Question about in-state

Paying for College
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<p>So I am the daughter of a now retired military family. My father was in the military for about 20 years and retired in Guam in 2008. During/After his retirement, my family moved to Florida. My parents divorced about a year later and my Dad moved up to Illinois. Back in January of this year (2012), my mom moved me from Florida to California because of a job offer.
So what is my state of residency? </p>

<p>Is it Florida? If so, would I be able to still apply/qualify for bright futures?
Or is it California, in which case I should have an easier time getting into a UC?</p>

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<p>You need to look at the residency requirements for UC, your California community college, and your Florida options. They can all be different.</p>

<p>Will you graduate from high school in California? This year? Next year?</p>

<p>(Also, might there be GI benefits that are transferable to you?
[Welcome</a> to the GI Bill Web Site | The Home for All Educational Benefits Provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs](<a href=“http://gibill.va.gov/benefits/post_911_gibill/transfer_of_benefits.html]Welcome”>http://gibill.va.gov/benefits/post_911_gibill/transfer_of_benefits.html) )</p>

<p>The military service might also throw some (helpful) twists into the residency issue – but I don’t know the ins and outs of that.</p>

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<p>I am a rising senior so I will be graduating from high school this school year in California. My counselor said that I should qualify for residency, but she wasn’t to sure.</p>

<p>Would having my mom register to vote in California help?
Right now I am just trying to figure out what my (financial) safety schools are.</p>

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<p>Seems to me that you will have resided in CA for well over a year when you graduate from a CA high school in June 2013. That being the case, you would not any longer be a resident of Florida. I believe you would be a CA resident.</p>

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<p>Would that count for when I apply (around October 2012)?</p>

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<p>YYou would need to check California residency requirements for the colleges you are applying to…but I though residency was 12 months or more prior to the start of college.</p>

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<p>One year in CA seems to satisfy UCB’s requirement for residency. [Legal</a> Residence Information - Office Of The Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/legalinfo.html]Legal”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/legalinfo.html)</p>

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<p>But is that one year by the time you apply, or one year by the time you plan to enroll?</p>

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<p>You have to file a Statement of Legal Residence (SLR) by May 1 prior to fall semester. The one year is determined when you file the SLR. Since you have lived in CA less than 3 years, you will have to provide documentation with your SLR form. The dates on the documentation will be important.</p>

<p>Types of documentation they are looking for (you don’t have to have every one):</p>

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<p>See here:
<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/uc-residence-policy.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/uc-residence-policy.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;