<p>Hello all, I am actually a student but I was wondering if any parents went through the process of having their kids go through the process of estabilishing California Residency. If anyone has gone through this would you guys mind sharing your experiences and share some pointers for me?</p>
<p>State residency rules essentially prohibit residency for tuition purposes. To gain residency, your parents would have to move to California with an intent to stay. Or, you would have to move to California and become financially self-sufficient, i.e., can't be living on money from home.</p>
<p>This is a quote from the registrar's office at a University of California website.</p>
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Financial Independence: Students under the age of 24 who did not attend the University prior to fall 1993, and who do not have a parent who satisfies University requirements for classification as a resident for tuition purposes, will be required to satisfy the University's financial independence requirement in addition to the 366 day physical presence and intent requirements. It should be noted that this requirement makes it extremely difficult for most undergraduates who do not have a parent domiciled in California to qualify for classification as a resident at a University of California campus.
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<p>denneyK
I understand your wanting to benefit from the instate tuition but please be aware that California public schools are already struggling with budget cuts. Your parents would need to live in CA and pay CA taxes. We Californians are already struggling with high taxes and trying to support our public schools. We can't bear the burden of additional OOS students trying to pay In state rates.</p>
<p>You could talk to a school residency dept and possibly move to CA, live there, work there, bank there, have doctors there, stay there all summer, etc and establish residency, but you have to do that for one year before you can get the in state rates, so you cannot begin school AND UCs do not allow you to defer residency, so you would have to reapply.</p>
<p>My D had no problem establishing residency in another state for Grad school, but that may be different</p>
<p>hey thanks for all the help! much appreciated :)</p>
<p>Some people even enroll, go to school for a semester, drop out and work for a while to establish residency (support themselves completely), then go back to school. You'd need to research very carefully the rules, but after all, you are talking about a tremendous amount of money. It's a reasonable thing to do, but very complicated and they are very strict is my understanding.</p>
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My D had no problem establishing residency in another state for Grad school, but that may be different
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<p>It's usually a bit different for graduate school, since you should be self-supporting by that point. I know the offer I had at UCSB for my fellowship was contingent upon me declaring myself a California resident within a month of my arrival at UCSB. My guess is because then my advisor would only have to pay for an in-state student's tuition instead of an out of state student. However, here at Caltech there's no such stipulation on my enrollment because it's a private school that doesn't rely upon residency to set tuition rates.</p>