<p>So I am in a tricky situation. I went to a university for four years and this past summer I decided to head out of state. I am still enrolled in a university in California but I currently reside in in the midwest. I've been working in the Midwest for a few months now and am thinking of going back and finishing up my degree in California.</p>
<p>Since I am still enrolled at the University do you think I can go back and act like nothing happened?</p>
<p>I also plan on applying for financial aid. I believe this might be the tricky part in which my taxes will probably be filed in the Midwest. Do you think that might trigger anything?</p>
<p>I am an Independent student so parents aren't involved here.</p>
<p>Where is your permanent residence right now? If it’s not in CA, then you will likely have to pay OOS costs to finish your degree there. </p>
<p>How are you “enrolled” in a CA school now? Are you taking online courses? </p>
<p>As Sybbie said, only your college can really give you the answer. If you don’t want to contact them, you will only get heresay answers and really that is not going to help you.</p>
<p>Apple- it doesn’t matter what a bunch of strangers on the Internet think. The only thing that matters is what the college thinks- they are the ones who will bill you; they are the ones who will hold up your eventual degree if they conclude that you illegally claimed resident status and therefore need to pony up more money, etc.</p>
<p>Students often move OOS for semester-long internships without losing residency. (My Ss still filed in our home state, despite earnings in other states.) Are you still considered a dependent and, if so, where do your parents reside and pay taxes?</p>
<p>I agree with 1moremom. Just because you worked at a different state for the summer, it doesn´t mean you are no longer a resident of the state you are from. When you file your 2011 tax, you should file you are resident of state X with earned income from state Y, X, A…If you are still enrolled at the university and if you are truly an independent then your permanent address is still with the university.</p>
<p>Well I have been at that university for four years and they rarely asked for my state taxes outside of my first year. So how exactly do they check for residency every year? I am assuming they won’t really check?</p>
<p>I plan on filing my taxes in the current state that I am in(out of cali).</p>
<p>That is my question though. How exactly do they verify your residency every year once you are already enrolled? They don’t ask for any tax forms or anything.</p>
Why would you do that if you plan to return to CA for your degree, hope to be considered in-state and are applying for financial aid? (I just noticed you said you are independent.)</p>
<p>I know that there are some state schools that consider a student in state for tuition reasons until the bachelors degree is earned, even if the permanent address changes to out of state, as long as the student started as an instate student and is a continuous student at that school with no semester breaks.</p>
<p>Only the school can answer questions about their policy.</p>
<p>Apple, you are in jeopardy of not having instate status ANYWHERE for the upcoming year. If you stay in your current state, you will not have been there for a year. If you stay there but then go back to CA, you will have lost your CA residency potentially.</p>
<p>Listen to yourself…you are hoping to have instate residency wherever you go to college. It just doesn’t work that way.</p>
<p>The great thing about being independent is that even though you might not have lived in your current state for 12 months you can still be eligible for in state tuition. You just have to show that you are trying to become a resident in the current state(lease, driver license, etc…). I wonder if that is the same for the unis in California. I guess i’ll have to ask them.</p>
<p>If the California school you attended was a UC, then here is a pertinent excerpt from their residency policy - </p>
<p>Steps that a student (or the parent(s) of a student) should take to retain a California residence during a temporary absence include, but are not limited to:
Maintain a residence in California.
Continue to use a California permanent address on all
recordseducation, employment, etc.
Return to California for home leaves and vacations.
Satisfy California resident income tax obligations. (Individuals claiming California residence are taxable on their total income from the date they establish California residence, which may include income earned in another state or country. California residents remain taxable residents during absences from California if the absence is considered temporary or transitory.)
Retain California voters registration (voting by absentee ballot).
Maintain a California drivers license and vehicle registration when possible. If it is necessary to change a drivers license and/or vehicle registration while temporarily residing in another state, these documents should be changed back to California as soon as possible.
Maintain active bank accounts in California.
Store belongings in California.
NOTE: If a student (or the parent(s) of a student) relinquishes California residence after moving from the state, it will take 366 days of physical presence coupled with one year of demonstrated intent to reestablish residence in California for tuition purposes.</p>
<p>Why wouldn’t you just finish up at your CA school? There is a better than even chance you would need two years to finish up at a different school.</p>
<p>Why in the 4 years time you did not get a degree, how many credits have you earned and what is the balance you need to do? what is your major? and how far along you are into that major? If you were back to a school in CA, how long would it take u to finish up? if you were accepted in the midwest college, how many credits you will be able to transfer?</p>