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Contact Canada's HOMESTAY PROGRAMME is very popular with both groups and individuals who want to make Canadian friends, improve their English, and learn about Canadian culture while pursuing an educational programme in their particular field of interest.

Contact Canada takes great care in the selection of host families. We ensure that students are matched with appropriate hosts by taking into consideration their wants and needs as well as the location of the school or institution they will be attending.

Host Screening Process
All potential host families are required to submit an application form along with personal references to a Contact Canada office. After checking references, a homestay coordinator arranges to meet and interview the family at their home. Only those families which can provide both a physically comfortable place to live and a friendly and nurturing environment are asked to become host families. Students are provided with a room, a desk, a bed, and three healthy meals per day.

Contact Canada's homestay coordinators are available for counseling purposes five days a week and 24 hours a day in the case of emergencies. Counseling can be provided in English, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

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Payment and Cancellation Policy
Payment

1. The entire placement fee is due at the time of application and non-refundable except in  cases  where a home cannot be found.
2. After a home has been confirmed, the applicant must pay the homestay fee for the first 3 months or the full amount if the stay period is less than 3 months. Other service fees such as school referral,  airport pick-up etc. are also due at this time.

Cancellation
1. All cancellations must be submitted in writing.
2. If  written notice of cancellation is received more than 15 days prior to the homestay start date: the homestay placement fee will not be refunded.
3. If  written notice of cancellation is received less than 14 days prior to the homestay start date: the homestay placement
   fee; a maximum of one month's homestay fees (30 days); airport pick-up fees and 6% GST  will not be refunded.  All
   homestay fees that have been received for the period beyond the first 30 days from the start date will be refunded
   according to the fee schedule above.
 

* CUSTODIANSHIP:
Immigration Canada requires that all applicants under the age of maturity who will apply for study permit have a legal custodian to act in place of a parent in times of emergency such as when medical attention is required. Applicants must provide proof in the form of notarized declarations one signed by the parent or legal guardian in the country of origin and one signed by the custodian in Canada.
 

Placement Fee
A fee applied to cover the cost of finding an appropriate host family, registration & administration costs.

Homestay Fee
This fee is paid to the host family for providing a place for the participant in their family. Host families will provide visitors with a nurturing and caring environment, a private room with a desk, and 3 meals per day.

 GST = Goods and Services Tax(6%) applied by the federal government.

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How to apply:

1. Submit your application form. (Contact Canada will reply immediately to acknowledge receipt of your form)
2. Send your placement fee to Contact Canada. After receiving your placement fee, the homestay coordinator will find you an appropriate family and send you a family profile. (We accept Credit Card - VISA, Master, Amex, Diners, JCB, )
3. After receipt of the host family profile, the fee for the first one month of your homestay are due. Participants may send both the placement fee and homestay fee at the same time if they wish to avoid paying bank transfer fees on two payments or want to combine both payments on one cheque.

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update: 2007.6.10