Main Residency Match (R-1)

Application Process - Fees

Updated June 25, 2009

Applicant Registration Fees

All applicants to participate in the CaRMS match are required to pay a registration of $246.00 + applicable taxes.
This fee includes applications to four programs.

All amounts are subject to applicable taxes based on your province of residence.

• 13% HST in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador
• 5% GST in all other provinces/territories
• No tax - Out of Country

Fees are paid using credit card (VISA or MasterCard) while in the Applicant Webstation (AWS). CaRMS' GST number is 125712174 RT.

Program Application Fees

Applicants choosing to apply to more than four programs will be required to pay $24 plus applicable taxes for each additional program to which they apply.

Fee for Verification of Credentials

A fee of $88.00 plus applicable taxes, for verification of credentials, will be charged to all applicants at the time of submitting their Request for Registration. This payment must be made by VISA or MasterCard.

Late Registration fee

Applicants who wish to register with CaRMS for the second iteration of the CaRMS match after the request for registration deadline has passed, will be charged the verification fee of $88.00 (if applicable) and double the registration fee ($150.00x2=$300) plus applicable taxes, if they are granted permission to join the match. This payment must be made by VISA or MasterCard.

Late Fee for Changing Iterations

Any applicant in 1st iteration who submits a Rank Order list and does not match will be automatically moved to 2nd iteration at no charge to the applicant.

Any applicant who wishes to remove themselves from consideration for 1st iteration and be moved to 2nd iteration can do so at no charge by e-mailing the CaRMS office before the Rank Order list deadline. NOTE: An applicant making this request will not be able to submit a Rank Order list for 1st iteration.

Any applicant who does not submit a Rank Order list by the Rank Order deadline in 1st iteration is NOT automatically moved to 2nd iteration. If an applicant from 1st iteration does not submit a Rank Order list and requests to be moved to 2nd iteration after Rank Order list deadline, a $134 administration fee will be charged to their AWS account.

ERAS Fees

Students and graduates of Canadian medical schools who wish to use the Association of American Medical Colleges' Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to apply to the United States will be charged $235 plus applicable taxes for dean's office services. This fee will be paid at the time of submitting their Request for Registartion for "ERAS". This payment must be made by VISA or MasterCard

CaRMS Medical School Registration Fees

Fees for university medical schools are based on quota and on the number of applications submitted to programs in the previous year's match plus and an undergraduate administrative fee and a fee per graduate.

Return Originals

Applicants can choose to have their original documents returned to them at the address listed on the Applicant Webstation (AWS) personal data page after the match is complete. The following fees will apply:

• $24 for addresses in Canada
• $30.00 for addresses in the United States
• $100 for International addresses

CaRMS will return eligible documents to applicants if the medical school to which an applicant matches does not request the documents for their files. Documents that are not returned to applicants, except for dean's letters, medical school transcripts and letters of reference will be destroyed once the match is complete. CaRMS does not return letters of reference to applicants.

Applicants from Canadian and United States Medical Schools

CaRMS will upon request return original extra documents and photographs for the fees above.

Applicants from International Medical Schools

CaRMS will upon request return original transcripts, dean's letters, and extra documents including TOEFL and TSE scores for the fees above.

Tuition and Registration Fees

Tuition and registration fees may be charged by the institution to which you are matched. These are not CaRMS fees.

 

Information regarding tuition fees has been provided by the assistant/associate dean of postgraduate medical education at each university. Please view the universities' introduction pages in the CaRMS Program Directory on-line for this information.

Refunds

CaRMS is a not-for-profit, fee-for-service organization. Therefore, all fees for registration and application including those received from applicants who later withdraw or are unmatched are NON-REFUNDABLE.

CaRMS does not issue refunds to applicants for any program that the student wishes to withdraw from after submitting a selected program that is cancelled by a university after the applicant registration deadline date.

Returned Cheques

A cheque which is returned by the bank will cost the issuer $30 for bank charges.