<p>Yea, I agree that I shouldn't be able to pay the same as instate California kids its justhe difference b/t what Florida charges OOS students compared to California that is somewhat discouraging.</p>
<p>Hey, I hope you all don't mind if I revisit this topic for I have some important questions to ask regarding California residence requirements and hoping some of you can help me. </p>
<p>So I am a freshman going to a UC. my parents got divorced earlier this year and my mother moved to California and living with my aunt, leaving my father in my old home, Nevada. She is now working in California started from April, 2008 and is planning on claiming me as a dependent on her oncoming tax return so I can be "converted" into a CA resident earlier. Also, she has many evidence that can prove that she's been here for a year.</p>
<p>So my question is how soon do you think I can become a CA resident?</p>
<p>She need to be in CA for at least a year, counting from the date of school starts I believe. Call the registrar office, they have the exact date that your mom needs to be in CA. Proof that you are in CA, such as car registration, pay-stub, rent/house payment,... all listed on the website.</p>
<p>I have some family that lives in california… if i get them to say ive been living with them for the past year would i be able to gain residency?</p>
<p>It’s complicated - ‘residency’ doesn’t literally mean ‘where you live’. Since you’re presumably under 24, it’s more about ‘where your parents (legal guardians) pay taxes’. If they haven’t been paying CA taxes and they’ve been claiming you as a Dependent on their tax forms in Whatever State, you will not get in-state tuition even if <em>you</em> physically ‘live’ in CA. The exception (I believe) is if you go to a CA public high school for three years and graduate from there and that’s automatic in-state…But that policy is being challenged in court and goodness knows if it will hold.</p>
<p>Basically, UC is really hurting for OOS money now and they’re being much stricter.</p>
<p>So if my dad claimed me this past year, i have to wait two more years before i can have legal residency?</p>
<p>unless you have proof that you are supporting yourself independent of your dad, your legal residence will remain there and not in California. They created the regulations to avoid having undergrad students claim residency.</p>
<p>I’m having a problem about California recidency establishment too.
I have been living in Califorrnia for 2 and a half years, but under the international student status. I have just became permanent resident since oct 2010, so am I qualified for in state tuition for the upcoming semester?</p>
<p>I have lived in socal for a year and a half working and paying taxes as an independent. I am also registered to vote here. (I’m almost 30) I want to attend school in socal in the spring but my family in Kentucky needs my immediate assistance with an issue for possibly up to 9 months. Moving there will include having a job to support myself. Will I again lose my residence in cali after I gained it? I’m concerned about being an oos when I come back. I have the intent of remaining and working in socal (done it already for over a full year without enrolling in school). If not for my family I would never leave socal so I’m confused as to “what happens” when I make this temporary move? Thank you.</p>
<p>if your parents become California residents, (live and work in California for a year, change driver’s license, car registration, taxes, and vote), then are you allowed to change your status from OOS to instate?</p>
<p>Are you 18 or older?
“Adult students cannot derive residence from a spouse or parents.”
If 18 or over
How to Establish Residency for Tuition Purposes
(each UC might be a little different; I think Cal and UCLA are the hardest. For Cal
[Establishing</a> Legal Residence - Office Of The Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/establish.html]Establishing”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/establish.html)
Fianacial Independance Criteria
<a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/changes.html[/url]”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/changes.html</a>
If under 18
Rulles applying to minors
<a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/minors.html[/url]”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/minors.html</a></p>
<p>OOS Adult students over 18 and under the age of 24 can derive residency from a parent, IF that parent has moved and established California residency and met the requirements of 366 of physical presence in the state and also met other criteria for intent IF the student is not financially independent and is being claimed as a dependent on California and Federal Tax returns by that parent for the year prior to the residency status request. Basically, if your parents move to Cal and you live with them and depend on them financially as an undergraduate you would become eligible.</p>
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<p>Digging this question from the grave. Can anyone answer it?</p>
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<p>that’s what i’m doing.</p>
<p>I don’t understand how they expect those who are under 24 to be financially independent in a whole new state… Parents can’t even help you pay for books or dorms??</p>