Getting Residency

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>I was recently accepted to UCLA and Berkeley. While the acceptances came as a surprise, I know have a dilemma. I am considered an OOS resident so the tuition is very pricey. This is obviously a problem many students face but I'm extremely confused by whether or not I can establish residency.</p>

<p>My family is moving to California in a couple months which is why I applied. Specifically, they will be moving there sometime in the Fall. My younger siblings will be enrolled in Cali schools. I have yet to get a license from my state even though I turn eighteen in a couple days, so my first ever license will be from there. All my parents' cars will be there so we'll have car registration papers. Furthermore, I'll obviously have a California address since my parents will be living there. Lastly, my parents will cut their tax ties with my current state and establish new ones in California. Along with that, I have never registered to vote and will do that for the first time in California. I am hoping to receive at least 3 of the scholarships I applied for which will allow to pay for tuition alone though this last one is obviously not a sure thing.</p>

<p>Thanks for any help you can forward. Also if anyone has ever done this successfully before, your advice is very very very much appreciated</p>

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<p>One would think that your parents paying CA income taxes would help you establish in-state residency. But I think that it’s where you attended high school that establishes this. I hope I am wrong, but perhaps your parents can contest this. It wouldn’t be right if they paid CA income taxes and still had to pay oos full tuition for you. I’m not sure how your establishing independence in CA works, which include working in the state, but there’s something to this, perhaps while you attend a CA community college, because you don’t want to pay full UC tuition.</p>

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<p>I’m by no means an expert here, but on the FAQ they say

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