You can drive across the border if it’s closer to you or fly across it’s upto you. You can stay there for one day or one week. The actual landing costs will vary accordingly.
This is a guesstimate: I must’ve spent close to ~$2000 CAD just for the application, and another ~$1200 CAD or so during landing as flight was expensive.
What’s the difference between Application Fees and RPRF? RPRF is now listed as being CAD 490, but the Application Fees is not listed on the below page:
For Family of four (2 adults and 2 kids), here is the breakdown
1800 USD (2380 CAD) - IRCC charges for 4
1080 USD - Medical Examination for 4 (in MD)
480 USD - IELTS exam fees for 2
125 USD - Photos for 4 (digital and physical copies)
40 USD - fingerprinting for 2 (professionally done)
360 USD (468 CAD) - ECA report for 2
54 USD - Police Clearance Cert Indian Embassy for 2
36 USD - Police Clearance Cert FBI for 2
100 USD - Postage and misc
OMG that is woooow I think is better / cheaper if someone gets a job before departure. In this calculation you also need to have a certain big amount in your bank.
Anyone in the midwest looking for a slightly cheaper medical exam cost can go to Louisville, Kentucky. We have booked ours for August costing $325 each. We live in Indianapolis and the cost was upwards of $400 in all other neighboring states.