31) Citizenship and Immigration Canada should waive the application fee for H&C applications for stateless persons who do not have the financial means to pay the application fee. 32) Stateless persons in Canada on a work or study permit pursuant to sections 206(1)(b) and 215(1)(d) of the IRPA should be granted temporary resident status or a status that considers the stateless person “lawfully staying” in Canada. Furthermore, given the documented obstacles that stateless persons experience in obtaining permanent resident status through various naturalization programs, stateless persons who are temporary residents should have their time spent in Canada as a temporary resident count towards the residency requirements for permanent residence and Canadian citizenship. 114