<p>I've gotten mixed answers on this.</p>
<p>I was born in the US, and have lived here all my life and gone to schools here. But my dad was born in Canada and is a citizen, and he moved to the states when he was like 20. If I get dual citizenship, which apparently I can because he is a citizen, do I pay "canadian citizen" tuition? The difference is like 10k a year so it is a big deal and might be a deciding factor for me.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot</p>
<p>Yes, you will be considered Canadian, out of province. BUT you need to be able to prove your Canadian citizenship. Getting a citizenship card takes a good 6 - 8 months.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Wow I am going to be a senior next year so I guess I need to start the process asap. Do you know at what point in the admissions process I need to have this card? Do I need it when I apply or not until I've been accepted or what? </p>
<p>Also, I'm assuming that other canadian universities like u toronto and u alberta use the same policy, and I could pay canadian tuition there as well, am I right?</p>
<p>You won't need to prove citizenship when you apply. However, if accepted to the school, you will need to have the card when you pass through immigration and customs at the border on your way to school. Officially, I think McGill only needs to see the card at some point during your first semester, but if they don't have it on file, they will begin charging you international rates on your first tuition bill in September.</p>
<p>And yes, any Canadian university will accept you as Canadian, as long as you can prove it.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>You have to prove Canadian citizenship (or Quebec residency) before your tuition and fees are due. They don't credit you retroactively if you do it late. So it's best to take care of this before the semester starts...</p>
<p>have you ever lived in canada before? because if you are a canadian citizen who has never held residency in any other canadian province and now go and stay in montreal for 3 months (and during these 3 months is not a full-time student at any accredited institution) then u qualify for the quebec residency tuition. ya, the one that costs 1700. the thing is that theres no longer 3 months of summer before school starts... heh. wait, are you class of '12?
i'd go here: Legal</a> documents
and check out your situation, and maybe call mcgill office too (even though they were jerks when i called). the site tells you which documents you need.</p>
<p>Reply to Blobof comment. I believe if you enter as a Canadian (on a Canadian passport) and have never lived in Canada before you can establish Quebec residency during your first semester and get retroactively Quebec tuition for the first semester and on from there. They credit the Canadian tuition you paid onto your second semester. The dates that you do things and the order that you do them are CRITICAL so check with the McGill office well ahead of time. At least this was true for the 2007-2008 year.</p>
<p>I've never lived in Canada before. </p>
<p>syzonin,</p>
<p>So you're saying that if I moved to Quebec after my senior year of high school, and lived there for 3 months, I would pay like 2000 or whatever next to nothing tuition Quebec students have to pay? That sounds awesome but I don't know if I can do 3 months over the summer, since my high school ends pretty late.</p>
<p>docker,</p>
<p>You're saying that these 3 months can be passed while attending McGill? If you follow the link that syzonin posted and go to Quebec residents and click on number 8, it looks like you might be right. Because it says "At the time of registration OR before the end of the semester, you had been residing in Quebec for more than three months". That would be really amazing for me, and if they counted my out of province first semester tuition towards my second semester that would be awesome.</p>
<p>Can anyone confirm or refute this, or add? I really want to go to McGill and it is a good deal for me compared to US schools either way, but it could be a matter of like 50,000 or something over 4 years if I somehow mess up this citizenship thing.</p>
<p>I'll email McGill but I'd imagine that they will take a while if they get back to me at all.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Harvey33 </p>
<p>My daughter did just as I described this past year under section 8. Timing is critical and you must follow the rules exactly. The office at McGill told us just how to do it.</p>
<p>Such a deal!!</p>
<p>Wow thanks soo much I never would have even considered that as a possibiliy!</p>
<p>And congrats on your daughter's success!</p>
<p>Should I email or call or talk to them when I visit or what, and which office exactly should I contact? I get the sense that it would be easy to mess this up and if I can I will, so any helpful details are appreciated!</p>
<p>on the url i posted, there's a "contact us" link on the left-hand side. click it to get to Contact Enrolment Services (Legal Document Unit).</p>
<p>Harvey33
We contacted admissions initially, and from there I believe it was referred to enrollment services. If you are at McGill it is room 205 of the James Administration building. I started out by reading the fine print online, then emailing and ultimately talking with the person who replied to my email. When my daughter arrived on campus in August they remembered her and everything went exactly as they said it would. Read the various documents on line. They emailed us a list of what to do when. We followed it exactly.</p>
<p>Okay I got the email and it looks simple enough.</p>
<p>Problem is, I just recently filed for citizenship, and they told me that the process is backed up so it will take 8-9 months. Will that be an issue?</p>
<p>"Problem is, I just recently filed for citizenship, and they told me that the process is backed up so it will take 8-9 months. Will that be an issue?"</p>
<p>You really need to be asking McGill these questions, not us. Our experience can only take you so far. It is too important dollar wise not to be going to the source!</p>