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Originally Posted by opendoor
They used to be done roughly on a cost recovery model where each passport's all-in cost (including administration) was roughly in line with the ~$80 fee they charged. But in 2013 they increased the fees significantly with the extra funds going to Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada. Part of the idea of that was with 10-year passports, there would be reduced annual demand, but some fixed yearly costs would remain so they needed to increase the cost to compensate.
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Gotcha so they cost more to fund more government agencies / jobs
And we just agreed a passport cost $10 to make . So the other $70 a person is administrative ??? I guess you have to send the passport which would cost a few dollars. And someone needs to take the Walmart picture and send to the manufacturer with the same info as the previous passport ! At 30$ an hr that is totally a 2 hr job PER Passport
Nice cycle they have going on !