/internationalstudents/taxonomy/term/143/all en /internationalstudents/once-here/orientation <h2 style="text-align:center"><img alt="Orientation" height="466" width="658" style="width: 300px; height: 212px; float: left; margin: 5px;" class="file-original lt" src="/internationalstudents/files/internationalstudents/orientation_1.png" />Fall Orientation: 2024</h2> <h3 style="text-align:center">Events Schedule: More events and details are being updated</h3> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:03:59 +0000 caroline.guay@mcgill.ca 955 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/once-here/pre-arrival/pre-arrival-orientation-webinars-0 <h2><img alt="Orientation" height="185" width="273" style="width: 443px; height: 300px; float: left; margin: 5px;" class="file-original lt" src="/internationalstudents/files/internationalstudents/pic.png" />Starting at McGill in Winter 2025?</h2> <p>Meet us online for a Pre-Orientation Webinar! Learn everything you need to know about:</p> <p><a href="#Immigration Essentials">CAQs and Study Permits</a>  </p> <p><a href="#McGill and Montreal">McGill and Montreal</a></p> <p><a href="#Health">Healthcare in Quebec</a></p> <p><a href="#Winter">Winter 101</a></p> Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:53:02 +0000 melissa.shohet@mcgill.ca 1343 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/once-here/events-workshops <p>ISS offers a series of workshops & webinars for <strong>degree</strong>, <strong>exchange</strong>, <strong>visiting</strong> & <strong>special</strong> students, <strong>post-doctoral fellows</strong>, and other students who pay <a href="/student-accounts/node/18/#SERVICES">Student Services fees</a>.*</p> Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:01:32 +0000 caroline.guay@mcgill.ca 1040 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/once-here/pre-arrival <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="Pre-Arrival Resources" height="169" width="1054" style="width: 500px; height: 80px;" class="file-original " src="/internationalstudents/files/internationalstudents/prearrival.png" /></p> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:34:13 +0000 caroline.guay@mcgill.ca 890 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/once-here/pre-arrival/pre-arrival-information/maps <p><a href="http://maps.mcgill.ca/?zoom=17&lat=45.50589273223628&lng=-73.57941804326066&campus=DWT&txt=&theme=&id=">Downtown Campus Map</a></p> <p><img alt="Downtown Campus" style="width: 320px; height: 128px;" class="file-large " src="/internationalstudents/files/internationalstudents/styles/wysiwyg_large/public/downtown.jpg?itok=4ZpXuGCm" width="320" height="128" /></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://maps.mcgill.ca/?zoom=17&lat=45.4071673886244&lng=-73.93890910320266&campus=MAC&txt=&theme=&id=">Macdonald Campus Map</a></p> Wed, 29 May 2013 15:59:57 +0000 michelle.grady@mcgill.ca 884 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/contact-us/issoffice/international-student-body <h2>McGill's International Student Body</h2> <p>McGill is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading research-intensive universities in the world. With almost 30% of our students coming to McGill from over 150 countries, our student body is among the most internationally diverse of any medical-doctoral research university in the country.  Our top-notch internship programs place students across the globe, and our alumni live in more than 180 countries worldwide.</p> Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:54:04 +0000 caroline.guay@mcgill.ca 709 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/immigration-documents/documents &²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù;&²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;²õ±è²¹²Ô&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù;Ìý&²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;/²õ±è²¹²Ô&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù;&²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;/±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:31 +0000 caroline.guay@mcgill.ca 49 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/immigration-documents/renewing-documents <p>If your immigration documents have expired, you cannot resume your studies unless you have <u><a href="http://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/visitors/implied-status-extending-stay.html">maintained status</a> or you have obtained a new CAQ and Study Permit</u>. All international students are responsible for maintaining valid immigration documents and legal status throughout the duration of their program of studies.</p> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:30 +0000 caroline.guay@mcgill.ca 45 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/once-here/pre-arrival/pre-arrival-information/about-montreal/climate <div> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="McGill Campus" height="260" width="800" style="font-size: 13.008px; height: 215px; width: 660px;" class="file-original " src="/internationalstudents/files/internationalstudents/images/mcgill_campus_from_owen.jpg" /><br /> <br /></p></div> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:30 +0000 anastasia.koutouzov@mcgill.ca 48 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/health/claims/forms <h2>Please find below the International Health Insurance (IHI) forms:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/internationalstudents/files/internationalstudents/claimform.pdf">Health Insurance Claim Form - Extended Health Care Benefits</a><br /> To be used to claim reimbursement after having paid for eligible medical expenses. Original receipts must accompany this form.</li> <li><a href="/internationalstudents/files/internationalstudents/health_insurance_claim_form_-_medical_expenses.pdf">Health Insurance Claim Form - Medical Expenses</a><br /></li></ul> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:30 +0000 michelle.grady@mcgill.ca 39 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/health/whos-covered/graduatedstudents <h2>Congratulations on graduation!</h2> <p>Graduating students, who have at least one registered term within the current academic year (September 1st to August 31st), are eligible to keep the IHI contract until the end of McGill's academic year - <strong>August 31st .</strong></p> <p>If you would like to <strong>cancel your IHI plan</strong> after your final term at McGill, please refer to the <a href="/internationalstudents/health/exemption/cancellation">Cancelling your insurance policy</a> webpage for more information. </p> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:29 +0000 anastasia.koutouzov@mcgill.ca 37 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/health/exemption <p>Students who meet certain criteria may be eligible for an exemption from McGill's International Health Insurance plan. The list of exemption categories can be found under <a href="/internationalstudents/health/exemption/eligibility-exemptions">Eligibility for Exemption</a>. <strong>Please note that students covered by private health insurance are not exempt from the McGill plan</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Exemption requests must be done on Minerva by specified <a href="/internationalstudents/health/exemption/deadlines">deadlines</a></strong>.</p> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:29 +0000 anastasia.koutouzov@mcgill.ca 33 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/health/coverage/handbook <h2><img alt="Medavie Blue Cross" height="42" width="278" style="width: 278px; height: 42px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class="file-large " src="/internationalstudents/files/internationalstudents/styles/wysiwyg_large/public/images/medavie_blue_cross.png?itok=cykgfqPw" /></h2> <h2>1. Medavie Blue Cross handbook - Group no. 95258<span> </span><br /></h2> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:29 +0000 anastasia.koutouzov@mcgill.ca 36 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/health/activate-your-coverage/cancellation <h2>General information</h2> <p>McGill's International Student Health Insurance Plan is compulsory for all international students, except in rare situations where <a href="/internationalstudents/health/exemption">exemptions</a> may be granted. However, your health insurance coverage may be cancelled if you:</p> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:28 +0000 anastasia.koutouzov@mcgill.ca 27 at /internationalstudents /internationalstudents/health <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="International Health Insurance" height="169" width="1054" style="HEIGHT: 80px; WIDTH: 500px" class="file-original " src="/internationalstudents/files/internationalstudents/health_insurance_0.png" /></p> <p>The McGill International Health Insurance Plan is <strong>mandatory for all</strong> registered international students.</p> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:37:28 +0000 anastasia.koutouzov@mcgill.ca 25 at /internationalstudents