<p>I am a junior attending highschool in New York. My dad is in California and I am moving for my Senior year. Would I be considered as a resident for UC apps? And would they take my old school in consideration for course load?
Thanks</p>
<p>The UCs require a one year period of time with your parents living in state in order for you to be considered a resident. It is two years if you are living by yourself. (with no help)</p>
<p>This is from the UC Berkeley Office of Registrar's web site.
<a href="http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/legalinfo.html%5B/url%5D">http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/legalinfo.html</a> These general rules for minors would apply to all UC campuses. Residency is a complicated thing -- and there can be exceptions to rules that are not necessarily published. The best idea is for you or your father to speak with someone in undergraduate admissions or residency office for official information -- and do it soon (before your 18th birthday).</p>
<p>General Rules Applying to Minors</p>
<p>If you are an unmarried minor (under age 18), the residence of the parent with whom you live is considered your residence. If you have a parent living, you cannot change your residence by your own act, by the appointment of a legal guardian, or by the relinquishment of a parent's right of control. If you live with neither parent, your residence is that of the parent with whom you last lived. Unless you are a minor alien present in the U.S. under the terms of a nonimmigrant status which precludes you from establishing domicile in the U.S., you may establish your own residence when both your parents are deceased and a legal guardian has not been appointed. If you derive California residence from a parent, that residence must satisfy the one-year durational requirement. </p>
<p>Specific Rules Applying to Minors</p>
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<li><p>Divorced/Separated Parents
If you want to derive California resident status from a California resident parent, you must move to California to live with that parent before your 18th birthday and establish the requisite intent and remain in California until school begins. Otherwise, you will be treated like any other adult coming to California to establish your legal residence.</p></li>
<li><p>Parent of Minor Moves from California
If you are a minor U.S. citizen or eligible alien whose parent was a resident of California but who left the state within one year of the residence determination date, you are entitled to resident classification if you remain in California after your parent departs, enroll in a California public postsecondary institution within one year of your parent's departure, and, once enrolled, attend continuously until you turn 18.</p></li>
<li><p>Self-Support
If you are a U.S. citizen or eligible alien and are either a minor or age 18 and can prove that you lived in California for the entire year immediately before the residence determination date, that you have been self-supporting for that year, and that you intend to make California your permanent home, you may be eligible for resident status.</p></li>
<li><p>Two-Year Care and Control
If you are a U.S. citizen or eligible alien and you lived continuously for at least two years before the residence determination date with an adult who was not your parent but was responsible for your care and control, and who, during the one year immediately preceding the residence determination date was a resident of California, you are entitled to resident status. This exception continues until you become 18 and have resided in the state long enough to become a resident, as long as you continuously attend an educational institution.</p></li>
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