<p>To the op – are you both either American citizens or current holders of a green card (the latter is unlikely because your green card lapses if you live/work in a different country for more than six months.)</p>
<p>And does you mother have a job wherein she can transfer to Michigan? These two issues will affect the advice we would give you.</p>
<p>Either way, it will be obvious from your school records where you live at the time of applying and you will be admitted as an international student regardless – unless you waited to apply once you’re living here.</p>
No, it doesn’t. If you are going to be gone more than a year it is important to take certain steps to show that you are not intending to establish permanent residence in another country. But it certainly does not lapse if you are gone for just 6 months. (I am a green card holder).</p>
<p>Both cases that I know of were US citizens, parents with a kid going to Mich. Kind of similar stories. </p>
<p>First case, the son got accepted (only child), the father got a new job in Michigan, and he was definitely there throughout the summer, working and renting; wife stayed behind arranging the move, family moved in the fall (bought new house), and the kid was considered in-state for his sophomore year. </p>
<p>Second case, two kids, oldest accepted to Mich, youngest in jr high. Parents moved to Michigan in the summer (father transferred jobs, same employer), bought new house before the summer was over, younger daughter enrolled in new MI middle school). Father was irritated because he couldn’t swing in-state tuition for the son’s freshman year, but once again, there were no problems with in-state for sophomore year.</p>
<p>So it looks to me that a one year waiting period can be expected in MI. Both of these kids qualified in their second year. But note that neither of these were sham relocations, but both were motivated in part by the tuition.</p>
<p>^both cases sound right because the employment preceded the in-state status, with no immigration issues.</p>
<p>^^re green card – if by precautions, you mean obtaining a reentry permit, having and employer statement saying the overseas job is a temporary assignment, maintaining an address, bank, and tax filings in the US, then yes, you can keep your green card. But if you don’t do those things and go live in you home country for more than six months and work for more than six months, they really can revoke you status, often on the spot at the border. I too am a green card holder, swimcatsmom, and both my lawyer and guidance from ins have made this abundantly clear to me ;)</p>
<p>In the case of this poster, whether or not the family are citizens, green card holders or internationals will make a big difference. If they aren’t citizens but have valid green cards, they might find themselves surprised – as many are – that they’ve fallen out of status on return. If they’re in status, and the mother can transfer or find work, then they’ll ultimately be okay, but may still have to prove no ties (money, property) to umich.
There are a lot of moving parts that all have to move together.</p>
<p>A second issue for the poster if he or she is an international is the fact that only about six percent of the admits go to internationals – far fewer than admits to out of state ( and obviously instate.) my son was very fortunate to have been admitted considering that they considered him an international ;)</p>
<p>Okay, Mahmoud, I’ve checked out some of your posts and now see that you mother is – from the looks of it – neither a citizen or permanent resident, but that somehow you are a permanent resident, and that with an efc of 0, you are hoping for full funding (I think – just took a quick glance). Your situation is very delicate here, because your mom will need a green card, and your financial aid status derives from your mom. If you are living abroad now, you need to make very certain you maintain your US permanent resident status as well. In addition, Michigan not not usually give comprehensive aid to internationals or even those out of state. I’m not sure who can give you guidance in this situation – a combination of an immigration lawyer (because unless you become emancipated – another long drawn out legal process) your classification will derive from you mother. If I were you I would have a detailed discussion about all this with someone in the registrars office, if they’re willing.</p>
<p>If you can clear the immigration hurdles of getting your mother a green card to work here, you might for financial reasons consider attending a Michigan community college for your first two years, doing well, and transferring to umich as a jr. That would give you time to establish residency, but allow you to continue on the path without the financial stakes being so incredibly high. Best wishes.</p>
<p>Again, I do not know enough about Michigan rules, but I am surprised that schools can set make rules of their own (unless state laws either given U of Michigan some extra rules or they allow schools to interpret their rules differently). Every state I have encountered, they always refer to one state law. Of course one school might be a little flexible compared to another but they always claim to base their interpretation on the same law. Again Michigan may be different, and so I may be totally off base.</p>
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<p>If that is the case, then I am not sure that you are going to be able to get in-state tuition unless you go to Michigan, take a gap year, work earn money and then apply. Here are the constraints.</p>
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<li> Just because you have a green card does not give your mother the right to work. She has get a visa to work like a H1 visa. She can come to Michigan as tourist but cannot stay for too long.</li>
<li>Does she have the skills to get an employee sponsor or some other type of sponsorship for a green card. Again those processes takes time.</li>
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<p>Your situation is a lot more complicated then a mere “I need in-state tuition”.</p>
<p>That’s good news – I must have misunderstood your post to the effect that she wasn’t. In that case then you do have a state in which you would or should qualify as a legal resident and would have in state tuition there (the state in which your mom pays taxes) as a backup plan. So at the very least, you’d be applying as OOS, which improves your admit chances. Where did you attend hs?</p>
<p>It sounds like if you apply now, you will be considered at best OOS, or worst, an international depending on where you went to school. For tuition purposes, you will be OOS/international, which is around 50k. From fafsa, which will need your mom’s American tax return, the most in pell grants you can expect is about 5kish, so depending on your circumstances, even if you won a merit award of say 20k, it may still be a fiscal reach.
