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Can my American Nephew go to School in Windsor? 

Marcc
Marcc
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Posted On: 9/30/2015
Marcc
Marcc
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My brother a Canadian Citizen passed away, leaving behind a son who was born and lives in the US. Recently at the end of his summer visit to my home in Windsor, Ontario his mother got into a serious car accident. Now I want to get him into school while we wait for her recovery to send him back home. My family and I are Canadian Citizen.

I have checked with some one who works within a school and was told it would cost $12,000 dollars to send him to school. Looked at similar questions in this forum.

Since his dad was Canadian Citizen how difficult to sponsor him. He is 16 years old.

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MelM
MelM
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Posted On: 10/1/2015
MelM
MelM
Posts: 226
Unfortunately it's unlikely you can sponsor your nephew yourself. However he may in fact be a Canadian citizen by birth. Was his father (your brother) a Canadian citizen when he was born? If so, did his father obtain his citizenship status by being born in Canada or through naturalizing (i.e. immigrating to Canada as a permanent resident and then becoming a citizen). If so, your nephew just needs to apply for proof of citizenship: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/proof.asp Once the application is approved (this will take a number of months), he will be regarded as a Canadian and will be able to attend school without paying foreign student fees.
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