I live in MD and DH lives in VA
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Anonymous
| Child lives with me in Maryland but wants to attend UVA or Tech. Does DH need to claim our son on his taxes to get IS tuition? |
Anonymous
| Are you legally married? Different states, different taxes? |
Anonymous
Sorry, we are divorced and of course file separately. |
Anonymous
| Consult the residency rules. They are somewhat complicated. |
Anonymous
| Son went to HS school in MD? It's going to be hard to support your son's VA residency claim. |
Anonymous
exactly. It's where the child RESIDES, not just where he is claimed on taxes. If the father pays more then 50% of child's expenses he could claim him on taxes, even if not a Va. resident. The HS graduation thing is going to be the problem. |
Anonymous
| He might have a slightly better chance applying from Maryland. Why not change his residency after graduation and pay for 1 year out of state? |
Anonymous
For VTech maybe (if you are full pay) but not for UVA. Much better chance as IS resident than OOS. UVA is very hard as OOS. |
Anonymous
Going to school (college) in Va. (or pretty much any state) for a year does NOT make you a resident. If you are in the state for educational purposes, then your time there does not count toward establishing residency. the only option would be to actually live in Va. for a year going to school part time or not at all... and working a job to show that you are in the state primarily to work/live. I thought everyone knew this -- else why would anyone ever pay OOS tuition after their first year?? |
Anonymous
The reverse is true because OOS pay much more. It is far more difficult to get into UVA and some of the other VA state universities if you are applying from FCPS. UVA will take only a select few from Langley, Mclean, etc. If you are applying from other, more rural parts of the state of VA you are OK. |
Anonymous
The above is correct, if not then everyone would pull it off. For OP's purposes she should know that when we applied to a Virginia university, we had to state the date we moved into the state (20 years ago) and all the addresses of record. We may have had to provide proof of residency, too - we certainly had to do that for Langley High School (bring proof of residency). And PP is correct; time spent in the university system does not count towards filing as a resident. OP will not be able to apply for in-state status if her child lives with her and attends a Maryland school but of course can apply in-state to the Maryland schools. Tuition alone for VA schools range from @ $9500-10,500 a year. California has a very similar and elaborate set of requirements for establishing proof of residency. Your child must move there. Establish a residence, work a year, and present proof that they do not intend to return to their home state, which, surprisingly means they can't return for extended holidays like Christmas. So many people have tried to work the system to get into the VA and CA universities that they have had to really tighten the rules. |
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From UVA website
Q: If my parents are divorced am I eligible for in-state educational privileges if I live outside of Virginia and my non-custodial parent lives in Virginia? A: Yes, if the non-custodial parent contributes substantially to your support and is domiciled in Virginia. http://www.virginia.edu/provost/vastatus/faqs.html |
Anonymous
That is a myth about admissions from NOVA. |
Anonymous
You can't do that. If you are admitted from out of state, you are out of state until you get your degree. They used to let students change but only AFTER they had not taken classes for at least on year AND resided in the state during the one year gap. |