<p>So i'm currently going to attend a Wisconsin university and being charged out of state tuition. I live in illinois and iv'e read the residency requirments around five times and it seems that if i show i want to live in Wisconsin after college( which i actually do) i can qualify for in state tuition. My question is will i be able to apply for state residency in Wisconsin after two years of attending this college and transferring to another Wisconsin college and qualify for in state tution. The website says this</p>
<p>36.27(2) (d) Any person who has not been a bona fide resident of the state for 12 months next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which such person registers at an institution, except as provided in this subsection, is not exempt from the payment of the nonresident tuition.</p>
<p>36.27(2) (e) In determining bona fide residence at the time of the beginning of any semester or session and for the preceding 12 months the intent of the person to establish and maintain a permanent home in Wisconsin is determinative. In addition to representations by the student, intent may be demonstrated or disproved by factors including, but not limited to, timely filing of a Wisconsin income tax return of a type that only full-year Wisconsin residents may file, voter registration in Wisconsin, motor vehicle registration in Wisconsin, possession of a Wisconsin operator's license, place of employment, self‑support, involvement in community activities in Wisconsin, physical presence in Wisconsin for at least 12 months preceding the beginning of the semester or session for which the student registers, and, if the student is not a U.S. citizen, possession of a visa that permits indefinite residence in the United States. Notwithstanding par. (a), a student who enters and remains in this state principally to obtain an education is presumed to continue to reside outside this state and such presumption continues in effect until rebutted by clear and convincing evidence of bona fide residence.</p>
<p>So what exactly do i need to do to prove to them that i want to live here after college. Also have you heard of anybody doing this also, i mean i would love to live there i just don't want to pay that much. It says "princapipally" but what if i really want to live there after? Please help, if this doesnt belong in this topic can you show me where i can get help. Thanks.</p>
<p>Drop out of school, get a job, rent an apartment, pay WI income taxes, get a WI license, register to vote in WI, and after 12 months you can then apply to be considered in-state. As long as you’re only there as a student, you will be classified as out of state.</p>
<p>When i’m over there (still in high school). i’m going to work and pay for most of my things, but would i have to tell my parents not to claim me in there taxes? If they don’t i’m guessing i’d have to file my own as an independent adult, right.</p>
<p>OP answered me in a PM, but I think he is better posting here and getting info from more people who may know better than me.</p>
<p>“When i’m over there (still in high school). i’m going to work and pay for most of my things, but would i have to tell my parents not to claim me in there taxes? If they don’t i’m guessing i’d have to file my own as an independent adult, right.”</p>
<p>“Over there” are you overseas? Look I’m no residency expert, I don’t know the rules of WI too much either. </p>
<p>Generally students are considered residents of the state where the parents are unless there is good evidence otherwise. Usually until you are 24 or married or classified as an Independent student. Then it is easier to show you intend to be a resident. Full time job, renting a house/apt with a utility bill, car registration etc.</p>
<p>You have to actually move to Wisconsin. Get a job, register to vote,get a driver’s license, hunting license, fishing license and any other type of license you can think of. And yes, file your own taxes and no longer be claimed by your parents, who are residents of another state. </p>
<p>You must agree to cheer for the Packers and never again for the Bears or Cub.</p>
<p>36.27(2) (d) Any person who has not been a bona fide resident of the state for 12 months next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which such person registers at an institution, except as provided in this subsection, is not exempt from the payment of the nonresident tuition.</p>
<p>That seems to indicate that you would have had to live in WI for 12 months before entering as a freshman.</p>
<p>Just to clarify. I’m going to be charged out of state tuition from the college before I transfer. It’s cheap I’m okay with that. I want to know if ill still get charged OOS tuition to the other Wisconsin college I want to transfer too after the two years.</p>
<p>I also am going to resister to vote, get a job, get a fishing license, file income tax over there. I guess I’d rent an apartment and live there during breaks. </p>
<p>“Individuals who come to Wisconsin primarily for educational purposes do not automatically qualify as Wisconsin residents for tuition purposes, even after living in Wisconsin a year or more.”</p>
<p>thanks for the help, but im still confused. There has to be some sort of leeway with that statement. It says primarily for educational purposes, but i’m planning on living there. Renting an apartment, getting a job, etc. I’m not only going for education.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help everybody. If anyone has anything else to add please feel free.</p>
<p>It doesn’t say only. It says primarily. Everyone has to eat and pay for a roof over their heads, but the fact is you are moving to Wisconsin primarily for the purposes of getting an education at a Wisconsin state college/university.</p>
<p>Many students decide to stay in their university’s state after they graduate, but the WI administrators have no way of telling for sure that you are truly telling the truth. So they can only decide based on your actions. A person who moves to Wisconsin and starts working, changes over all their licenses and after 3 years decides to go to Wisconsin looks like they intended to make at least a semi-permanent domicile in Wisconsin. A person who moves there in August and starts attending classes in September looks like they moved there primarily to go to college, no matter how much they super swear that they plan to stay afterwards.</p>
<p>Think about it…if it it was this easy, everyone would do this to claim residency in a state other than their own and out-of-state tuition would not be a thing. WI parents have paid taxes to their state for X years, so that’s why they get the discount on tuition.</p>
<p>If there were, there wouldn’t be an OOS students after their first year. Your question is asked each year, many times. With dwindling revenues, states have closed most of the loopholes that permit easily becoming a state resident for tuition purposes.</p>