Subject to the approval of the dean of Graduate Studies and Research, the following categories of international graduate students are exempt from the international students' fee indicated above, and will instead be assessed the regular tuition fee: 1. Legal Dependents of Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents where the dependent status has been fully documented and has been established a minimum of three years prior to the student's application for exemption. 2. Persons who have been recognized as a Convention Refugee within the meaning of the Immigration Act or persons and their dependents who have applied for Convention Refugee Status prior to January 1, 1989. 3. Persons or dependents of persons admitted to and remaining in Canada under diplomatic visas or under the Visiting Forces Act. 4. Persons or dependents of persons, admitted to and remaining in Canada under clause 10(c) of the Immigration Act for the purpose of engaging in employment (other than graduate teaching and research assistants). 5. Persons or dependents of persons admitted to Canada under clause 10(a) or 10(b) of the Immi-gration Act who are sponsored and financially assisted by agencies such as the Canadian International Development Agency, the International Development Research Center, The World Bank, The Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank and the African Development Bank, and by various aid programs of the United Nations and its agencies. 6. Persons participating in a cultural exchange agreement between the Government of Canada and the government of another country or in a formal exchange agreement between Carleton University and a post-secondary institution in another country. 7. Persons who hold an Ontario Graduate Scholarship, or holders of an Ontario Graduate Scholarship who subsequently lose their scholarships, but who maintain the minimum acceptable grade level for Ontario Graduate Scholarship eligibility (B+) until completion of the program for which they had originally been granted the scholarship. 8. Recipients of the Graduate Student Award in Canadian Studies, awarded by the Department of External Affairs. 9. Holders of Canadian Medical Research Fellowships. 10. Holders of the Ontario Attorney General's Graduate Fellowship in Law. Graduate students who believe they qualify for exemption under one of the foregoing categories must submit documentation to support their claim to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, room 1516 Dunton Tower. Until a request for exemption has been requested and approved students will be assessed the international student fees.