Quebec residency: Situation 6
Renting, owning, or sharing a residence and corresponding documents to submit with your residency application.
If you rent
Submit the following:
- Your Quebec Permanent Code
- A sworn statement that you were not a full time student for an entire year during the 18 months prior to this semester. You can print out a PDF version of this sworn statement, complete it, and have it witnessed by a commissioner of oaths at the Birks Student Services Centre.
- A complete signed legible copy of your lease(s) covering the 12 months during which you lived in Quebec.
- Two different pieces of official correspondence addressed to you, proving the receipt of mail during the 12-months at the address indicated on the lease. These documents are acceptable:
- public service invoices
- driver’s license
- official correspondence from a municipal, provincial or federal government
- official correspondence from a financial institution
- correspondence from an educational institution
If you lived at more than one address during the year then you must submit a copy of each lease and one item of correspondence mailed to each address.
If you own
Submit the following:
- Your Quebec Permanent Code
- A sworn statement that you were not a full time student for an entire year during the 18 months prior to this semester. You can print out a PDF version of this sworn statement, complete it, and have it witnessed by a commissioner of oaths at the Birks Student Services Centre.
- Copies of Municipal Tax or School Tax assessments covering the 12 months during which you lived in Quebec.
- Two different pieces of official correspondence addressed to you, proving the receipt of mail during the 12-months at the address indicated on the lease. These documents are acceptable:
- public service invoices
- driver’s license
- official correspondence from a municipal, provincial or federal government
- official correspondence from a financial institution
- correspondence from an educational institution
If you share lodgings with someone else
Submit the following:
- Your Quebec Permanent Code
- A sworn statement that you were not a full time student for an entire year during the 18 months prior to this semester. You can print out a PDF version of this sworn statement, complete it, and have it witnessed by a commissioner of oaths at the Birks Student Services Centre.
- The lease or Municipal/School tax assessment of the person with whom you lived during the 12 months period in Quebec.
- An official letter from the owner of the property confirming the dates when you lived at that property. A letter from your roommate is not acceptable.
- Two different pieces of official correspondence addressed to you, proving the receipt of mail during the 12-months at the address indicated on the lease or Municipal/School tax assessment. These documents are acceptable:
- public service invoices
- driver’s license
- official correspondence from a municipal, provincial or federal government
- official correspondence from a financial institution
- correspondence from an educational institution