Residency for in-state tuition

Paying for College
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<p>Hi</p>

<p>I am currently establishing my residency now and I have about 5 months left. I have established all proofs that this is my intended place of residence. However, I had to go back to the country that my parents are living at now for a month or two in the summer due to family commitment and religious holiday.. and so won't be i breaking the 12 months consecutive stay?
I can show my rental lease and also my pay stubs (i work at home) until my application, will the residency office have any way to find out?
I know it seems malicious and unrighteous but I really do have a sick relative and it would be absurd to be absent due to residency establishment. Furthermore, I really do have my intentions to live here and I really can't afford non-resident tuition in the long run. I'm afraid all these will not be possible due to a short trip to visit a family.</p>

<p>Thank you so much for your help.</p>

<p>Cheers</p>

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<p>Which state?</p>

<p>The answer is maybe, so we need to know more about your state.</p>

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<p>More importantly, which school? If you are an undergrad, your residency might come down to where you parents live. If neither live in that state, the fact that you do may not mean a thing if you are not independent for college purposes. And colleges have an age 24 rule unless you are married, have a dependent, are a veteran of the armed forces or have a court ruling declaring you independent (usually for abuse/neglect/emancipation reasons). That is very difficult to get.</p>

<p>As you can see in the thread right near yours, others are seeking the same thing. Every year hordes of kids seek in state status for OOS publics and usually they don’t get it because of the way the rules are stated and enforced. You can be a state resident for voting, driving,paying taxes. just about everything, but not for in state tuition rates at many schools. So you had better check the rules carefully. Your parents are out of the country, but where was their last legal residence in the US? The rules are often set up deliberately to keep undergrad from getting in state status for tuition while they are going to college.</p>

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<p>Hi thanks for replying. State of WA my school is UW.
prospects of it to be considered seems to be bleak from my opinion… sigh… what do you think? thanks</p>

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<p>yes i am an undergrad at UW. My parents used to be American citizens and lived in Dallas,TX but they gave it up to keep their other citizenship. Does that even take into an account of everything? because it doesn’t state that on the residency requirement page.
I’m applying as an independent student</p>

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<p>I don’t know. Are you an international student? Were you parents citizens or green card holder when they were here? Which UW campus is this? Most importantly, how does this particular school operate in terms of monitoring in state/out of state status? Some schools don’t care at all; some are vigilant. You do need to look on the website as to what their actual rules are so that if you find that they do not enforce them, you know where you are vulnerable. Schools have gone on crusades to beat out the OOS kids “passing” as in states, and that is the risk you take if you manage to slip by the registrar initially.</p>

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<p>no, Im an American but my parents are not anymore…
I really don’t know if my school is strict on this…I just know that you have to submit your applications with all the documents which I am able to prove for all. just that im wondering if i should take the risk of being absent… im trying to appeal too.
hoping if anyone from WA has any experience on this.
worse case situation is that i just have to go back on winter break… which is an option that i dont really want to take.</p>

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<p>how old are you. If you’re under 24, you can’t just declare yourself independent.</p>

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<p>Contact the residency department at UW, they are very nice and should be able to confirm that you would be able to be a resident on your own or not and then, if so, assist you in ensuring you do not make an error in your international travels.</p>

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<p>What is your basis for being an “independent student”? You can’t just decide to do this…and it is not something done for the sake of getting in state tuition. At most schools, the place of residency for undergrad students is where their parents reside.</p>

<p>In your original post, you stated that you had met most of the requirements…could you please elaborate on this?</p>

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<p>At many schools it is a matter of doing exactly what you propose – just move to the state get all the licenses changed and get a job. You don’t have to be independent from your parents. Contact the domicile dept at the university or look up the policies online.
Some schools even allow you to go to a CC part time while establishing residency. This varies from state to state I am sure. It takes one year in Arizona to accomplish this generally speaking.</p>

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<p>Were your parents WA residents before moving out of state? </p>

<p>CCs are a whole other story. Around here and where I used to live, you just fill out the app with your addresss and attest you have been living in state and you get in state tuition. They didn’t seem to care about looking to closely. However, major universities are often a whole other issue. OP needs to look around and see what others have done in the same situation and also know the university’s rules on citizenship very well.</p>

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<p>are you financially dependent on your parents? Have you already attended UW and have taken 7 or more credits? Did you file taxes?</p>

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<p>Financially independent

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<p>Violao…I do not think this is as easy as you are making it sound at MOST schools. </p>

<p>If it were THAT easy, there would be very few students paying OOS tuition…and that is simply not the case.</p>

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<p>Thumper - At the University of Arizona and ASU it is exactly that easy and this isn’t hearsay. </p>

<p>At UT Austin a friendships paid one year oos and purchased a very cheap lot and was changed to in state as a Texas land owner for the sophomore year – she is in her junior year. The land was $2,500 and as she now pays state real estate tax, thus she qualified.</p>

<p>I can only vouch for Arizona where I live – the current domicile rules are mandated by the board of regents and of course subject to change with the economic problems of the state.</p>

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<p>I must add that I don’t think this is possible anywhere if the OP is not a citizen or permanent resident.</p>

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<p>It seems that UWash’s rules are doable. If OP has been living in state the specified amount of time and working, supporting self and both her tax returns and those of her parents show this out, she might be fine. In my experience, it is really how firm the registrar’s office is about these things and what investigative and enforcement departments are in place is what determines how difficult it is. I’ve known students for whom it was a go. But also I’ve seen school crack down unexpectedly on the situation. BUt if the OP is following the guidelines to a T, she may well be all right. Hopefully she has talked to someone at UW, in that department, to get a good idea of what the feeling is about all of this at the university.</p>

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<p>Violao, I do know at some schools, it can be easy. However, I also know someone who was a student at ASU and was required to send in copies of the student and parents’ bank accounts to prove parent wasn’t providing additional support $ from out of state. (Student started as an oos and changed residency to instate.) This was quite a few years ago.</p>

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When your friend’s error is caught s/he may need to pay back some big tuition $.

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<p>Note “Sole or joint marital ownership of residential real property in Texas by the person seeking to enroll or the dependent’s parent, having established and maintained a domicile at the residence”. Has your friend maintained a domicile on the lot?</p>

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<p>It is very difficult to start as a non resident and to change while a student. I am speaking about moving to the state before enrolling. There is always risk of course but it saves more than $60,000 if it is successful. As I said some gen Ed requirements can even be taken at a CC while residency is being established.</p>