<p>Just looked at the UVA app, and there’s a big form for proving residency.</p>
<p>Is there something similar for UMCP?</p>
<p>Since my husband works often in Bethesda, there is a slight chance that we may get transferred there. (Here’s hoping!)</p>
<p>Anyway, since son would probably already be a student there, if accepted, when we do get transferred, how long would it take for him to be considered a resident and enjoy the benefits of being an instate student?</p>
<p>We have a good friend that just got transferred to Rockville during his son’s senior year. Son remained with mother in New Orleans to finish his senior year in high school, while Dad lived in an apartment in Rockville all year.</p>
<p>If their son decides to transfer from his college, a private school he’ll start in the fall, over to Maryland, will he be able to apply to Maryland as an instate, or will he be considered out of state because he graduated from a high school in another state, and attended college in yet another state?</p>
<p>Oh, the joys of working for the government, and contractors to the government!</p>
<p>It is where they file as their resident. Even if they have an apt, if they declare themselves as LA residents, than so is he. I believe it is 10 months of continuous residency.</p>
<p>Here’s a link to the University Catalog: [University</a> of Maryland Undergraduate Catalog 2009-2010](<a href=“The University of Maryland | A Preeminent Public Research University”>The University of Maryland | A Preeminent Public Research University)</p>
<p>And this is a link to the actual laws and such:
[VIII270</a> - USM](<a href=“http://www.usmh.usmd.edu/regents/bylaws/SectionVIII/VIII270.html]VIII270”>http://www.usmh.usmd.edu/regents/bylaws/SectionVIII/VIII270.html)</p>
<p>Basically you have to prove that you have been living in Maryland for at least 12 months prior to the last day to register for classes. You also have to prove that, if you recently moved, you moved for reasons other than school. Its sort of tricky…but there are a bunch of steps like registering your car if you drive, having a drivers license, a bank account (i think?), etc…</p>
<p>Hope this helps! =)</p>
<p>Oh…also… for a student to claim residency, the guardian who claims the student on their taxes has to be a resident of Maryland.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/133527-question-regarding-out-state-tuition.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/133527-question-regarding-out-state-tuition.html</a></p>
<p>Visit this link and read through all of the posts.
There are extensive rules/laws about declaring residency.
Each state is different with their laws though.</p>
<p>I think most likely, if you are attending a school for education and your parents live out-of-state, then you will pay out-of-state tuition no matter what.
The reason for this is because the student attending the school is a DEPENDENT student.</p>
<p>Overall, I don’t think you can declare in-state tuition for any school unless you’ve already lived in that state before the students’ freshman year at a college.</p>
<p>So you’re saying that if a student’s family is transferred to another state for a job, their child will always have to pay out of state tuition if the child attends the new state school if the transfer occurs after the child has already started college?</p>
<p>Let me use a concrete example or hypothetical:</p>
<p>Dad is transferred senior year of high school. Child remains with Mom at home state so can graduate high school. Child goes away to college for freshman year, say to a private college, to make it easier. Mom moves in with Dad at new home in new state.</p>
<p>Child finishes freshman year at private school, and decides to attend state school of parents’ new home. Child has never lived at that home for more than a few weeks, during school breaks. Mom and Dad live in that state continuously from August to May and beyond, during child’s freshman year away.</p>
<p>If child wants to transfer to state school of parents’ new home, he has to always pay out of state tuition, even though the parents claim him on their taxes and they have been residents for a full year before the child starts first day of school at state school as a transfer student?</p>
<p>Wow, how’s that for a convoluted hypothetical? If you can follow that, you are ready for a career in law.</p>