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Pay citizenship fees for an adult (18 and over) – United States of America

Your fees

Fees $CAN

Adult (18 and over)

Processing fee ($530) and right of citizenship fee ($100)

630.00

How to pay your fees

Before you pay

Keep a copy of your fee receipt for your records.

If you pay the wrong fees or don’t use one of the methods listed below, we will return your application to you without processing it. Once we start processing, we can’t refund your fees.

You’ll have to pay any costs for

  • returning your file
  • overpayments, or
  • any unrelated documents you included with your application by accident.

If we asked you to pay this fee for an application we are processing

  • follow the instructions on the payment request
  • send proof of your payment with a copy of the original request from the office that asked you to pay it

Pay and apply online

When applying online, you can’t pay your fees directly within the application. To pay your fees you’ll need:

When you finish paying

  • save a copy of your payment receipt
  • attach your receipt to your application using the instructions in the application.
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What you need to pay your fees online

  • a valid email address
  • creditDebit MasterCard, or Visa Debit card

Do not exit without printing or saving the receipt! The receipt is your proof of payment!

  • At the end, click on the “Save” button to save a PDF copy of the IRCC official receipt.
  • Upload a copy of this receipt to your online application when asked.

Incorrect fee payment

Incorrect fee payments may delay processing.

Payment issue – No fee included

If you don’t pay the fee, we’ll return your application.

Once you pay your fees and return your application, we’ll start processing it.

Payment issue – Not enough fees included

If you underpay, we’ll return your application and tell you how much to pay.

Once you return your application with the correct fees, we’ll start processing it.

Payment issue – Overpayment

If you overpay, we’ll:

  • start processing your application, and
  • send you a refund automatically.
Payment issue – required biometric fee not included

If you didn’t pay the biometric fee, we’ll tell you:

  • how much it is
  • how to pay it

Once you send the missing fees we’ll continue processing your application.

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