Host family application
Become a Vanmates host family
Welcome an international student into your home in Vancouver, Toronto or Montréal. Tell us about your home once — we take care of matching, payments and support.
⏱ About 10 minutes — you can stop and continue any time
- 1Tell us about your homeYour family, the student's room, meals and who you'd like to host.
- 2Add photos and sign — on your phoneSnap a few photos, set up payouts with Stripe and sign the host agreement right on the page.
- 3We review and start matchingWe check your application, give you a call, and start sending you students who fit your home.
Handy to have: a few photos of the student's room, your criminal record check (if you have one — you can add it later) and your bank details for Stripe.
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Still to do before we can approve you:
One more step: set up payouts.
Vanmates pays you through Stripe, so we can't send you any payments until this is done. It takes about 5 minutes.
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