I’m currently a VA resident, and got accepted to UVA. My family is moving to CO this summer, and will live there while I got to school. I haven’t paid my deposit to UVA, and the main thing stopping me is the worry that my tuition rates will jump to OOS after a year. Is this the case? If it were to be the case, would keeping the house we own in the state keep the tuition in state since we would be paying income tax to VA?
any help would be great
The answer is you would be in-state your first year but would be ineligible for in-state after that.
would keeping our house have any effect on that since we would be paying property tax to VA?
You really should get all the facts from the school itself before paying the deposit . Contact financial services or whatever department makes instate determination directly with your questions . Good luck.
Contact this office with residency questions: http://vastatus.virginia.edu/
They are mandatory statewide rules - so I don’t think UVa can waive or modify them.
If you own a house in a state, you usually pay property taxes but not income taxes. You pay income where you earn income.
Contact the office that @“Dean J” gave you the link for first thing Monday morning and get the answer straight from the horse’s mouth!
I’m a little late but I’m actually in the same position with my parents moving out of state this summer. I really wanted to attend UVA though so I went to talk to the residency office in person and they basically said they want to see that you have an intention to remain a resident of VA. So, if you keep your VA license, be registered to vote in VA, register your car in VA, etc., it shows that you intend to remain a resident of VA and thus you can keep your in-state tuition. The person I talked to also said they try their best to keep students as in-state so, as long as you don’t start changing your voting status, license, etc., you should be okay.
Hope this helps!
wow seems a little unfair to the OOS folks. Why can’t my son go get a VA drivers license and say Oh yeah, Im moving to Virginia fulltime when I graduate. Reality is that he lives in VA more than he is OOS. I could see if a student was not being declared on their oos parent’s income tax. I guess good for you both that the loophole exists for existing residents. Interesting is all I’m saying.
Coming in initially instate vs. OOS @Collegehelp4us is going to be different in most states for their public universities. If kids from NJ could all of a sudden be getting instate rates for UVA after one year , why would everyone not be doing that? It just doesn’t work that way . Every state has public colleges that their citizens can attend for instate rates.
The difference between in state and OOS tuition is ~$30k. I wouldn’t take the word of someone over the phone, and certainly not someone who said they “try their best.” You’re talking about a difference of $90k-120k. If I didn’t have a written statement of guaranteed tuition for 4 years, I’d assume I’d be paying OOS rates.
The rules for in state tuition are written in the [Code of VA 23-7.4:](Code of Virginia § 23-7.4 - Eligibility for in-state tuition charges :: Chapter 1 - General Provisions :: Title 23 — EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. :: 2006 Code of Virginia :: Code of Virginia :: US Codes and Statutes :: US Law :: Justia) .
It sounds to me like students will receive in-state tuition for a year after their parents move. If that’s true, I think @randomrox and @radni19 will both lose in-state eligibility after freshman year.
That certainly sounds more equitable. @servmom I don’t disagree with the idea of In-State tuition as we made the decision to attend Uva but I agree the policy as listed above is fair. However they should know that going in.
Maintaining instate residency is easier than obtaining in state residency. When you are eligible for in state rates, it is based on the criteria that include previous plus current years of in state residency. When parents leave, and students remain, students can sometimes keep residency because by then, they have established their own residency. But get it in writing with the specific facts laid out to avoid a costly mistake. I expect that I may get transferred OOS during the course of my son’s attendance at UVA and he will retain residency on his own (he works, has a car, driver’s license, votes etc). He gets the residency for the year moving forward, which is enough to establish his own. But for my older son to establish residency in SC for purposes of tuition, he will need to do all those things and maintain it for at least a year. It’s not unfair @Collegehelp4us, because you don’t gain residency in any state by intending to live there. And most state laws don’t allow you to use a dorm address to establish residency.
My daughter retained her instate residency in Fl after I moved. To get the residency grant for private schools, the state allows the school to make the determination and her school determined that she was still a resident. She was, of course, still a dependent for financial aid purposes, but SHE never moved out of Florida, just I did.