<p>Are there specific requirements for how long you have to be a cali resident to pay the in-state tuition? </p>
<p>And is it possible to become a cali resident after 1 year of attending a UC school?</p>
<p>thanks in advance :)</p>
<p>Establishing Residency</p>
<p>Adult students (at least 18 years of age) may establish* residency for fee purposes in California if they are a U.S. citizen, permanent resident or other immigrant, or a nonimmigrant who is not precluded from establishing a domicile in the U.S. This includes nonimmigrants who hold valid visas of the following types: A, E, G, H1, H4, I, K, L, N, NATO, O1, O3, R, or V. Adult students cannot derive residence from a spouse or parents.</p>
<p>In order to be classified as a resident for tuition purposes, a student must demonstrate the following immediately prior to the residence determination date (the day that instruction begins at the last of the University of California campuses to open for the term. For Berekely, it is the day instruction begins at the Berkeley campus):</p>
<p>Physical Presence: Establish a physical presence in California more than one year (366 days) immediately prior to the residence determination date of the term for which classification as a resident is requested. Continuous physical presence is not mandatory, but a student who leaves California after establishing residence has the burden of demonstrating that he/she intended to remain a California resident, and that his/her principal place of residence has been in California. It is the burden of the student to clearly demonstrate retention of California residence during periods of absence from the state.</p>
<p>Intent: Demonstrate through objective documentation that your physical presence was coupled with the intent to make California your permanent home. Intent is evaluated as an independent element of residence, separate from physical presence, and is demonstrated by establishing residential ties in California, and relinquishing ties to the former place of residence. Physical presence within California solely for educational purposes does not constitute the establishment of California residence regardless of the length of stay. The physical presence requirement (above) will be extended until the student can demonstrate a concurrence of both physical presence and intent for one full year.</p>
<p>Financial Independence: Students under the age of 24 who did not attend the University prior to fall 1993 and do not have a California resident parent upon whom they are dependent will be required to meet the University's financial independence requirement in addition to the 366 day physical presence and intent requirements. It should be noted that this requirement makes it extremely difficult for most undergraduates who do not have a parent living in California, including transfer students from community colleges and other post-secondary institutions within California, to qualify for classification as a resident at a University of California campus.</p>
<p>so basically no :D</p>
<p>If you're asking this question now, then you can't be a California resident for tuition purposes.</p>
<p>Financial independence for two years, continuous presence in ca for one year.</p>