<p>that’s the question</p>
<p>It’s not a set duration. You (or your parents) have to do things like get a Florida Driver’s License, register to vote, open a local bank account, etc. See: [Florida</a> Residency](<a href=“http://idp.med.ufl.edu/students/FLresidency.htm]Florida”>http://idp.med.ufl.edu/students/FLresidency.htm)</p>
<p>You have to establish and maintain residency for a full year.</p>
<p>You will have better luck if the parents become Florida residents. Right now that is a one year requirement, but from what I understand, is subject to change in the legislature. Parents need to register to vote, obtain proof of employment, drivers license and those type of things to do that. The website listed previously should help. </p>
<p>If a student tries to declare themeselves a resident, they have to jump through more hoops and will have a tough time if they are not economically independent of their parents.</p>
<p>If my parents were born in Florida and have lived in Florida their whole life and have driver’s license, voter’s registration, etc… when is it that they actually started establishing Florida residence, the day they were born?</p>
<p>Sounds correct as long as they never moved out of state even for a short amount of time.</p>
<p>I believe that it is now also a requirement that you never have been enrolled in previously as an out-of-state student. (I don’t really know what ‘never’ means in this case, but you can no longer come to a Florida state university system school as an out-of-stater, work on fulfilling your residency requirements while you are a student (by supporting yourself and getting documentation such as Driver’s License and Voter’s Reg) and then continue your education as an in-stater. </p>
<p>So if your game-plan is to study in Florida as an in-stater, investigate this carefully.</p>