Sending my minor niece to elementary school

[hopefulauntie]

I am a Canadian citizen living in Canada. My niece is 8 years old and was born in Canada; she has citizenship. She has a birth certificate and Canadian Passport. She has been living in Japan with her father (my brother) who is Canadian and her mother (who is Japanese) since infancy, though.

My brother has expressed interest in her coming to live with me and attend school in Canada for a period of several months, up to a year. Their hope is to eventually spend time living in both countries as a family, but my sister in law will be giving birth shortly, so at this point it is just their daughter they are wanting to send in order to create a cultural, educational, and language immersion experience for her.

My initial question is will she need a visa? and if so what type? Will she be a visitor? Or will this not apply since she is a citizen? Will we need to set up a notarized guardianship agreement?

Secondly, when registering her for school, will she be required to pay international student fees? She shouldn't as a citizen, correct? But will there be an issue with the fact that her parents will not be accompanying her to Canada?

 

[kriv]

I am a Canadian citizen living in Canada. My niece is 8 years old and was born in Canada; she has citizenship. She has a birth certificate and Canadian Passport. She has been living in Japan with her father (my brother) who is Canadian and her mother (who is Japanese) since infancy, though.

My brother has expressed interest in her coming to live with me and attend school in Canada for a period of several months, up to a year. Their hope is to eventually spend time living in both countries as a family, but my sister in law will be giving birth shortly, so at this point it is just their daughter they are wanting to send in order to create a cultural, educational, and language immersion experience for her.

My initial question is will she need a visa? and if so what type? Will she be a visitor? Or will this not apply since she is a citizen? Will we need to set up a notarized guardianship agreement?

Secondly, when registering her for school, will she be required to pay international student fees? She shouldn't as a citizen, correct? But will there be an issue with the fact that her parents will not be accompanying her to Canada?

if your niece has a Canadian passport then obviously she does not need a visa to enter into Canada (she is a Canadian citizen). if she is travelling alone or with his father then check the airline requirements. they most probably will be needing a consent of both parents ( a simple notarized letter signed by both father and mother).

once she is here in canada she can go to school with no restrictions, no fee; the same way everyone else here goes to school. you can keep a notarized guardianship letter with you in case you ever need it for other documentations during her stay in canada.