<p>You cannot get instate residency for the sole purposes of attending school in-state and getting in-state tuition. </p>
<p>In addition, unless you are 24 years old, married, have your own children for whom you provide more then 1/2 their income, served in the military or were a ward of the court before you were 18, you will be a dependent student and will be a resident where ever your parents live.</p>
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Students whose parents are not CA state residents must also be able to demonstrate financial independence. (At Cal State U this applies to continuing nonresident students seeking reclassification.) </p>
<p>Exempted from this requirement are students who </p>
<p>1) are at least 24 years old by December 31 of the calendar year of the term for which resident classification is requested; </p>
<p>2) are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces; </p>
<p>3) are wards of the court or whose parents are both dead; 4) have legal dependents other than a spouse;</p>
<p>5) are married or graduate/professional students and were not claimed as an income tax deduction by parents or any other person for the tax year immediately preceding the term for which resident classification is requested; or </p>
<p>6) are appointed as graduate student teaching/research assistants employed 49% or more time in the requested academic term. </p>
<p>Students in undergraduate or non-degree programs (e.g., teaching credential) whose parents are not CA state residents will be considered to be financially independent if all of these three criteria are met: the student </p>
<p>1) is single; </p>
<p>2) was not claimed as an income tax deduction by parents or any other person for the two tax years immediately preceding the residence classification request; AND </p>
<p>3) can demonstrate self-sufficiency for those 2 years and the current year (i.e., minimum total income and resources of $4,000).
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