<p>I have one parent living in AZ and one in RI. I have lived in AZ for a while now and go to college here currently. I would like to transfer to school in RI and one of my parents currently lives there now. Can I still get in-state tuition in RI???</p>
<p>I have worked there in the last few summers so I have a RI address and paycheck. My father has lived there many years. So is there some way to get around everything to get in-state tuition in RI???? </p>
<p>In order for your father to fill out FAFSA, you would need to live with him 10 months out of the prior year. This is my understanding but look it into further. I don't want to be the one to finalize you not getting in-state tuition, etc.</p>
<p>What is your permanent resident address? THAT is the address you will need to use. You just can't decide that your permanent address is now with your father (unless your parents have joint custody and you are spending 1/2 of the year with each of them...which is doubtful). It sounds like you have lived in Arizona for a long time, you graduated from High School in Arizona, you are now going to college in Arizona...and have instate residency in Arizona. You can't have instate residency in two states. You need to check RI's requirements for instate residency. The summer job and your non-custodial parent address really have no impact on establishing state residency. The fact that you have gone to college in Arizona and your custodial parent LIVES in Arizona would most likely mean that YOUR state of residence will be deemed Arizona. BUT ask in RI...maybe they allow something else.</p>
<p>You can only put your father on your FAFSA if he is your custodial parent. It does not sound like that is the case.</p>
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<p>So is there some way to get around everything to get in-state tuition in RI???? >></p>
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<p>This quote from the OP implies that he/she knows that they would be "getting around" something to gain instate status. It is considered fraud to put inaccurate information on any financial aid or college form for financial gain, and that includes inaccurately reporting your state of residency. Be honest...I think you know you are a resident of Arizona, not Rhode Island.</p>
<p>If one of the OP's parents is a memeber of the military, it may be possible to have residency in more than one state. Most states (and one would have to check on this) allow dependents of military folks stationed in that state to be considered in-state residents.</p>
<p>When I was applying to college, I had residency via my dad's military status in three states: 1) Georgia (where he was assigned and where we lived); 2) Texas (where my parents filed taxes -- we had lived there previously and had maintained residency); and 3) Missouri, my dad's military home of record.</p>
<p>Otherwise, I would check with the college in RI. My guess would be that if dad doesn't claim the OP as a dependent and the OP hasn't lived there a year, you won't qualify as in-state.</p>
<p>Some states are more relaxed than others about how to consider a student who does have one parent living in the state. After all, that parent is a taxpayer, and one could argue that this parent has as much right to send his child to a state school as any other taxpayer in the state.</p>
<p>You need to ask this question to the financial aid people at the school you're considering. (But phrase it more politely.)</p>
<p>The in-state tuition depends on the State - check the rules in the State and with the school. My daughter has a friend whose parents are divorced and she is going to college as an in-State student (quite legitimately) in the State her Mom lives in even though she lived with her Dad in a different State and graduated from HS in that State. For FAFSA you are suppossed to provide the financial info for the parent you lived with the most in the base year - they do not have to claim you as a dependent for tax purposes.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info from everyone who replied. Sorry didn't mean to phrase that question so bad, "getting around this" was not my intention. I just meant avoiding a lot of hassle or confusion on my part for figuring this out. </p>
<p>Also I know my father claims me as a dependent on his tax return if that helps me at all. Again Thanks</p>
<p>Get the instate residency requirements in RI. It may all work out fine. It may not. I will say, it probably won't be a cinch. DS has been told to establish residency as a grad student (and has been told what to do) but even after doing everything he will have to complete a TEN page application for change to in-state residency status. They don't make this easy...</p>
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For the purpose of determining in-state and out-of-state classifications, the word residency shall mean domicile: the legal, documented, true and permanent home and place of habitation. For the unemancipated student, the domicile will be that of the parents and/or guardians. For the emancipated student, the domicile will be that of the student.
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1. Unemancipated Students
a. Any unemancipated student whose parents and/or guardians have been residents of the state for one year immediately preceding the first class day of the first semester of the student's registration in a public college or university shall be classified as a resident student as long as the parents and/or guardians continue to be residents of the state.
b. Any unemancipated student who initially was classified as a non-resident student may thereafter obtain re-classification only if the student's parents and/or guardians establish and maintain residence in Rhode Island for a period of at least one year prior to the first class day of the semester for which the student seeks to be re-classified as a resident student.
c. The residency of an unemancipated student, including those whose parents and/or guardians are divorced or legally separated, shall follow that of the parent or guardian who has legal custody or the parent or guardian who is responsible for the financial support of the student, whichever favors the student's request for resident student status.<a href="emphasis%20added.">/quote</a></p>