<p>Hey, recently within a year or two, my family had our residency changed to California. I'll be heading to college next year in California, so I was wondering if this recent change suffice for me to pay in state tuition?</p>
<p>Also, my parents have been paying state taxes, so will it be enough?</p>
<p>To be considered a California resident, you must have lived in California for at least one year and must provide proof of intent to become a permanent California resident. Some examples of proof include having a California driver’s license, voter registration, or car registration. The residency portion of your application will ask about these and other items. The college will determine your residency based on all of the information you provide. No single document is necessarily conclusive proof. If you are under 18 and unmarried, then the residence of the parent or guardian with whom you live or lived most recently will determine your residency.</p>
<p>If the parent you live with or lived most recently is a California resident and you are their dependent, you will be considered a resident. I would check with the college to be sure.</p>
<p>Make SURE now that you fit the college’s rule book for resident status. If you say you are a resident and (for whatever reason) the college finds that you are NOT a resident according to THEIR rule set, then you could be booted from college on an honor violation. </p>
<p>You really, really do not want to skirt the edges on this. It is famously easy to determine where you attended high school (it’s right there on your high school transcript – including the high school’s zip code). Even if you were home schooled, it is still very, very easy to determine where your head hit the pillow in recent years. </p>
<p>If you have any doubts, whatsoever, now is the time to be frank with the college and figure out your options. Too many families don’t read the rules and just hope and pray that everything will be ok (and ok at a really reduced price tag). Colleges are strapped for dollars and busting the residency cheaters is part of every fall’s protocol.</p>
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<p>What an odd sentence…did your family go but you didn’t and stayed behind to finish high school? Recently within a year or two? Strange wording. HAve they been living is California a year but less than two years or possible less than one?</p>
<p>If you moved with them and graduated from a high school in California it’s pretty clear. If they moved but you went to boarding school somewhere it’s pretty clear. If you are in one place and they are in another…you just need to be able to clearly communicate when you ask the question so a correct determination can be made.</p>
<p>Are you currently in HS and applying for fall 2012? Are you living in the state and attending a California HS? When exactly (month and year) did your parents establish a home in CA?</p>
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<p>Did your family MOVE to California? That is usually the way residency is “changed”. If your family has lived there for more than 12 months prior to you enrolling in college AND you graduate from a CA high school which you attended your full senior year of high school…you should be fine.</p>
<p>Agreed…the above sentence is a bit confusing…could you perhaps clarify it?</p>
<p>Not yet actually. We’ve been out of the country and living overseas for a while and had our residency changed from Texas to California, because we have a house their and they plan on retiring there.</p>
<p>What do you mean, “had your residency changed?” Residency for the purposes of state university attendance isn’t something you get by filling out a form - it’s based on your actions and intentions.</p>
<p>If you haven’t lived in California for at least a year before enrolling, and did not graduate from a California high school, you will likely be considered an out-of-state student, unless your parents have done most or all of the following:</p>
<p>*Satisfy California resident income tax obligations. It should be noted that individuals claiming permanent California residence are liable for payment of income taxes on their TOTAL income, including income earned outside the state (abroad or in another state).
*Continue to use a California permanent address ON ALL RECORDS (educational, employment, military, etc.).
*Retain your California voter’s registration and vote by absentee ballot.
*Maintain a California driver’s license and vehicle registration. If it is necessary to change your license or registration while temporarily residing in another state, the license MUST be changed back to California within 10 days of the date of return to the state, and the vehicle registration must be changed within 20 days of the date of return.
*Return to California during your vacation periods.</p>
<p><a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/legalinfo.html[/url]”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/legalinfo.html</a></p>
<p>If your parents fully establish residency this year, you will likely be eligible to petition for reclassification and pay in-state rates for your sophomore year and beyond.</p>
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<p>It is very possible that you don’t have residency for COLLEGE TUITION purposes in any state. Many expats find this to be the case. Just because your family owns a house in a state does NOT mean you have instate residency status for that state. You have to be LIVING in that house as your primary residence for that to be the case…and in almost all states (CA is certainly one)…you have to RESIDE (note…not own property…but actually LIVE) in the house for one year prior to enrolling in college. </p>
<p>So…if you live overseas NOW…that would likely be considered your place of residency (I believe there are some exceptions for military families).</p>
<p>Is this a military situation? If so - you have to contact each school/state to determine their military rules - very different than for the rest of us civilians.</p>
<p>D has a friend who’s step dad’s home base is in one state, he teaches at a service academy in another state, but is working on his PhD and living in yet another state so based on the laws for each of these states she can get in-state tuition in all three states (plus an add’l state due to her biological father working at a Univ in that state!) - crazy.</p>
<p>If you are military and your parent is stationed in CA, you get in-state tution there no matter what the state of residency is. That law was passed in 2008. You will remain an in-state student even if transferred as long as you are continuously enrolled in school.</p>
<p>Other posts by the OP inquire about bringing a guitar amp to UCSD…which makes me wonder IF this student is going to be a freshman at UCSD this coming fall term. OP…could you please clarify this? If so, it is not likely that your residency status will change for this COMING school year. Also, I’m not sure you can establish residency in CA WHILE you are attending college…I thought it had to be done prior to your enrollment.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. Really cleared my mind on this. I only heard that what colleges consider a person a “resident” might be different from how a state might view it, so I wanted to clear that out. Also no I’m entering college in Fall 2012. UCSD is just the school I want to reach for. It seems odd that I’m worrying about this right now even with the issue of being able to bring an amp in, but I wanted to clear things up because I’ve got a busy final HS year for me and I’d doubt I’ll be able to think of the little things or the financial thing.</p>
<p>Thanks though</p>
<p>If your family has actually maintained residency (look up the school form) with housing, income taxes, voter registration, driver’s license, auto registration, etc, you may very well qualify as CA residents for tuition purposes. There is usually a question about the number of weeks spent outside of CA, if that is answered such that you spent time in another state (like TX on holiday breaks) there may be questions. If your family works abroad, but pays all the usual state taxes and your only time out of CA is also out of country you are likely okay.</p>
<p>But download the form for the school you are attending as each school can have different forms & questions.</p>
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<p>Somemom…is this specific to CA? We have expat relatives who had drivers licenses, owned a home (they didn’t live in) and paid taxes on…and paid taxes in a state. They were NOT considered instate residents ANYWHERE as their place of residence was abroad and their primary residence was abroad.</p>
<p>It’s going to be hard to claim California residency when you didn’t graduate from a California high school.</p>
<p>From a link on the UCSD website:
<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/ten-things.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/ten-things.pdf</a>
Note it states you and your parents need to live in CA for 366 days.</p>
<p>OP, please show this thread to your parents. They may want to make some changes to insure your residency status. Planning and discussion now may lead to shrewd choices – please don’t just hope for the best and then find out later that ignorance was expensive.</p>
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<p>What would these changes be?? Moving to CA…now?</p>