<p>For example, what if someone holds a New Zealand passport, but is living in Taiwan and applying from Taiwan. Would he/she be considered international Taiwanese or New Zealander? </p>
<p>Would it raise my chances if admissions saw me as a new zealander?</p>
<p>Your application would be evaluated in the context of the Taiwanese (Chinese?) school system, but you would show up as a New Zealander in the college’s international student statistics.</p>
<p>i too have dual nationality. i was born in america and lived there for nearly 11 years, but then moved to ireland. will be 20 next march. if i were to apply to a graduate school, as i will have a law degree when i am 21, would i be listed as irish or american? should i play up one more than the other? i.e. does international have a better chance, or vice versa. thinking of doing medicine in america after this degree…</p>
<p>If you have a US passport, you are a US citizen. This means you are eligible for federally determined financial aid, and certain scholarships that can only go to citizens. You also can move to the US, get a job, and support yourself here. Depending on the state, you can establish in-state residence in about 12 months. </p>
<p>Some graduate schools will consider your parents still responsible to pay for your education until you are 24, and some public universities may refuse to consider you an in-state resident based on where your parents live and where you have been living. This is a complex issue and needs to be evaluated on a university-by-university basis.</p>
<p>It may or may not be interesting to the college/university in question that you have lived half of your live in Ireland, and that you have received your higher education there. Each place will make its own determination about this. What will matter in admission is your specific coursework. It may or may not have prepared you adequately for the graduate program you plan to pursue. You need to check this out very carefully.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>