complicated residency situation! please help!

[Asiandoodle]

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Hi so I have a really complicated situation with residency. So first I have lived in Virginia almost all my life. I went to undergraduate there at a state school and graduated in May 2014. I also filed my taxes for 2013 and 2012 in Virginia as well. However, In October I moved to Texas for a job and have been working there since and I filed my 2014 federal taxes as well. I did not file state taxes because Texas has no state income tax. So in June I plan on applying for medical school and am confused on what I put as legal residence. I still have my drivers license from VA. Since I do not drive in Texas, I didn't think there would be a point of changing license. However, I would have worked in Texas for about 9 months when I apply which does not qualify me as a Texas resident. So would I still be considered a VA resident even though I did not live there for the last 9 months?? I AM SO CONFUSED ON HOW THIS WORKS! If anything I would like to keep my VA residency and hopefully get into school there so I would enjoy in state tuition. Is my situation possible? please advise!!

 

[Pasmal]

I have no idea why you expected people on SDN to be familiar with VA residency law. Google is your friend. I searched VA residency laws and found this page: http://www.schev.edu/students/vadomicile.asp

I found a line in there that makes me believe that you still have VA residency, but for the sake of developing your critical thinking skills I'm going to leave the detective work up to you 😉

 

[tiedyeddog]

Look at the requirements for texas as well, since you work there you might be a resident of texas.

 

[LizzyM]

https://www.tmdsas.com/medical/residency.html

You can be a resident of TX for voting or tax purposes but not for educational purposes.

If you are still dependent on your parents, you may be a Virginia resident by virtue of their residency. If you are independent, you may be on your way to being a TX state resident for purposes of education. If that's the case, it might be worth your while to wait a cycle.

 

[tiedyeddog]

https://www.tmdsas.com/medical/residency.html

You can be a resident of TX for voting or tax purposes but not for educational purposes.

If you are still dependent on your parents, you may be a Virginia resident by virtue of their residency. If you are independent, you may be on your way to being a TX state resident for purposes of education. If that's the case, it might be worth your while to wait a cycle.

I think texas is regarded as an easier state to get a spot in too, especially when you consider the new schools opening up.

I also think waiting a cycle would be a great idea if you live texas.

 

[Asiandoodle]

https://www.tmdsas.com/medical/residency.html

You can be a resident of TX for voting or tax purposes but not for educational purposes.

If you are still dependent on your parents, you may be a Virginia resident by virtue of their residency. If you are independent, you may be on your way to being a TX state resident for purposes of education. If that's the case, it might be worth your while to wait a cycle.

Hmm actually I lied. I started my job middle of September. According to the website I have to 1, live in Texas for 12 consecutive months by the application deadline, October 1 which I will since I started my lease mid september and 2) Establish and maintain domicile for 12 consecutive months prior to the application deadline which I do since I work full time at Baylor.

So I actually was able to contact a dean of admissions in Virginia and was told at the time of the AMCAS application, I would still be considered a VA resident since I have not lived outside of VA for over 12 months. However according to the above guidelines, I am qualified to apply for a resident of TX based on the above factors I mentioned. Since AMCAS and TMDSAS are two different entities, can I state I am TX for one and VA for the other? So wouldnt I be considered qualified as a TX residence for education purposes, but a VA resident legally. please advise.

 

[Pasmal]

You can't claim residency in 2 states

 

[Asiandoodle]

You can't claim residency in 2 states

I will claim that I am a virginia resident on both amcas and tmdsas. However from my understanding the tmdsas will ask me a series of questions and it will automatically based on these questions determine whether I will be qualified to be considered as a resident because of how long I have lived in Texas and whether I have tried to establish domicile or not.

 

[ndafife]

1. Where are you registered to vote?
2. Do you have a vehicle registered somewhere?
3. Do your parents claim you as a dependent (in Virginia)?

Honestly, being from Texas is a great advantage application wise. I would look into registering to vote, getting a Texas ID, etc... to show that you want to be in Texas and plan on staying there