Biometrics Fee Requested again for Spousal Sponsorship Application

[prive6399]

I submitted a complete spousal sponsorship application for my wife in January 2020. We got the acknowledgment of receipt in March 3, 2020. Today, after months of silence, we received a request for the Biometrics fee, which we already paid. The original payment we executed was: Sponsorship fee ($75), principal applicant processing fee ($475) and right of permanent residence fee ($500) which totaled $1050. We also paid the biometrics fee which was $75. Our total payment was of $1125.00 Now, we are being asked to pay a new biometrics fee which is $85. Has anyone received this request today or in recent weeks? It looks like we did not pay the biometrics fee, when we actually did pay it.

 

[thevisawhisperer]

The biometrics fee was never $75. The actual fee is $85. If you paid only $75 you haven't paid for your biometrics.

 

[prive6399]

Thank you for your reply. I did understand that and paid the difference already, what was interesting was that it let me pay $75 for the Biometrics fee when I submitted my application, thus not giving me the option to pay $85 for Biometrics. Anyways, lesson learned on our side!

 

[KR8994]

Hi
Biometric fees has always been $85. Right of Permanent Residence fees was $490 at that time. You pain the right amount which was $1125 (75+475+490+85).
Right pf Permanent residence fees increased by $10 since April 30/2020. Total fees including Biometrics is $1130 if your application was submitted after April 30/2020.
I received the same reminder email also. I don't think we have to do anything, this was probably a generic email as a reminder to pay the Biometric fees.

 

[Inryvr]

Hi
Biometric fees has always been $85. Right of Permanent Residence fees was $490 at that time. You pain the right amount which was $1125 (75+475+490+85).
Right pf Permanent residence fees increased by $10 since April 30/2020. Total fees including Biometrics is $1130 if your application was submitted after April 30/2020.
I received the same reminder email also. I don't think we have to do anything, this was probably a generic email as a reminder to pay the Biometric fees.

Total fee including biometrics fee after april 30,2020 should be $1135 not $1130.

 

[Eveslm]

Thank you for your reply. I did understand that and paid the difference already, what was interesting was that it let me pay $75 for the Biometrics fee when I submitted my application, thus not giving me the option to pay $85 for Biometrics. Anyways, lesson learned on our side!

if you paid a total of $1125, and submitted in March then you paid the correct fee for biometrics, and did not need to pay more.

Fees before April 30th: Sponsorship fee ($75), + PA processing fee ($475) +Right of PR fee ($490 and not $500) = This brings a total of $1040 not $1050
biometrics fee ($85) +$1040= $1125.00

 

[KR8994]

Total fee including biometrics fee after april 30,2020 should be $1135 not $1130.

Typing error.
Thank you for correcting.

 

[prive6399]

if you paid a total of $1125, and submitted in March then you paid the correct fee for biometrics, and did not need to pay more.

Fees before April 30th: Sponsorship fee ($75), + PA processing fee ($475) +Right of PR fee ($490 and not $500) = This brings a total of $1040 not $1050
biometrics fee ($85) +$1040= $1125.00

You are right.. I got so stressed out... then I realize I was overreacting. Thank you for pointing me towards the right direction

 

[prive6399]

Is there any way to track a sponsorship's application. By this I mean, to track the application a sponsor has submitted to sponsor his wife?

 

[Eveslm]

Is there any way to track a sponsorship's application. By this I mean, to track the application a sponsor has submitted to sponsor his wife?

ECAS and GCKEY

 

[KR8994]

Medical completed. MyCIC updated. Medical passed on October 06/2020. Now waiting for call from Service Canada for Biometrics.