Payment Dates, Policies, & Methods

IMPORTANT:Residence fees cannot be paid either via Web Adviser or with online banking. Credit card payments are accepted online at the StarRez Housing Portal but not in person. In-person payments can be made with cash, cheque, debit, and money order. Residents may also pay residence fees (excluding application fees and deposits) by bank transfer, although this method is discouraged.

The Housing Office may be changing the process of paying the security/damage deposit. Please like our Facebook Page (link at right) to be notified of updates to our policies.

Payment Deadlines

An Application Fee is required to create a residence application on the StarRez Housing Portal. It must be paid once per academic year, including renewals between academic years, but is not required to renew between terms in the same academic year.

A Security/Damage Deposit must be paid within 5 business days from when an initial room offer is sent. For more information on deposits, read the article on damage deposits.

Residence Fees. Residents are expected to pay each term session’s fees in full by the payment deadline. This policy extends to students awaiting external funding such as loans, sponsorship, and bursaries. Deadlines for each term session are due the same day as UWinnipeg tuition fees:

Fall 2012 (Sept.-Dec.): Sept. 5, 2012
Winter 2013 (Jan.-Apr.): Jan. 7, 2013
Spring/Summer 2013 (May-Aug.): May 6, 2013

Loans, Scholarships, Bursaries, and Sponsorships.

Loans, Scholarships, and Bursaries. Students awaiting funding are subject to the same deadlines as any other resident: either a full payment must be made or a payment plan setup (see below) by the payment deadline for each term session.

Sponsorships. Residents awaiting band or other external sponsorship must contact the Housing Office by the payment deadline to make special arrangements.

Missing payment deadlines

Late payments incur a $50 late payment fee. This applies both to late Term Session payments and Monthly Payment Plan payments. Multiple late payments may incur additional sanctions up to and including eviction from residence.

Bounced/NSF cheques (i.e. cheques that do not clear because of non-sufficient funds) incur a $45 NSF fee by UWinnipeg. Submitting two (2) Non-Sufficient-Funds (NSF) cheques is grounds for sanctions up to and including eviction from residence.

Payment Plans and Deferrals

Payment Plans. UWinnipeg students only may apply for a monthly payment plan. (Students from other institutions are ineligible for payment plans.) The payment plan breaks up the term session fees into four equal payments, payable on the 1st or 15th of each month. Completed applications along with payment plan fee must be submitted by the Term payment deadline (see Deadlines above). If paying by cheque, the cheques for the whole contract must be submitted along with the application.

Payment plan residents may choose only one of the following payment methods :

post-dated cheque OR
credit card (Visa or MasterCard) via StarRez Housing Portal .

For more information or to set up a payment plan, please contact the Housing Office.

Payment Deferrals. In some exceptional cases, students may request a payment deferral from the Manager of Campus Living (Housing). Only the Manager is able to arrange payment deferrals.

Where and How to Pay (Payment Methods)

Residence fees can be paid from one of four places: In person at the Housing Office, Online at the StarRez Housing Portal, by mail, and from your bank. Each way of paying allows different methods of payment:

	Housing Office	StarRez Portal	Mail	Bank
Cash	Yes	No	No	N/A
Visa	No	Yes	No	N/A
MasterCard	No	Yes	No	N/A
Debit Card	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Visa Debit	No	No	No	N/A
Bank Transfer	N/A	No	N/A	Yes
Cdn Money Order	Yes	No	Yes	N/A
Int’l Money Order	No	No	No	N/A
Online Banking	N/A	No	N/A	N/A

Notes about specific payment methods

Bank transfer

Bank transfer is discouraged due to complications that may arise. If this method must be used, please notify the Housing Office prior to making payment.

Personal information Make sure to specify your name, student number, and that it is for residence fees on the bank transfer.
Bank Name RBC Royal Bank	Account # 109-506-6
Bank Address 220 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3C 0A5 CANADA	Transit # 00007
Institution# 0003	Swift Code ROYCCAT2

Cash

The Housing Office does NOT provide change for cash payments. Please bring the exact amount owed to pay residence fees by cash.

Cheques

For post-dated cheques, if you sign a contract to stay in residence from September 2011 to the end of April 2012, you will submit cheques dated September 1, October 1, … until April 1.

Please make all cheques out to:

The University of Winnipeg

If you are mailing your payment, use the following address:

Housing Office – UWinnipeg
515 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9

In the comments section you must specify your student number and that it is for “residence fees” or the bank transfer will not successfully be applied to residence fees.