If you can manage to go next year, and your mom moves and works in April prior, you may be able to legitimately get your stays changed in sophomore year. But be prepared to prove that you have no money, property or ties to another country, because it is not a sure fire thing and intent will be examined. </p>
<p>As I attempted to make clear in my very first post on the topic, lprs have more trouble with residency classification. I had to go through the lengthy process despite 7 prior years of living and working in state, the entire time during which my son lived here and attended Michigan schools. </p>
<p>So in final answer to your original question, it is highly unlikely that your FA will be adjusted in April when you move here; yor cannot say on your app this fall that you live in Michigan, and there are still stones in the path depending on the evidence you submit to later being classified as instate – you cannot count on it as a sure fire thing sufficiently to work without a backup plan. So make a backup plan.</p>
<p>If you question stems from trying to figure out if you can afford to attend, you’ll need to discuss with your mom whether or not that first year is a deal breaker, and a plan b in case there’s something in your mom’s paperwork that has unforeseen consequences.</p>
<p>Ps maze, it’s true – Michigan makes it’s own rules in terms of residency. And a greencard does entitle someone to work, and trumps a work visa any day ;)</p>
<p>EVERY state can make its own residency requirement rules…and very often these are DIFFERENT from public university to public university within the state. That is why it is VERY IMPORTANT for students to look at the residency requirements of the specific colleges rather than assume that what applies to ONE school within a state applies to all…as often, that is not the case.</p>
<p>OP your problems are complicated and likely won’t be answered here but instead only by the university. You and your mom will not be moving to Michigan until April. That means you cannot claim you are a resident on the application for admission or a FAFSA that would be filed by March – you cannot assert residency on those based upon what you plan to do later. And you need to file that FAFSA by March to be able to get any aid for the first college year. </p>
<p>Thus, any initial evaluation of your admission and financial aid package will be based on your being a non-resident of Michigan. Then after the move, assuming you have been admitted and did get financial aid, you can apply for residency status. Michigan lists guidelines for that and you may or may not qualify and likely the school will do an evalaution and issue a determination which could go either way and if against you you won’t be able to do much about for that first semester or even first year. Assuming it allows the residency status change, then you can request a redetermination of your finacial aid if any was given; in fact, that reevaluation may be required because of your change to residency status paying in-state tuition. But that does not mean you will ultimately end up with any great fiancial aid package. You are possibly making an assumption that the aid given will necessarily be good; Michigan does not guarantee to meet 100% of need as shown by a FAFSA evaluation and it usually does not not so you could be disaappointed with the ultimate result.</p>
<p>UMich also requires the CSS Profile as a financial aid application form. This is more detailed and accounts for more asset information than the FAFSA does. </p>
<p>What kind of Visa does this OP have (was that stated)? There is clear information on the UMICH website that lists the types of visas required for aid consideration. If you don’t have one of them…you will not get ANY financial aid from UMich.</p>
<p>Based on the clarifications, OP and his mother have valid green cards. Hence both of them can return to the US and settle in any state of their choice and they have chosen Michigan. Assuming that decision is now made, the question is what is the best way to get in-state tuition, given the fact that OP’s mother intends to make Michigan her residence and live in the community, pay taxes etc. Given the various posts, it does not appear that he will get it in his first year of college and he has to go through a lot of hoops but could possibly get it in the second year. Other choices include gap year or going to CC and then transfering.</p>
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<p>Yes, if it had been clear that OP’s mom had green card, then I would not have suggested the work visa. It appeared from earlier posts that OP’s mom did not have a green card and hence the only she could work in the US is if she got a work visa. Green card holders cannot sponsor parents, citizens can, so if OP is not a citizen he cannot sponsor his mother.</p>