<p>I think that as long as the student is dependent per FAFSA rules, that their home state residency remains in effect. Is that correct? So what if the parents move while the child is a student? What effect will that have? Will the student still be a resident of the prior residence/where they graduated high school or will they now be a resident of the parents' new home state? Is there anything the child needs to be careful of as to NOT change residency? If they take the usual steps toward residency (voter registration, driver's license, incur utility bills, etc) will they place their home state residency in jeopardy?</p>
<p>most likely S will be attending a private school, so I sort of suppose my question would relate potentially to grad school… at that time he would presumably still be dependent per FAFSA, but have lived at least 9 months of the year in a different state. So if wanted to attend a public school for grad, where would he be a resident of? </p>
<p>OK, I suppose the answer is “ask the school” :-).</p>
<p>I didn’t know if there was an easy rule for not changing residency.</p>
<p>I sort of suppose my question would relate potentially to grad school… at that time he would presumably still be dependent per FAFSA</p>
<p>For grad school, he’d be considered an independent on FAFSA. If he’s going directly from undergrad to grad school, he would still be instate in the state where his parents live. </p>
<p>To be more clear…if your family lives in Calif, but the child goes to school in NY, that is fine. If during senior year of college, the child applies to UCLA med school, then he’s still instate for Calif. He’s not a resident of NY. But…if he were to take time off between undergrad and med school, and live in NY, then he could lose Calif residency.</p>
<p>Now if the parents move during undergrad, then things get iffy. His undergrad residency probably changes with the parents.</p>
<p>Each state/school could have different rules. With the UCs, for example, if your student is attending UCLA and you move to NY, your student will remain a CA resident as long as they stay in school, including study abroad. That means he could only do UC study abroad not those sponsored by other schools (many kids do this)</p>
<p>If you moved to NY, you student would need to choose a state and be sure to abide by all the residency rules- driver’s license, voter registration, auto registration, bank, etc. He can pick one of the states and either apply in CA as an independent or in NY as your dependent.</p>
<p>The critical factor is to read the residency requirements of each state school, they vary.</p>