<p>My family lived in CA for several years before relocating to India 4 yrs ago.
We still own a house there. If my daughter is applying to the UC system there, is there
any way to be eligible for resident fees ? Has anyone had a
situation like this and how did you apply and what documentation did you have
to provide?
thanks</p>
<p>I’d suggest calling or emailing one of the colleges to see what they say. If you can, talk to the office that actually determines residency.</p>
<p>Sry, ain’t gonna happen. With rare exception, for tuition residency, a parent must live in state, and/or student must attend for three + years and graduate from a California high school. For additional details:</p>
<p>[Legal</a> Residence Information - Office Of The Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/legalinfo.html]Legal”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/legalinfo.html)</p>
<p>Agree with Blue, owning a home there does not get you residency. You would have to move back with her and be there for a year before she would be a resident again.</p>
<p>Here’s a way to think concretely about the problem:</p>
<p>If you own a house in California, and you are renting it out, you should be filing California and federal income tax returns. (If you are not filing those returns, you have a raft of other problems!)</p>
<p>When you file those returns, you either file them as a resident, or as a non-resident. Let me guess that you haven’t been filing resident returns (which would involve paying California tax on your worldwide income, by the way).</p>
<p>With years of certifying that you are NOT a California resident under your belt, it’s going to be hard to switch positions quickly without a bunch of fact changes, which would basically mean the whole family, not just the daughter, moving back to California.</p>
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<p>Probably not. It’s very unlikely that you have been a “resident” of CA for four years while living in India.</p>