Can my sponsored wife apply for OSAP?

[yumitsu]

We are planning for my wife to move to Canada from the States, and she wants to pursue her post-secondary here in Ontario. I (Canadian) will be sponsoring her. When reading my requirements for sponsorship, however, I read the requirements are:

• support them financially
• make sure they don’t need social assistance from the government

Will OSAP be considered social assistance from the government?
If not, how long should she be here as a PR to go to school with domestic tuition?
Thank you!

 

[canuck_in_uk]

We are planning for my wife to move to Canada from the States, and she wants to pursue her post-secondary here in Ontario. I (Canadian) will be sponsoring her. When reading my requirements for sponsorship, however, I read the requirements are:

• support them financially
• make sure they don’t need social assistance from the government

Will OSAP be considered social assistance from the government?
If not, how long should she be here as a PR to go to school with domestic tuition?
Thank you!

OSAP is not social assistance. She qualifies for domestic tuition the day she becomes a PR.