<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I am moving to LA this upcoming January. I will be living with relatives and plan to attend Santa Monica College and follow the IGETC path. I will be making an effort to become a resident of CA (I am from MO and wish to remain in CA even after school) so I will get a new driver's license, register to vote, etc. I know it is nearly impossible to gain residency at a UC without having a parent(s) that are CA residents, but if I am considered a resident by the time I want to transfer (fall of 2014), will I be able to enroll at a CSU as a resident? Or will I have to be registered as a non-resident (I am not sure if they do the financial independence check that the UCs do).</p>
<p>Hope this makes sense. Anyone able to help?</p>
<p>Wait…why is it nearly impossible to attend a UC school if you’re not a resident? You can just transfer and then you’ll be considered a trasfer student, much easier.</p>
<p>Sorry, should have been clearer. I meant that it is nearly impossible to be classified as a resident at a UC if your parents are not residents of CA.</p>
<p>Why do you believe this to be so?</p>
<p>I actually, moved to LA in April 2011 and stayed till June 2012.</p>
<p>It had been over a year, I got my CA driver’s license, registered to vote, worked in the state, I did all of the following.</p>
<p>BEWARE this is a key note I did not… pay attention to.</p>
<p>My one year and one day had passed to become a resident for attending college in California and I could not become a resident, why?</p>
<p>I don’t know if it is required for all schools but the ones I have found out, must FILE AS A INDEPENDENT on your tax returns… and you can’t just ask to get your name off your parents taxes (the day before)… it doesn’t work like that.</p>
<p>You have to, I believe make $12,000 a year to become independent and I think also, you have to be off your parents tax returns for 1-2 years? </p>
<p>I don’t remember the exact details.</p>
<p>The schools told me that as long as I am under my parents taxes (I am 21 years old) … I will be a Washington resident because that is where my parents reside.</p>