<p>Alright, so I am a senior in high school in Illinois. My dad lives in Michigan, pays taxes and owns property there and I commute back and forth every weekend. After I graduate high school, my mother and I will make a permanent move to Michigan. Now, since my dad pays taxes there, am I eligible for in state tuition for Michigan and Michigan State for my freshman year of college? I was looking at the forms and apparently U of Michigan requires both parents to live over there, that isn't my case. I'm wondering if anyone has any insight to this </p>
<p>I think so but you may need to file an application for resident classification.
<a href=“Residency | Office of the Registrar”>http://ro.umich.edu/resreg.php</a></p>
<p>^ Can I say yes to “Are you a MI resident” on the common app?</p>
<p><a href=“Residency | Office of the Registrar”>http://ro.umich.edu/resreg.php</a></p>
<p>Read through the link and you will eventually need to fill out an application for residency consideration since your transcript will be from Illinois. Even my friends whose daughter attended high school boarding out of state ended up having to fill out the residency application. Michigan takes residency decisions very seriously. </p>
<p>The first bullet::
*you live outside the State of Michigan for any purpose, including, but not limited to, education, volunteer activities, travel, or employment; *</p>
<p>However there is also this:
If you are a dependent, your parents or parents-in-law are divorced, and at least one parent or parent-in-law is a permanent legal resident of the State of Michigan (as defined in these Guidelines), you are presumed to be a resident if you can demonstrate that (a) Michigan is your permanent legal residence and (b) you have severed all out-of-state ties.</p>
<p>@momofthreeboys Thanks for your reply. My parents are not divorced, that is why when I was reading through it it seems like they won’t consider it unless both parents are living full time in Michigan or unless they are divorced. This is not the case since my mom lives in Illinois with me and won’t move to Michigan until June of 2015, with me. We were going to move this year but they thought it was best to finish high school at the school I was at. Should I wait until we have completed the move to fill out for residency classification? Do you think they will consider it for Fall 2015? What do you recommend? Also, do you know if MSU is more lenient with this situation</p>
<p>It’s worth making a petition, but my hunch would be that you will be considered out-of-state for Fall 2015. If you were to be accepted and attend, you could petition again after you and your mother sever all out-of-state ties next summer and see if you can get resident tuition then. </p>
<p>By all means try, but I fear that since you will not be able to honestly say that you’ve cut all ties with Illinois, you will be considered out-of-state.</p>
<p>My son had been a legal permanent resident, living in Mi and attending school here for 7 years. I had remarried, but he still saw his Canadian father, as you might expect. Even though his Cdn father did not have custody per se, they initially classified him as out-of-state. We had to prove that we had no ties, land, etc. back in Canada.</p>
<p>If this affects your ability to afford to attend Umich and if its your first choice, you may wish to consider transferring at the end of the semester if you’re accepted, and THEN appeal the classification. I hate to say that, because senior year is a tough time to transfer, AND there’s no hard and fast rule that they’ll change the status…they tend to thwart any attempts to move to Michigan on the sole intent to qualify for in-state tuition, which they might view this to be. (For example, even though I had primary custody, if he’d have gone back to Canada for a performing arts program he’d considered, my sense was that his appeal would have been rejected.)</p>
<p>Because your parents aren’t divorced though, there might be some grey area. With the amount of money at stake, your family might do well to consult a lawyer in Mi who is familiar with Umich resident policy specifically and get solid advice from them before taking any action, including submitting the petition.</p>
<p>PS you also mentioned Michigan State. Historically, state has been far less stringent with residency rules. But if you have a drivers license, get it transferred to your Michigan address now for other Michigan schools.</p>
<p>@kmcmom13 Should I then wait if I’m accepted and take it from there? Of course, I would have a better shot if I was considered an in-state applicant</p>
<p>It’s really hard for me to say…is there any chance your family would be willing to have an initial conversation with a lawyer? I don’t personally feel qualified to give you the best advice here even though I’ve been through the process successfully…not is it likely that anyone on the forum could. I think someone familiar with Umich’s residency policy needs to take a good look at your family circumstances to advise you.</p>
<p>I do “know” that in 2009 I asked the residency office if the two month lag in reviewing my son’s status would hurt his chances for admission. They said no.</p>
<p>However, I didn’t entirely believe them, because I found it quite not-coincidental that we got our instate approval, and then within three days, got son’s acceptance letter AND a scholarship. The actions seemed co-joined, but they could have been coincidental.</p>
<p>And maybe, since my son had been from a GT program well-regarded by Umich, his residency might not have affected his acceptance either way. But there might be situations where it does.</p>
<p>Sorry I can’t really give you a better answer, but the stakes here warrant better intel than what I have to offer ;)</p>
<p>KC has some good points. You are going to have to fill it out no matter what because your high school transcript will be from a different state. At what point you fill it out is probably the most important question especially this year when UofM has said it is really going to try to contain the size of the freshman class. It’s also a huge financial difference of $20,000 a year if you are out of state. I agree that getting an opinion separate from the uni might not be a bad idea. </p>
<p>^ The financial difference would be more than $20k a year even for the tuition alone (the difference is around ~$25k). Nevertheless, the need met for in state student may make the out of pocket cost difference even larger.</p>
<p>Just a few further notes to consider…and indeed, we’re talking about at least a 100,000 differential here over the period of a degree…and one of my concerns is your ability to actually change your status for years 2,3 and 4 even if, as I suspect, you are classed OOS for year 1.</p>
<p>Your living circumstances in Illinois will be germane.
Eg. Is your mom employed there,
does she or has she ever filed Il taxes,
how long have you been there and
would you qualify for in-state tuition at a school in Il?</p>
<p>Intent is also important…eg. Moving to Michigan after acceptance at Umich is not viewed to be “intent” of permanent residency. The intent to permanently return to Michigan must precede intent to attend Umich. Do you have any kind of evidence of the intent to return to Michigan?</p>
<p>Example: you’ve applied to Umich but are not yet accepted. If you moved NOW, it can be clearly argued your mother’s intent to return to Michigan is one of “permanent” intent, not situational-tuitional intent 
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<p>@kmcmom13 My mom has paid il taxes, we’ve lived here for about 4 years. I would probably qualify for in-state tuition right now but i’ll probably loose it after we moved. I’m not looking any Illinois schools as of now. I would move to Michigan regardless of acceptance but I wouldn’t be returning as I’ve never lived there before. My dad has bought property and my sister would attend school over there, I’m not sure that qualifies as intent tho. I’m looking at schools outside of Michigan also but the possibility of in-state tuition at Umich is very appealing. I looked at some forms, it looks like MSU would give me in-state but I’m not leaning towards it as I don’t like it as much. One thing though, there are deadlines on the residency classification form. For Fall, Winter, and Spring terms. Am I too late?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t think so, but check with the residency office re:their current deadlines. They take typically 8 weeks or so to process a request, if I recall correctly.</p>