Can my foreign cousin register at FCPS?

[Anonymous]

We live in Fairfax County and have 3 kids attending FCPS schools. My cousin asked if her daughter (lives in another country) could come live with us.

Could I enroll my cousin using my address if she comes and lives with us?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live in Fairfax County and have 3 kids attending FCPS schools. My cousin asked if her daughter (lives in another country) could come live with us.

Could I enroll my cousin using my address if she comes and lives with us?

Of course, if they are living with you full-time in the county.

[Anonymous]

You will need to become the child’s guardian. You will need a legal document to show you have custody of the child.

[Anonymous]

if both of them are living full-time in your house it could work. you will need signed affidavits showing she lives there since she wouldn't have a lease or deed showing she lives there
if only the child lives with you then you would need to have legal guardianship/custody

[Anonymous]

Is this child a US citizen? How does she plan to arrive in the country and stay legally?

[Anonymous]

What kind of visa will she have? A tourist visa will expire quickly. If she overstays and leaves for home, she won't be able to come back to the US. If she has a student visa, her family will have to pay the tuition for FCPS, probably around $17 to $20k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You will need to become the child’s guardian. You will need a legal document to show you have custody of the child.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Is this child a US citizen? How does she plan to arrive in the country and stay legally?

Schools accept everyone- regardless of citizenship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Is this child a US citizen? How does she plan to arrive in the country and stay legally?

OP,

You did not answer this in the other thread. It's the most important question of all. Without that piece, nothing will work. The child risks deportation and never being allowed to step foot in the US ever again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Is this child a US citizen? How does she plan to arrive in the country and stay legally?

OP,

You did not answer this in the other thread. It's the most important question of all. Without that piece, nothing will work. The child risks deportation and never being allowed to step foot in the US ever again.

This could be said of millions of people in the US. FCPS won’t report them, so that’s not a concern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Is this child a US citizen? How does she plan to arrive in the country and stay legally?

Schools accept everyone- regardless of citizenship.

This is correct per the Supreme Court ruling in Plyler v. Doe

[Anonymous]

The issue will be the child’s reason for being with you. In order to access tuition-free, the child and parent/guardian must reside in FCPS. In your case, you’re neither the parent or the legal guardian.

There are some exceptions. If the parent is incarcerated or unable to care for the child (ie dying of cancer), the out-of-county child could live with you and go to school tuition free.

You see the policy and forms you would need to complete here:
https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/C6WJTS4EC3ED/$file/R2204.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Fairfax County and have 3 kids attending FCPS schools. My cousin asked if her daughter (lives in another country) could come live with us.

Could I enroll my cousin using my address if she comes and lives with us?

Of course, if they are living with you full-time in the county.

It is not that simple... at least for US citizens.

We were going to keep my 10th grade niece for a school year while her out of state family was going through a really rough time. FCPS said she could not enroll in school here unless I became her legal guardian.

Frankly, I would be really pissed if FCPS did not require the same hoops for a kid from another country.

[Anonymous]

If I were to host a foreign relative living with me I would insist on being named a guardian for as long as the child was living with me. So it would be moot.

[Anonymous]

You guys think there are no illegal immigrants in public schools? Seriously?

OP, call the registrars office at you local school or go by and talk to them. People here talk very authoritatively about things they know nothing about.