She has been CA resident for over 5 years.
So you might get instate status…but that won’t make attending a UC free. How will you pay for your college tuition and living costs? And your wife’s college and loving costs?
She works, I work and receive money from parents ( but I have to pay back after I graduate ).
I think that’s enough…maybe
You need to talk to the right UC folks to clarify your situation. There are no guarantees and I don’t believe you read the full documents with the goal of a full understanding of all they will expect and how one proves.
If this is important to you, put in the right efforts to get it right.
I already contacted UC resident deputy. Since I am marriage student, I meet financial independence without proving self-supporting.
Th financial independence exception for married students is only one of many parts of this.
And you have a loan document you can PROVE was executed before you got the first $4000 “loan” from your parents?
If not…this could be an issue.
Even though I have to pay back all money from parent, I do not have any formal loan document between me and my dad. Let the FAFSA thing go… I filled correctly with financial aid office, and will not submit from next year. For the in-state tuition, the financial independence requirement will not be a factor in the residence determination. This mean that even though I receive money from my parent (loan or gift whatever), if I am a marriage student and my parent did not claim me as dependent for 1 tax year, I may pay in-state tuition. But no one guarantee before I submit SLR form :(. I just follow the UC Residency Policy.
Your tax dependency has no bearing on your residency or financial,aid,status. You do understand that, right?
I’m still flummoxed about your finances. Even WITH $48,000 a year from your wealthy oarents…how will you lay two tuitions and the cost of living in CA?
@thumper1
OP has a significant cash balance in his checking account. He initially said $200k cash. But after several posters expressed surprise at so much cash, he changed his story to $20k.
That is a little problem. But both my wife and me work, it would be fine… Thank you
And @NoDollar …will yoir wife also be a full pay college student? If she completes the FAFSA, YOUR financial information will need to be included…including “money paid on your behalf” which could very we’ll be that $4000 a month.
Your financial numbers do not add up. Even WITH the $4000 a month from your wealthy parents, I can’t see how you would pay tuition, books and loving exoenses for two people…oh…and health insurance, and car insurance, too.
$4000 a month with instate tuition? I mean, my wife and I live on less, so, yes, it is doable.
Are you paying two college tuitions?
Tuition alone is about $14,000 a year…times two that is $28,000. Add in health insurance, and all of,the living expenses, and books, and fees, and that $4000 a month will barely cover the costs.
Is this thread “hypothetical” also?
@thumper1 “I receive loan from my parent.” this is hypothetical since someone told me $4,000 can be a “loan”. It was curious. What if $4,000 become loan, what about “Financial Independence”? that is all
Answered on another thread