<p>If I have applied for a green card? I've also been living in the USA for quite a while.. But basically, if you wanna know the story, my parents took me here because they were graduate students. They decided to stay instead of go back to my home country and they both got jobs, one of them, my dad, getting sponsorship from his company to become a permanent resident. And because he's now a permanent resident, he's able to apply me for it as well. Now I just gotta wait..</p>
<p>And if I do, would I still have to take that damn TOEFL test despite my living in the USA for almost ten years? English is practically my first language.</p>
<p>And to be honest, I don't see why I should count as an international student.. Both my parents do their duty as residents of the United States by doing things such as paying their taxes to the United States government..</p>
<p>You have to have your green card in hand before you are considered a resident. If you are on a H-4 visa then I don’t think you are considered resident.</p>
<p>Sure, but lots of other individuals pay their federal, state and local taxes as H-1B visa holders, and their kids don’t get to enjoy the benefits of being a US resident either. US Immigration law is like that.</p>
<p>You should not have to take the TOEFL because you have more than five years of formal education in English-language schools.</p>
<p>Check out the residence rules for the state where your family lives. Some states will consider you in-state for tuition and fees at a public U. Others will consider you in-state at a community college, but not at a 4-year school.</p>
<p>If your father is a permanent resident, and you are a minor, your green card should come through pretty quickly. If your father is still waiting on his green card, talk to his immigration lawyer to get an estimate of how soon everything should be ready. Perhaps the paperwork will be done by the time your financial aid applications are due. </p>
<p>I’d like to ask something similar. If most of my high school education was in a different country, I have a green card, do I have to fill out the International supplements when applying for colleges?</p>
<p>^no. i take it you are living in the US now (since i don’t see how you can keep your green card while studying overseas). but regardless, you are a permanent resident and therefore not an “alien”.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot. Yeah I’m in the US now. But I read the international supplement for common app and saw that a lot of it relates to me. Such as a different grading system, etc. before.</p>