<p>Do to a technical loophole in my status I have received OOS classifications to IS schools.</p>
<p>I applied majorly to public safeties in-state. Now being classified OOS is there no hope besides community college now?</p>
<p>The schools I have gotten admitted to have sent me some decent financial aid packages however if I was counted OOS these figures would be insignificant. </p>
<p>Thanks~</p>
<p>Can you fix the OOS situation? What was the thing that caused them to classify you OOS?</p>
<p>What is this technical loophole?</p>
<p>My parents failed to ever establish residency, they lived here without ever changing licenses, registering to vote, or any vehicles. They are self-employed and although own a home and live in the state in question for numerous years they still maintain residency in another state. </p>
<p>I may try to appeal but if I’m trapped, would my only option be community college?</p>
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<p>That’s not a loophole. Your parents have CHOSEN to maintain residency in another state.</p>
<p>What states are the issue?</p>
<p>Some states will give students instate rates if they went to high school in that state. </p>
<p>Did you happen to apply to any publics in your parents’ residency state?</p>
<p>BTW…were your parents paying state income tax for the other state? Also, your parents may have broken the law. Typically, you’re supposed to re-register your cars within a certain time period of moving to a new state. I don’t know what the laws are for every state, but I can imagine that every state expects people to reregister their cars at least within a year or two.</p>
<p>Same thing happened to me. CA resident moved to NV and didn’t switch everything over until after I married about eighteen months after I moved here…I don’t drive so I didn’t know that I had to get a Nevada ID card and just used my passport as ID. I had to wait another eighteen months after that to be considered in-state…</p>
<p>From previous posts where you indicated you were applying to UVA, VT, etc., it appears that you currently live in VA. Residency instructions for VA (which apply to all state schools) can be found in this link:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.admiss.vt.edu/forms/Residency_Instructions.PDF[/url]”>http://www.admiss.vt.edu/forms/Residency_Instructions.PDF</a></p>
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<p>Your parents have never established “domicile” in VA, because they indicated an intent to not stay in VA by maintaining their legal residency in another state. So no, you are not an in-state resident for tuition purposes. As thumper1 pointed out, this is NOT a technical loophole, but a direct consequence of your parents’ decision to not become VA residents.</p>
<p>You may be facing some significant problems in trying to go to school next fall if you can’t financially pay the out-of-state tuition.</p>
<p>Will your parents establish Virginia residency going forward? If not, what state are they residents of? You ought to investigate what the residency rules are in that state. It is possible that you might not be in-state for that state either depending on the rules. </p>
<p>If you’d like to attend Virginia public colleges, you probably need to find out what it will take for you to be considered a resident – but it might require that you earn enough to support yourself and not be a dependent on your parents income tax. (That could also have bad consequences for health insurance if you get that through your parents.) </p>
<p>You’re facing a tough situation. Can you sit down with your parents and talk with them and figure out what is financially feasible? Community college may have less restrictive residency requirements, and probably much lower costs even if you are considered out-of-state. Depending on your family’s financial situation, it may be possible to attend a private school for less than paying out-of-state tuition, particularly if you’re eligible for merit or financial aid. Unfortunately that may mean postponing college for a year since you’re past most of the current deadlines.</p>
<p>I’m sorry that you’re coming upon these issues so late – really, really unfortunate.</p>
<p>I have successfully appealed for in-state financial aid status in North Carolina. I just had to prove that I have been in-state for a year and paying taxes. I then had to convince them I was planning on staying in NC after graduating to use the skills I learned in Chapel Hill. So, if your parents are paying taxes in Virginia, and are not perceived as temporary residents while you finish school, you should have a case.</p>
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<p>This student has to get some questions answered. His parents have maintained a residence status in another state from the one in which he resides. That is their choice. Doing so could very much indicate that they ARE temporary residents of the state in which he hopes to gain residency. The bottom line is they have taken steps to maintain the residency of their OLD state and not the new one. How would they prove they wish to be permanent residents of this current state? This decision sounds like it’s YEARS old.</p>
<p>There are lots of “safeguards” in the systems to prevent this. For example, their vehicles are registered in another state. They would HAVE to have a mailing address in THAT other state for license and plate renewals. The Dept of Motor Vehicles does not send renewals out of state in most places.</p>
<p>It is very possible there was as tax advantage for maintaining residency in another state (lower tax rate or perhaps no state income tax). I don’t know.</p>
<p>But living in a place and NOT getting a driver’s license, registering cars, etc…makes it seem like there is no intent to stay there.</p>
<p>I hope that this student can contact the VA school(s) and discuss his situation with them. If the parents can resolve their situation, this will work. If not, the student cannot do it alone.</p>
<p>^^I was hoping that the parents were merely clueless and never got around to doing the steps necessary to change residences. It’s really frustrating when people get out of paying taxes in a state yet expect benefits such as in-state tuition.</p>
<p>It sounds kind of fishy that the parents would have made that mistake. I know that in Virginia you have 30 days after moving to register and get the license plates. If they’re planning to move back, it’ll be really hard to get in-state tuition.</p>
<p>It may not be fishy. They may live in Northern Virginia and one or both parents may have a political position. (After all, didn’t President Bush file taxes from no-income tax state Texas after becoming president? Even though he lived at the White House, he legally maintained his Texas property as his primary residence.)</p>
<p>That’s certainly possible. The most likely possibility is that the OP misunderstood his parents’ intentions, or the parents didn’t realize that they had to actually obey the regulations of the new state while they were living there. They might have expected, like your President Bush example, to eventually leave in 4 to 8 years (or another fixed time period) and didn’t want to go through the hassle of surrendering their holdings in another state.</p>
<p>OP- did you apply to any schools in your parent’s state of residence? Do you qualify there? You may not if you have not spent 12 months there!</p>
<p>Honestly, if you truly discover there is no remedy for the OOS issue, you can defer and establish residency.</p>