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"In state tuition" for international students graduating from US High School
PA student's dad
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I hope this thread will be very helpful to students (on h4 visa) who will graduate from US High school and apply to Colleges.
My son is graduating from a high school in PA. He is in H4 visa and our I-140 was approved in 2012. However, because of decades' long backlog we couldn't apply for I-485. As I was searching for his college options, I found that Penn State and Temple will always consider him as 'international student" (even if we are paying all state and federal taxes since 2003). Only University of Pittsburgh will consider him as "in-state" for tuition (as we resided in PA for more than 1 year and we have approved I-140) but "international" for everything else (means no financial aid and max $2000 scholarship). I hope you will share your experience with different Universities in different states
4 replies My son is graduating from a high school in PA. He is in H4 visa and our I-140 was approved in 2012. However, because of decades' long backlog we couldn't apply for I-485. As I was searching for his college options, I found that Penn State and Temple will always consider him as 'international student" (even if we are paying all state and federal taxes since 2003). Only University of Pittsburgh will consider him as "in-state" for tuition (as we resided in PA for more than 1 year and we have approved I-140) but "international" for everything else (means no financial aid and max $2000 scholarship). I hope you will share your experience with different Universities in different states
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Replies to: "In state tuition" for international students graduating from US High School
You may want to check which states allow international students to use these provisions. For example, Texas does.
It seems like Pennsylvania is an outlier and does not have a binding state-wide policy on that matter. I am sorry to hear that this is giving you problems.
One word of caution if your son decides to attend the University of Pittsburgh: your son will probably age out of H-4 status before he finishes college. At that point he will probably have to switch to an F-1 student visa, which may prompt the university to re-classify him as an out-of-state student. If money is a concern, I would urge you to clarify this situation with the university well ahead of time.