REQUIRED STUDENT DOCUMENTATION
Parents or legal guardians are required to provide documentation to support the admissions process or when there is a change in address, citizenship, or parental responsibility. School are no longer able to accept documents by email.
Once submitted the documents will be verified by the school. In person document submission may also be requested at the discretion of the school.
Please make sure that each document is uploaded as a separate PDF file.
Any multi-page documents must be submitted with all pages uploaded together as a single PDF file (e.g. tenancy agreements, report cards, etc.)
Poor quality PDF scans or jpgs will not be accepted.
Please note: Applications and documentation must be submitted by a parent or documented legal guardian, not another family member, caregiver, or friend. Relocation and/or real estate agents are not permitted to act independently for parents.
Required Documentation for Admissions
Admissions applications are not considered complete until all documents have been received and reviewed by the first-choice school.
All required documentation must be submitted within two weeks of your application submission date, or the application form will be deleted.
Once submitted, documents will be verified by the first-choice school. Schools may request in-person document submission or additional documentation at their discretion.
Required Documentation for Student Verification Changes in MyEducationBC
Parents/documented legal guardians are required to keep their student’s information current and accurate and must advise schools of any changes. If changes are made to any of the following information items, parents/legal guardians must provide supporting documents:
- Home address
- Parental responsibility
- Legal or medical alerts
- Citizenship
If supporting documentation is not provided, changes will NOT be made in MyEducationBC, the official student information system used by school districts and the provincial government to maintain a student’s permanent record.
A. Proof of Student Birth Date
- Child’s original long form birth certificate and official translation, if applicable
B. Proof of Citizenship (required for both student and parents)
- Child’s Canadian passport or Canadian Citizenship documents; or Permanent Resident card; or Canadian immigration documentation and current foreign passport
- Canadian passport, or citizenship or immigration documents as outlined above for at least one parent or documented legal guardian (not custodian)
- Canadian birth certificates may be accepted in rare cases where passports are not available.
C. Proof of Residence
To confirm residency in British Columbia, we require the following documents:
- One Primary Proof of Residence
- One utility bill OR three supplemental documents
In addition to the documents listed above, some schools may require additional supplementary support documents to complete the application.
As well as a primary proof of residence, please upload both a utility bill and a supplementary document if you are applying to: Chartwell, Cypress Park Primary, Ecole Cedardale, Ecole Pauline Johnson, West Bay, Westcot, or Ecole Sentinel Secondary.
All documents must contain one of the parents/legal guardians’ names at the residential address shown on the application and it must be current. Agreements must be valid at the date when the student intends to start school.
Business addresses are not acceptable for admissions purposes.