<p>How do I apply for Texas residency so that i dont have to pay out of state tuition for all four years?</p>
<p>Be 18+ and work in Texas for 12 months prior to enrolling. Or have a custodial parent living in Texas for 12 months. The college can tell you if you meet residency requirements. Search "state residency + Texas" on collegeboard.com for full details.</p>
<p>If you are a high school student...have your whole family (including parents and any siblings living with you) move to Texas. Graduate from a high school in Texas. That should do it.</p>
<p>If your custodial parents don't live in Texas, it is very likely that you will be viewed as an out of state resident. </p>
<p>If you live in another state (not Texas), you are a resident of that state, unless you have a parent who resides in that other state who also contributes to your support. Even then...I'm not all that familiar with Texas residency so you would need to check.</p>
<p>Bottom line is that usually it is VERY difficult to "apply for TX residency so that you don't have to pay out of state tuition." There is a residency requirement.</p>
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Establishing Texas Residency
Under Texas state law, an applicant or enrolled student is classified either as a resident of Texas, a nonresident, or a foreign student. Residency for admission and tuition purposes at a public college or university in Texas is different from residency for voting or taxing purposes.</p>
<p>To qualify as a Texas resident, an individual must reside in Texas for one year and establish a domicile in Texas prior to enrollment. An applicant or student who is claimed as a dependent on a parent's most recent federal tax return will be classified based on the parent's qualifications for residency.</p>
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<p>thanks for the replies and references.</p>
<p>I mainly hoping to find a way to establish residency by living in an apartment for a period of time and going to school.</p>
<p>I have an aunt that lives in college station, can she count as a guardian or something?</p>
<p>Thanks again</p>
<p>No, you can't.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>I have an aunt that lives in college station, can she count as a guardian or something?>></p> </blockquote>
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<p>No.</p>
<p>gpowsang, you are a resident (in most cases) of the state in which your parents reside. It is VERY difficult to establish instate residency for tuition purposes if your family does NOT live in a state. There are some exceptions (military families, divorce situations where one parent lives in a state). BUT you cannot establish residency by living with another relative, by getting an apartment and living in a state (in most cases...I believe there may be some states where this is possible...but not many). The reality is that it is NOT easy to just change your residency gain instate tuition status, nor should it be. Your family is paying taxes to support higher education in the state in which you reside...not in Texas.</p>
<p>Thumper, there are some states that do have that loophole, if the family does due diligence in researching the requirements and preparing for residence. Some colleges do permit this in such states, but not all. It usually involves no longer being a dependent on the parents return, not accepting funds from parents, earning a certain amount of money reported on that state's tax return with the appropriate taxes paid and a residence requirement met by driver's license, paying rent for a place for a certain period of time, bank/financial statement addressed to that residence and voter registration.</p>
<p>cptofthehouse...yes, and in those few states, the student would have to show that they were able to meet most of their own expenses with income THEY earn in that new state....to be considered for instate residency. AND most states prohibit the establishment of instate residency while a student is attending college. AND I know of NO state that allows a student to use a relative or friend's address as their permanent address for the purpose of showing instate residency.</p>
<p>Your points are accurate...truthfully it is NOT easy to establish instate residency for instate tax purposes if you are NOT a resident of that state...and in the case of undergrads...if you parents are not residents of that state.</p>
<p>Residency rules and tuition reductions to instate rates in Tx are the same for all state universities. Go here for the rules.</p>
<p>THECB</a> > Rules and Regulations > Current Rules</p>
<p>Most practical way is to get a scholarship offered by the University that totals $1000 for the entire year so $500 per semester.</p>
<p>thumper- I know of several people who moved to other states after graduation, living with grandparents or other acquaintances while working there. I'm not sure if they paid rent or not, but it's likely they had a "room and board" arrangement. These were kids who weren't interested in college right after high school. They applied for, and received, residency status after the appropriate time period - 12-24 months or so - and then two of them attended college in their new home states. They were no longer dependents on their out of state parent's taxes and received instate tuition and financial aid. I've never read any requirements that young people not live with relatives or other friends or refuse money their parents may choose to give them. It's important to establish legal residency before enrolling, with the appropriate documents, and make sure you also qualify as a resident for tuition purposes.</p>
<p>I live in LA and will be movin to Texas within the next six months. My ultimate goal is to attend a University in Denton without having to pay out of state tuition. After some research on my own I am convinced that one of the requirements are to work for tweleve months. I already have arrangements to co-sign and rent an apartemnt. I would also register to vote in the state of Texas. My questions are: Does it need to be FULL-TIME working to get the residency? And most importantly whether I work full-time or part-time will taking classes at a community college with out of state pricing effect my chance for residency although I’d be over there in a year?</p>
<p>Questions about residency are best put to the registrar in question. Some are unbelievable stringent; others are not.</p>
<p>PM MaineLonghorn. She knows how to do it.</p>