Michigan Residency - Veteran

momofthreeboys
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:20:38 +0000

You’ll need to call and ask, but here’s all that exists on the UofM webpage regarding residency and military…Will your family be residents of Michigan for at least a year before enrollment? Was your family Michigan residents prior to military… That might come into play also. Regardless you would need to fill out an application and most likely provide documentation and there is an appeal process. UofM has a process for reviewing residency so you’ll need to follow appropriate steps and a call or e-mail to the university will be beneficial if there is ANY doubt about your residency status.

a. Absence for Active Duty Military Service (U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Officers in the Public Health Service), Non-Administrative Missionary Work, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, or Similar Philanthropic Work

If you are domiciled in Michigan at the time of entry into active military duty, missionary work, Peace Corps, or similar service, you are presumed to retain your eligibility for resident classification as long as you are on continuous active duty or in continuous service and continuously claim Michigan as the state of legal residence for income tax purposes. If you are a dependent child of such an individual, you are presumed to be eligible for resident classification provided: (1) you are coming to the University of Michigan directly from high school or have been continuously enrolled in college since graduating from high school, and (2) you have not claimed residency for tuition purposes elsewhere.
D. Special Waiver of Out-of-State Tuition for Regular Active Duty Military Personnel Living or Stationed in Michigan
Regular active duty military personnel who are living or stationed in Michigan, as well as their accompanying spouses and dependent children, will be allowed to pay in-state tuition while they attend the University of Michigan, even though they will not be eligible to be classified as residents under the Residency Classification Guidelines. This waiver is available to persons in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard, and to officers in the Public Health Service. When the military person upon whom the waiver is based leaves the state, a child or spouse who remains in Michigan enrolled full-time in high school or an institution of higher learning will continue to be eligible to receive the waiver. Children must have completed at least the junior year of high school prior to the military person’s departure. In order to request this waiver, the student must submit a residency application by the applicable filing deadline and provide documentation demonstrating eligibility.