<p>I am coming to the U.S from abroad to baylor university in texas. I am a U.S citizen who has been living abroad for quite a while. I want to transfer to UT austin next year and I was wondering what the residency for tuition purposes rules were in my case. I am a U.S citizen who is currently not a resident of any state in the U.S. so when I come to the states will I automatically be considered a resident because of me having no previous ties to any other state or will I still have to spend the 12 month period prior to enrollment in texas? any help would be appreciated.</p>
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<p>You will not be considered a resident of any state. We have expatriate relatives in the same boat…and they even own property in one state. BUT their permanent residence and thus their kids’ permanent residences is theirs…abroad. They did not qualify for instate residency anywhere in the U.S.</p>
<p>You need to check the requirements for establishing instate residency for tuition purposes in Texas. I’m not sure you can do this yourself by living there for 12 months. I believe your FAMILY has to live there for 12 months prior to your enrollment. Your residency is based on where your parents live.</p>
<p>BUT I know I read somewhere that IF an undergrad owns real estate in Texas in their own name…they CAN more easily establish instate residency. Would your family consider buying some property for you in Texas???</p>
<p>It really comes down to the individual school. You can scrutinize the state residency requirements till you are squinting, but it still may not make a bit of difference in what an individual school considers as state residency for student purposes. There are schools that are lenient about the whole thing and others in the same state system that are not. Some also want documentation to the whazoo whereas others do not. In NY, where I live, it can vary all over the place from one state school to another.</p>
<p>As a dependent student–dependent for college tuition purposes means that your parents’ financials are taken into account when awarding financial aid–it is where your parent are state resident that usually makes the difference, not where YOU live. There are expats who do keep up state residency at some state for tax, voting, property ownership purposes, and those folks have no trouble sending their kids to state schools in such state at in state costs. </p>
<p>I was an expat kid myself, and my parents did not keep up with their state residency requirements after selling their home there because they did not want to pay that state’s taxes. So I was without a home state for in state college tuition. However, my father did work with the UMD program, and so I was entitled to free tuition there, which was a better financial deal than having state residency. But there were a lot of kids at my high school in Frankfurt, Germany that did not have a home state for college tuition purposes, and there were also many whose parents did maintain a home state and they did have a state college system that they could use with in state rates.</p>
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<p>I would amend that to say SOME famlies have no trouble sending their kids to state schools as expats. Family member owns a house, votes, pays state taxes, and has a drivers license (and so do all the kids) in a certain state…the expatriate family is NOT considered a resident of that state for tuition purposes (Maryland).</p>
<p>yes but what if my parents are not and never were residents of any state? meaning they are international citizens. Then, even if I am regarded as a dependant student, would my state residency really depend on my parents state residency? because technically my parents CAN’T be resident of any state as they are international.</p>
<p>If your parents are not residents of any state…then in MOST cases…neither are you. </p>
<p>You can check the requirements to become a resident for each state…and for each school. Go to the websites for the schoool and search “instate residency for tuition”. The criteria will be there.</p>
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<p>The above is from the UT Dallas website. To be considered for instate residency, you must establish it as your domicile…I don’t think you can easily do this…and it looks like anything you DO must be done 12 months prior to your enrollment…so if you do purchase property…it MUST be done 12 months prior to your enrollment.</p>
<p>Note Texas is far more doable than most states which make it very tough to ever be a resident if you’ve come for educational purposes.</p>
<p>Agreed about Texas…but even in Texas…it sounds like the domicile requirement MUST be fulfilled 12 months or more BEFORE enrollment in college there.</p>
<p>LOL if texas residency is easy than god help the other ones</p>
<p>anyway thank you soo much thumper, cptofthehouse and redroses…ive been researching on this for weeks. I’ll try to get in with some aid and stuff now…</p>