H4 Visa College Cost Idea! need advice people

Paying for College
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Hey,

So I wanted to see if you guys knew the solution to my problem. I was born in a different country and moved to the US when I was two and did all of my education here, and I currently live and attend an NJ High School, so I am not a US Citizen, and I don’t have a Social Security Number, cuz I have an H4 dependent visa… so do you guys know if I qualify for in-state tuition and if I do what the approximate cost is for Nj colleges like Rutgers?

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You may email

residency@admissions.rutgers.edu

with any questions pertaining to your undergraduate residency inquiry.

I’m not sure, but I think that you need to change to F-1 visa, and this affects your options for in state tuition.

Checke in google

Nonimmigrants: Who Can Study?
Ice dot gov.

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If I remember well, if you are accepted to Pitt as minor with H-4 visa, and they give you in state tuition, if you change to F-1, they maintain you as resident price. Check this information with PItt,
Probably @PA student’s dad
can confirm that.

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isnt Pitt in Pennsylvania tho, how can I be considered a resident of Pennsylvania as I live in NJ… but i will email Rutgers

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Yes, you can study in the US on an H4 until you age out of that status. At that time you will need to change your status to F1.

Each public college and university sets its own policy about in-state residency, so you need to check with every place in NJ that could work for you. What other colleges and universities do doesn’t matter. You need to know the details for the places on your own list.

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@sciencenerd234
Hi, sorry, I mix both universities in my response, because we had a similar situation at Pitt.
Check with Rutgers if they have the same policy as Pitt, if you start with H-4 visa as resident, and then you need to change to f-1 visa, if they maintain your status as domiciled for tuition.

In Massachusetts in most cases is the same too, Your status for first year is the same for the for years in public Colleges.

Of course, the law s thought to the contrary, if you are international or outside the State, it does not change your status because you are studying for 4 years in the state, as it ends up in most cases.what you have to do is prove that the law also applies in both ways.