Step 1. Check with the school(s) that you will be applying to for the following:

• Do they have a minimum age/grade at which they will offer financial assistance?
• What is the deadline for applying for assistance?
• Are there other requirements that must be met to be eligible for financial assistance (i.e. will they offer aid to new students or only to returning students, do you have to be accepted by the school prior to making an application, do they offer aid to international applicants)?
• Is there a maximum amount of assistance a school will provide (i.e. a percentage of the tuition costs)?
• For a link to the school’s websites, click here

Step 2. If you are separated from the applicant's other parent, then both of you will have to make a separate application with your individual information

• No information from one parent's application will be shared with the other parent
• There is a lesser fee for the second parent who applies
• If the other parent will not submit an application and you would still like to apply, you may contact the school and request an exception for your application to be considered on your financial information alone

Step 3. Gather some documents.

In order to complete the application process, you will be required to submit some supporting documents for the information that is entered on the application. These documents will also likely be helpful to you as you are filling out the application itself.

Below is not a comprehensive list, but is a good starting point of the documents that you will want to have.

• Most Recent Notices of Assessment or Tax Returns
• Most Recent T4's or T2125 Statement of Business Activities, if self-employed
• Most Recent Pay Statements for the current year
• Annual Mortgage Documents

Register for an online CRA My Account if you do not already have one set up. While not required for an AFS application, this can help greatly in the gathering of documents that may have been misplaced, and the registration process can take several weeks.

• Step 1. From the homepage of this website, select "Register Now" and enter your information to create an account
• Step 2. A confirmation email will be sent to the address used to create the account. Verify that you received the email by clicking on the link and you will be able to log into your account
• Step 3. Login to your account and enter information under Profile for your contact information and Applicants for your children's school information. Then select "Application", the privacy policy and terms of service will appear, please review them and select “I Agree” to move forwards. Then work through all sections of the application by answering all the questions and entering in your financial information. Please note that this may take several hours depending on the complexity of your financial situation.
• Step 4. Once you have entered all the information on your application and have reviewed it for errors, move to the document upload screens where you will add all of the documents that we will require for our analysis. If you do not have all the documents with you at this time, you may select "Provide document later" on any individual document to proceed. Please note that we will be unable to process your application until we receive the requested documents and have uploaded them into your file online.
  After the application is completed, if you need to provide further documentation, you can log into your account and add additional documents through the "Application" button.
• Step 5. After the documents are uploaded/will be provided later, press "Checkout" to be taken to the payment screen. Once your payment is processed, you will be sent a confirmation email.

• Step 1. Once your application is received, it will be reviewed, and you will be contacted if there are additional documents or information that is required to process your application
• Step 2. Once the application has passed the review process, the analysis will be completed within 2-3 weeks, and will be sent to the chosen school(s). At any time, you may check the status of your application from your Parent Homepage along the "Application Status" bar. Please note that the 2-3 weeks for the analysis begins once we have received all required documents & information.
• Note One. It is recommended that once your application is completed, you download a copy for your records. If you wish to apply in future years, this may be helpful to have as you will otherwise not be able to access your prior information.
• Note Two. If you feel that you have made an error in your application, or if your circumstances change (i.e. job loss, significant illness, etc.), please email us in order to update your application.
• Note Three. The analysis is sent directly to the school(s), and they will be the ones to contact you regarding any offers of assistance.
• Note Four. After submitting an application should you require a copy to be provided to another school, please send us an email giving permission to send the original application to another school, and call in with a credit card number to which the additional $25.00 may be charged.