Change of residence

happymomof1
Sat, 03 Oct 2015 01:52:30 +0000

Who is sponsoring this person for the green card? Is it a parent who has a green card and already is in the US? Or will the student be receiving the green card along with a parent or parents who will then move to the US?

If there is a green card holding parent who will have been in the US for a full year before the student will start college, then the student will probably qualify for in-state residence wherever it is that the parent is living. If the family is waiting for green cards and then will move to the US, the student will qualify for in-state status once at least one of the parents has lived and worked in a particular state for at least a year.

Some states will allow the student to establish residence independently of the parents, but normally that requires that the student live and work in a particular state for at least a year before starting to study there. In the past, some universities in Missouri and in Texas have allowed students to establish in-state status on their own while studying in those states. I don’t know if that still is true.