<p>Im a US citizen but i live in India with my father. My parents are divorced and my mother lives in Detroit, MI (I was born there).
Will i be eligible for financial aid? My father runs a company in India but all of it technically owned by my grandfather. My father's income is below $20000 (1 Million rupees). He is in process of getting a second divorce and will have to pay maintenance to his second wife. My grandfather also owns our house and other properties. I have no idea about my mother's income. Would her income be considered for financial aid even though she is not my custodial parent? If her income is considered, should i be eligible for in-state tuition at Umich, ann Arbor?
Also, how am i supposed to prove my father's income? Is an Indian tax return considered a legit indication of income?(since a lot of income in india is not reported...black money!)
I am really confused, dont know if anyone else would be in such a situation.
Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>You will not be considered in-state for UMich. You are not a resident of that state.</p>
<p>Your mom’s income will not be on your FAFSA, but I believe that UMich requires CSS Profile and does require the finacial info from non-custodial parents (your mom and her H’s income if she’s remarried).</p>
<p>I have no idea about what colleges think about India’s tax returns. If India residents have a reputation of hiding earnings by using the black market, then perhaps colleges are aware of that and it reflects in aid packages.</p>
<p>However, keep in mind that as a non-resident of Michigan, you will unlikely get much in need-based aid. However, if your stats are spectacular, you might get merit aid.</p>
<p>Since one of your parents is a Michigan resident, I think you may qualify for instate tuition rates. You’ll need to contact their residency office to apply for reclassification as a resident. This is the clause that pertains to you:</p>
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<p>[Residency</a> - Office of the Registrar](<a href=“http://ro.umich.edu/resreg.php]Residency”>Residency | Office of the Registrar)</p>
<p>In the past few months, several US citizens living abroad (and their parents) have posted here at CC. If you search for their threads, you should find ideas that are useful for you. Students include: harmonium, lilspring, shaneobain, R3d3mpti0n, johnnyquid (in India), MQ1993, shl, studyzone, farhan769 (in India), natalle, and evzonas. Two parents in India are USAUGStudy and 123469.</p>
<p>As a US citizen, you are eligible to file the FAFSA [FAFSA</a> - Free Application for Federal Student Aid](<a href=“http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/]FAFSA”>http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/) which determines eligiblity for federally determined financial aid. If you use your father’s financial information, you need to convert it into USD at the exchange rate of the day that you file it. You can also print out the entire formula and work through it on paper to better understand the factors that are important <a href=“http://www.ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/111609EFCFormulaGuide20102011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/111609EFCFormulaGuide20102011.pdf</a></p>
<p>You do have the option of moving to Michigan so that you can live with your mother for any time needed to establish in-state residence. However if you do that, she may become your parent of record for financial aid purposes. Be sure to discuss this with her. You need to know how much money she is willing and able to spend for your college education.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best!</p>
<p>, you are presumed to be eligible for resident classification as long as you can demonstrate establishment of a Michigan domicile and severance of out-of-state ties.</p>
<p>that’s the part that may be difficult. Wouldn’t it require him to no longer have his ties to India where he’s from? And, who has to establish the Mich domicile? The student with his Mich parent? Does that mean that during summers and such, he would be living with his mom from now on?</p>
<p>And, since he’s applying from India, how can he imply that he’s cut all ties to India? Wouldn’t he have to be living with his mom to make such a claim?</p>
<p>He says that he has no idea about his mom’s income. maybe I read too much into that but it suggested to me that he doesn’t have a lot of contact with her.</p>
<p>I think the residency officer at UMich would be the best person to advise the OP…it’s not really clear whose residency must be proven, the parent’s or the child’s. Most states that have this type of clause regarding children of divorced parents only require that one of the parents have residency, not the child.</p>
<p>thanks everyone for your replies.
i have submitted the residency application to Umich. Do you think i should attend even if i an considered out-of-state and then apply again for residency when I’m there for the second term? I would not be able afford OOS tuition for all for all 4 years. Also i think colleges don’t change residency status after a student is enrolled, is it true?</p>
<p>Some universities will let you change your residence status if your life circumstances have changed, others won’t. You need to find out the specific policy from each of the public universities in Michigan.</p>