<p>i need some help on how any of you guys gained residency at a UC. im experiencing a lot of problems with gaining ca residency. please help me out. thanks.. i posted a similar post in the ucla board and got pretty weak replies, hopefully you guys can help me out more.</p>
<p>You need to be more specific. What do you mean by gaining ca residency? I thought If you(or your parent) live here and pay tax for one year then you are CA resident. That is not simple enough! Is there something else that bothers you?</p>
<p>my problem is that i cannot give proof of financial independence because i have been partially supported by my dad for rent purposes. but, he has not claimed me for the past two years. i think its almost impossible to show financial independence as a college student at my age. the only way is to take loans under my name, but i never saw much use because i was at a community college. the tuition at ucla, however, is insanely expensive for out of state residents. i will be transfering to ucla this coming fall and am starting to get a little worried. i really do plan on living in ca for the rest of my life. the sad part is, i've been a resident of ca for 12 years (currently 21 years old) and during my junior year of high school i had to move away to arizona, in which i stayed there till i graduated high school. i came back to ca for community college and now here i am trying to gain back the residency i once had but am experiencing so much trouble because of my lack of age and the fact that my dad is living in arizona. the worse part is that my dad is financially unstable and cannot afford my high priced tuition. dahhh!! i dont know what to do. i feel so helpless. someone help!!!</p>
<p>In most states (and I would guess CA has these requirements AT LEAST) you need to not have ANY financial support for living purposes from your family, you need to live in the state and usually work but NOT at the same time as attending college there (in other words.... you cannot fulfil this requirement by being a student in the UC system and working at the same time). The reality is that your family now has residency in Arizona. Your time at CC in CA does not give you instate residency in CA. AND (Please don't think I'm being harsh here...) the CA system (and most other states) don't care how many years you may have lived in their state prior to moving. The reality is that you have residency in another state NOW. Even if you take out loans in YOUR name, your family's state of residency will still be Arizona. The very best way to get this info is to ask someone in the CA system what the residency requirements are. But I will be VERY surprised if you can establish residency WHILE you are attending college, even a Community College. Just think how many students would do this. If all it took was a year or two at a community college or college and POOF, you had instate residency almost EVERYONE would go this route.</p>
<p>CA has so many people who try to establish themselves as residents to attend UCs that they are truly on top of this. Unfortunately despite living in CA for many years and planning to stay, you are not a resident. I'm assuming you paid out of state fees at the cc you attended. This means you will have to at the UC. There is no way around it.</p>
<p>If your father is not financially stable, can't you qualify for aid?</p>
<p>I think if your father has not claimed you in the last 2 years then you're off the hook. Technically that is the only way they can tell. I think the CC application asks if you're a dependent of somebody(through tax for CA and Federal), it asks for you to show proof of California residency, your address. I don't know if they(CC admission people) can check how you're supporting yourself. You could live with a relative for all they care. Read the CC application carefully or ask the CC people what proofs do they need to prove you're a CA resident, I think somewhere in the application it should explain clearly the requirements, there should not be any ambiguities.</p>