Am I a 'California Resident' according to berkeley?

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<p>I was born In los angeles, ca and am currently living In pakistan. I just want to know that if i get into berkeley, will I be counted as a california resident and pay little for tuition or will I not?</p>

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<p>Unless you mean that you have lived in a home in California until recently when you took an extended trip to Pakistan, but your family is still in California, I would expect that you are an out of state as far as tuition is concerned. Same as if you were born in California but your family then moved to New York for ten years.</p>

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<p>my father still lives in california, but i have been living in pakistan for about 3 and a half years.</p>

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<p>the issue will be your high school address and transcript - it won’t be a California school.</p>

<p><a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Default.aspx?PageID=establish.html[/url]”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Default.aspx?PageID=establish.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The quickest way to be considered a CA resident is to graduate from a CA high school. If you graduate from a CA high school, you’re automatically considered a CA resident, so one option is to finish up your high school here.</p>

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<p>Since you are a US citizen and you have one parent living in California, it is possible that you may be considered a California resident. The only way to find out for sure is to contact Berkeley directly and discussing the details of your situation.</p>

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<p>IF you are a CA resident and you go abroad, the question would be whether you made the effort to maintain your residency:
Drivers license
Votor registration
Income tax filing
Car registration
These would all apply if both your parents worked abroad.</p>

<p>The other issue you have is ‘custody’</p>

<p>You are generally deemed a resident of the place where your custodial parent lives. Are you living with your mother? Are you in her custody? If living with an aunt or grandmother there may be a loophole where you can qualify as a resident.</p>

<p>I know a girl whose Dad lived in CA and mother in another state, she lived with her mother and graduated from HS in that state, even at a UC with her Dad paying she had to pay OOS fees. If this applies to you, you may be able to go live with your Dad and work for a year and then apply as a CA resident.</p>

<p>You probably ought to call the registrar at a UC and ask the details</p>