Do you have to live in Virginia all four years your kids are in college there?

[Anonymous]

If you (the student) are in the state primarily for educational purposes, you can't usr that time to qualify as in-state for tuition purposes.

The short answer, OP, is that you (parent) must maintain your domicile in VA for your kids to get in state tuition. You can leave when your youngest starts her last year (assuming she doesn't need in state tuition for grad school). You could have a 2nd home somewhere as long as you spend 51% of your time in VA, pay taxes in VA, vote in VA, etc.

You can't move to MD and still get the benefits of being a VA resident.

[Anonymous]

She could establish residency herself but you would no longer be able to claim her on taxes, car insurance, health insurance, etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She could establish residency herself but you would no longer be able to claim her on taxes, car insurance, health insurance, etc

It requires more than that. The student would have to prove (a) that she is self-supporting, and (b) that she is not primarily living in VA to go to school. What would that look like? Working 40 hrs a week at a job that pays wnough to cover rent/food/transportation, and only going to school parttime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She could establish residency herself but you would no longer be able to claim her on taxes, car insurance, health insurance, etc

It’s not that simple. You still have to demonstrate an intention of residing in Virginia beyond college to establish domicile for purposes of in-state tuition. When I moved to Virginia from out of state to go to UVA for law school, I was able to get in-state tuition after the first year but only because I was able to explain that my partner and I had decided to move to Virginia where he grew up, my decision to go to UVA rather than a different law school back where I had been living was driven primarily by our decision to move to Virginia (I included copies of my acceptance letters from those schools to substantiate that I could have gone to other comparable schools in my prior area), I had a permanent residence in Northern Virginia, and my partner had a job there. I was able to get in-state tuition but friends of mine who couldn’t demonstrate as strong connections to Virginia indicating an intention to live in the state beyond schooling were denied it.

[Anonymous]

You might be able to get in-state tuition for second DD's senior year if you move after her junior year ends.

https://law.justia.com/codes/virginia/2014/title-23/section-23-7.4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For in-state tuition, I mean?

Lived in Virginia for 27 years. DD in second year at UVA and second DD applying for colleges now.

For a variety of reasons I may prefer to move to Maryland sooner rather than later. If I did that while my kids are in Virginia universities, does that affect their in-state tuition status?

I am a widower do it’s just me.

Is the deceased parent a veteran?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She could establish residency herself but you would no longer be able to claim her on taxes, car insurance, health insurance, etc

This part is no longer true. Anyone 25 and under can be on their parent's health insurance regardless of whether they are a dependent on the parents' taxes. They don't have to be students, don't need to be a dependent, could even be married.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they ask each year?

Nope. They only verify the first year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to have your mail and bills delivered to your Virginia address. If you move to Maryland, you're not a Maryland resident anymore; so it would affect tuition

You mean not a Virginia resident, right? ( np)

[Anonymous]

There is an exception for students that spent two years at a VA high school and graduated from a VA high school. I read that as mom can move and her children are still entitled to in state tuition even though it is only longer their domicile. If it were my kid I would read the statute closely before moving.

[Anonymous]

So much misinformation on this thread. As someone who went through this (moving out of state after 20+ years while DD was still a second year UVA student) let me clear it up.

Residency follows the parent. Once the parent leaves the state, the student loses in state tuition privileges after one year. It doesn’t matter where the student went to high school, is registered to vote, has a driver’s license, etc. All that matters is where the parent lives.

Theoretically, the student can show that she is no longer a dependent and continue to qualify for in state tuition but that’s not easy. You have to show that you are responsible for your own self financially, that your parent isn’t claiming you as a dependent on their tax returns, etc. a typical student can’t do that.

In our particular case, we took a risk. Our kid had a large bank account thanks to gifts over the years from grandparents. She changed her mailing address to her Charlottesville apartment, registered to vote their, and switched her driver’s license address to there. We stopped declaring her as a dependent on our income taxes. In other words, we set everything up for her to argue that she was not a dependent had she ever had to make the argument. We don’t know if it actually would have worked, probably not, but we did what we could.

Our daughter got tuition bills electronically and we paid them through our bank account. They never changed the bill to charge out of state tuition, but then again we never told them that we the parents had left the state.
never informed them that we had moved.

In the end, we got tuition bills for in state tuition and we paid them.

[Anonymous]

PP here. I hit send too quickly. Strike the last sentence and excuse any typos.

[Anonymous]

That will be a very expensive move. UVA OOS tuition is astronomical. The bottom line is, there is no way you can move and get in-state tuition. Many have tried, they are well aware of all the tricks and I have never once heard of anyone pulling it off- in any state- and I work in higher ed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your DD can establish VA residency on her own. She needs to change her permanent address to where she lives.

Not true for va. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

So o ok stents are screwed for 30 years is what you’re telling me? That’s amazing.