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Is there a fee?
There is no fee to:
- apply for a Social Insurance Number - including your first SIN card
- amend the name(s) on your card when the changes are due to a legal name change, for example, marriage, divorce or adoption
- change the expiry date on a temporary SIN card
- amend information on your record
A $10 fee is charged to:
- replace a SIN card
Acceptable methods of payment
- debit
- personal cheques, bank drafts or money orders payable in Canadian funds,
written to the Receiver General for Canada.
Cash should never be sent by mail. We accept cash at Service Canada Centres.
