@sgopal2 That is purely poppycock. Family members here live out of the country. Their kids lived out if the country with them! When it came time to apply to college, they had NO instate residency status for tuition purposes because they did NOT reside in any of the states. Period. Oh…and they own property in three states as well…but they don’t live there. They live abroad.
Families that live abroad and are citizens have certain rights…but state residency isn’t one of them for tuition purposes.
The exception to this is for military families…but for regular expats who are U.S. citizens, it is highly possible that they don’t have instate status anywhere.
You are tying to take the guidelines for military families and apply them to everyone…and that simply isn’t the case.