<p>For the parents, i have a certain question at hand since it involves my mom</p>
<p>I have recently been accepted to UCSB as a transfer student. I have sent in my SIR and have signed a lease with 3 other people for an apartment</p>
<p>Well yesterday after bugging my mom again (i have for the last week or so) for a copy of her residence card, she blurted out that she is not a legal resident. She never renewed her visa in 1986 and has been illegal since then. She never thought it would affect my college. As of today, i have not been able to contact the UCSB representative for residency, but i did call UCI as an informative source (however since this will not be my school, they had to be vague). I meet all requirements by myself except independence because i am not 24 and my mom still claims me on her taxes.</p>
<p>So question is, if i cannot petition for residency…what do i do? The lawyer said it should take around 9 months to finalize everything, maybe a few months longer since she is from Malaysia, a muslim country. She has agreed to pay the difference which would add up to around 9k for the summer and fall quarters. Hopefully things could be finalized by winter and i could 100% become a resident. I did graduate from a CA high school and spend 3.5 years there which my help as they have some exemptions for this, but i dont know what to do. I don’t want her to spend 9k on top of the 4k in fees she is spending to become legal.</p>
<p>So main question, is it right for me to use her 9k to pay, possibly even more if the process takes longer, or do i for go school now and still live in Santa Barbara since i already signed the lease. She did not have the money 21 years ago and she has been waiting for me to turn 21 since she would have priority registration for permanent residence.</p>
<p>PS i could apply for winter, but i am borderline for being accepted and i believe i only got in because of a TAG agreement, i feel i would be denied acceptance if i apply for winter. I am already in my third year of school and should finish at 4.5 - years</p>
<p>It does, but it is something i believe you still must petition for and is not 100%. That is why i am worried. Only 50-120 people per year are eligible for that exclusion, so i have obviously found no one that i can ask about it</p>
<p>If she can afford it, pay, and you get a parttime job as well…</p>
<p>there are really two issues here, correct, legally recidency in the US and recidency in Calfornia for instate tuition, is that correct?</p>
<p>were you born here? if not, you also have your own residency issues to deal with…if you were, “borrow” the money from mom, and get a job, that will help her out and ease your guilt</p>
<p>I already have a part time job and other money makers, and with all of that i would just be on the border of paying in state tuition and living expenses by myself. She was going to offer no help before this.</p>
<p>I don’t actually know all the ins and outs, but I went through a similar issue way, way back in the day…</p>
<p>You’re a transfer student, so you must be legally an adult, correct? At least 19, probably 20 years old? And you’re a citizen. The UCSB website says:
<p>the bottom does apply, but your upper portion includes only one of three actual requirements in that particular section. Scary part is that these rules are just outline, i have not been able to find the actual legal appendices that explain the requirements in full. (this is something also noted on most of the sites, they are a general guide and do not represent the whole of what constituents as their rules and/or exceptions)</p>
<p>If only the damn rep at UCSB was there today, i really can’t do anything or even find out anything for sure until i can talk to him.</p>
<p>Call them. You are a US citizen and spent 3 years in a California high school, and are enrolling. Your mothers immigration status does not effect your citizenship or the fact you lived and went to high school in California.</p>
<p>What does it mean when it says my domicile must be california for xxx number of days? As explained to me, to be her domicile she must, according to UCI, be a perm resident, citizen or have a valid visa, all of which she does not have</p>
<p>That is the thing, the UCI representative said my mother does afflict me because i cannot be considered financially independent and i am still in a way tied to her status as a resident. It is ridiculous, but i will see what happens, the UCSB rep is still out of the office.</p>
<p>The financial independence part shouldn’t apply to you. You qualify under the exemption which was enacted in 2003 - AB 540. If you meet the qualifications of the exemption set out above, it shouldn’t matter what your parents do or did, according to the sources I’ve seen. Try googling “California AB 540” and read some of the information you get that way.</p>
<p>THe UCI person sounds wrong, you are a citizen, over 18…</p>
<p>you need to clarify what the UCI person meant by recidency- as a California recident or a US resident- they are two different animals with different requirements, or like apples and oranges</p>
<p>try talking to another school, the UCI person could be giving bad information, it has been know to happen</p>