government got rid of the requirement to be 18 years of age to apply for Canadian citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone who has already paid the $530 fee for a minor applying alone, on or after June 19, 2017, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship officials will contact these applicants to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cic.gc.ca\/english\/helpcentre\/results-by-topic.asp?st=5.12&amp;_ga=2.186964717.433515864.1519222984-517175531.1507641439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guide them through<\/a>\u00a0getting the $430 refund.<\/p>\n<p>The department is aiming to have the refunds made within 12 weeks of Feb. 14, 2018, when the change came into force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2013 The federal government has lowered the processing fees for minors applying for Canadian citizenship on their own from $530 to $100. This change brings the fee in line &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3539],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}