Some colleges allow their students to apply for instate tuition after they have attended the school for a year. Can the student apply for residency in Michigan to immediately get instate tuition at the University of Michigan, or must they live in Michigan for a specific amount of time before they are eligible for instate tuition?
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B. Process for Establishing Residency
Who Must Submit an Application for Resident Classification?
If you seek to qualify for in-state tuition as a Michigan resident and your application, circumstances, or activities suggest that you may have out-of-state activities or ties (as described below), you will be required to apply to be evaluated and classified as a resident or nonresident. This means completing an Application for Resident Classification truthfully and timely and submitting additional documentation.
Specifically, you must file an Application for Resident Classification if you seek in-state tuition on the basis of Michigan residence and have any of the following out-of-state activities or ties:
you live outside the State of Michigan for any purpose, including, but not limited to, education, volunteer activities, travel, or employment;
you attended or graduated from a college outside the State of Michigan;
you lived or worked outside the State of Michigan at any time within the last three years;
you are not a U.S. citizen;
your spouse, partner, or parent is in Michigan as a nonresident student, medical resident, fellow or for military assignment or other temporary employment;
you are 24 years of age or younger and a parent lives outside the State of Michigan;
you are 24 years of age or younger and attended or graduated from a high school outside the state of Michigan;
you attended or graduated from an out-of-state high school and have been involved in educational pursuits for the majority of time since high school graduation;
you attended any University of Michigan campus (Ann Arbor, Dearborn, or Flint) as a nonresident.