Situation 9. Your spouse is considered to be a Quebec resident according to one of the 14 Quebec residency situations
*This is a temporary status; a break in enrolment may impact this status.
Premise: Your spouse is considered a Quebec resident according to one of the other 13 Quebec residency situations.
Note: The definition of "spouse" according to the Act respecting financial assistance for education expenses (R.S.Q., c. A-13.3): "Spouse means the person who is married to, or in a civil union with, and is not separated, legally or de facto, from the student, or the person of the opposite or the same sex who lives with the student in a de facto union with a child of the person or the student."
There are three scenarios for this situation:
a) Legal Spouse by Marriage or Civil Union
Documents required:
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A copy of your marriage or civil union certificate.
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Your spouse's file contains all of the documents meeting one of the 13 other situations available to prove that they are a resident of Quebec.
b) Common-law Spouse with child(ren)
Documents required:
- Proof of Canadian legal status
- The sworn statement attesting to one year of cohabitation as proof of your common-law relationship with your spouse.
- A copy of the birth (or adoption) certificate for your or your spouse's child. It must state the names of both parents of the child.
- Your spouse's file contains all of the documents meeting one of the 13 other situations available to prove that they are a resident of Quebec.
c) Common-law Spouse without child(ren)
Documents required:
- Proof of Canadian legal status
- The sworn statement attesting to three years of cohabitation as proof of your common-law relationship with your spouse.
- Your spouse's file contains all of the documents meeting one of the 13 other situations available to prove that they are a resident of Quebec.
IMPORTANT NOTES regarding submission deadlines
