{"id":6730,"date":"2025-12-16T11:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/?page_id=6730"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:21:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:21:58","slug":"custodian-procedures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/current-students\/forms-and-resources\/custodian-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Custodian Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row background_style=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column]\t<div class=\"aq-block-aq_page_header_block\">\r\n\t\r\n\t<header class=\"page-header ebor-pad-me\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"background-image-holder parallax-background\">\r\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1394\" src=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/pexels-ron-lach-9870235_2-scaled.jpg\" class=\"background-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/pexels-ron-lach-9870235_2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/pexels-ron-lach-9870235_2-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/pexels-ron-lach-9870235_2-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/pexels-ron-lach-9870235_2-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/pexels-ron-lach-9870235_2-1536x836.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/pexels-ron-lach-9870235_2-2048x1115.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-white alt-font\">Current Students<\/span><h1 class=\"text-white\">Custodian Procedures<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;48px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">There are 2 documents &#8211; one that the natural parents sign in front of \u0430 notary and one that the custodian signs in front of \u0430 notary. Both documents must be in the student&#8217;s file (copies are fine) with the information entered into the database and sent to the appropriate school. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The custodian should (must) be:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u0410 Canadian citizen or a Landed immigrant<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Resident in the Vancouver lower mainland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Over 25 years of age<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Speak English<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h3>Natural Parents Steps:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Use the document called: <a href=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Custodianship-Declaration-01-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Custodianship Declaration &#8211; Parents\/Guardians for Minors Studying in Canada<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Fill in the Student Information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Fill in the Parents\/Guardians Information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Fill in the Custodian Information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Fill in the bottom section, but do NOT sign the document<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Go to \u0430 notary or lawyer to have the parent&#8217;s signature witnessed, signed, and stamped by a notary \/lawyer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Custodian Steps:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Use the document called: <a href=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Custodianship-Declaration-01-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Custodianship Declaration &#8211; Custodian for Minors Studying in Canada<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Fill in the Student Information (must match the information on the Parent&#8217;s document)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Fill in the Parents\/Guardians Information (must match the information on the Parent&#8217;s document)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Fill in the Custodian Information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Fill in the bottom section, but do NOT sign the document<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Go to \u0430 notary to have the custodian&#8217;s signature witnessed, signed, and stamped b\u0443 the notary<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Once both documents are notarized, stamped, and signed, copies are to be given to the West Vancouver International Programs office staff.<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row background_style=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;48px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]There are 2 documents &#8211; one that the natural parents sign in front of \u0430 notary and one that the custodian signs in front of \u0430 notary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6730","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-29 00:34:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6730"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6732,"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6730\/revisions\/6732"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}