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[aunt_bea]

@thumper1 and @PackersLA,
https://www.ucop.edu/residency/residency-requirements.html

You must be continuously physically present in California for more than one year (366 days) immediately prior to the residence determination date of the term for which you request resident status. If you moved to California primarily to attend the University of California, you are here for educational purposes and may not be eligible for a resident classification for purposes of tuition.

Each public university in California has a Residency Determination Officer or advisor whereby the student goes to get their information, budget sheets and their beginning date of residence.

If the student lives with grandmother, then she is not considered independent nor self-supporting. She must pay market rental rates and she needs proof of rent payments, in her name, with her paycheck receipts that match those rates. In living with grandma, she is receiving rental help and will not get instate residency.

If you’re an unmarried undergraduate under the age of 24 and your parent(s) are not California residents, you must be able to verify financial independence for the two full years immediately preceding the term you wish to enroll. Graduate students are presumed to be financially independent unless they were claimed as a dependent on their parents’ federal tax return for the most recent tax year.

https://www.ucop.edu/general-counsel/_files/ed-affairs/uc-residence-policy.pdf#page=13

@PackersLA, I beg to differ with your interpretation of the California residency requirements. They are very strict and unyielding because the state of California is out of money for education. On Thursday, the Regents just approved a 3.5% increase in tuition to non-residents. They’re out of money. If your daughter tries to become “creative” with her residency, they will find out and will, either ask for repayment, expel her, or withhold her diploma.

Once an OOS, always an OOS, before the age of 24, unless the family moves to California for work purposes.