11/15/2016
Topic:
Canadian Expats-Enrolling kids in High School
tokyovoice
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Hello,
I'm looking for information about enrolling my daughters into high school in Ontario.
They are Canadian citizens, but non-residents, as they were born and raised in Japan.
I have heard that if I send them to Canada, they will be treated as foreign students for the first 6 months or 1 year until they qualify as Canadian residents.
Is this true?
The fees for foreign students are quite high, so I am hoping that they will be recognized as Canadian local students from the outset.
They would be living with friends/relatives in Ontario and attending the local public high school.
They have Canadian passports, citizenship cards, and social insurance numbers.
I am intending to remain in Japan, so I also wonder whether this will have any bearing on their resident status.
To qualify for Ontario health cover, I think the waiting period is 3 months after repatriation.
Can anyone clarify this, too?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance. |