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Double state residencies
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Interesting situation.
Is it legal to have two state residencies?
Is it legal to have two state residencies?
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Nope. I dont think you can.
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Yeah I didn't think it would be, especially since it'd be a huge advantage for this process. Haha if I had to pick one, I'd give up the CA residency.
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So I need to pick one?
Anyone else had the same experience?
Anyone else had the same experience?
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That's something I want to know too, since being a CA resident seems to be a hindrance when applying.
If you can have dual citizenship for countries, why can't you have dual state residency 😕
If you can have dual citizenship for countries, why can't you have dual state residency 😕
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Its not just about picking one though. You have to see which one you qualify for and pursue that route. For what its worth, I would give up CA myself, but I'm from Texas so I wouldn't ever give up my Texas residency. 🙂
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Citizenship vs residency.....
dictionary.com works great.
citizen - a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
residency - the act of dwelling in a place
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Hmm, the problem is I seem to qualify for both.
I've spent almost 15 years in CA, definitely qualify that one.
For the other state, I emailed one of the schools, and they emailed back saying I seem to meet the residency requirement because:
"At least one parent, step-parent, or court-appointed guardian resides in ________."
I personally have never lived in the state my parents are in, but they have lived there for a year and own a house and everything. I'm currently registered to vote in CA, I wonder if I can change that over to the other state.
I've spent almost 15 years in CA, definitely qualify that one.
For the other state, I emailed one of the schools, and they emailed back saying I seem to meet the residency requirement because:
"At least one parent, step-parent, or court-appointed guardian resides in ________."
I personally have never lived in the state my parents are in, but they have lived there for a year and own a house and everything. I'm currently registered to vote in CA, I wonder if I can change that over to the other state.
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Interesting. Contact AMCAS and give them the whole story, see what they say.
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You should build a house on a state line. Make sure you get an address from both states. Then, you have two state residencies. 😉
I think your state of residency would be where your parents live if you are still in college or a dependant. You will have to fill out a state on the AMCAS so if your parents new state is better than CA (and it probably is ) go with that state because even if you technically qualify for residence in both states if you put down CA on your AMCAS then your new states schools may automatically put you in the OOS pile for interviews or acceptances.
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At the beginning of the MSAR it says that for students who are financially dependent on their parents, the state of residency is the same as that of their parents. It does not look like you are a CA resident, but rather a resident of the state to which your parents moved.
I could be wrong though.
I could be wrong though.
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If I really could be a resident for that state instead of CA, it would be like hitting the jackpot haha.
Thanks for all the responses, I'll definitely check it out with AMCAS. One thing that further complicates it is that I will be on my gap year when I apply - can I still claim financial dependence to my parents even though I'll work full time?
Thanks for all the responses, I'll definitely check it out with AMCAS. One thing that further complicates it is that I will be on my gap year when I apply - can I still claim financial dependence to my parents even though I'll work full time?
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It's possible.
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OP..I am in the identical situation. I have found it is highly dependent on the states you are dealing with.
For my situation I live in Ohio but my parents moved to south Carolina. For the app I marked Ohio resident. For the SC schools I applied to I filled out a special form for being out of state, explaining I am converting state residency.
Bottom line for me: If my parents claim me on their taxes I am a resident of SC, if they do not, I am resident of Ohio.
It has FOR SURE been an advantage to me this cycle. Just give the school that you "are becoming a resident of" a heads up when you apply.
As a random aside, I think this only works for MD schools, DO school take what you list on the app in stone (I could be wrong on this though)
For my situation I live in Ohio but my parents moved to south Carolina. For the app I marked Ohio resident. For the SC schools I applied to I filled out a special form for being out of state, explaining I am converting state residency.
Bottom line for me: If my parents claim me on their taxes I am a resident of SC, if they do not, I am resident of Ohio.
It has FOR SURE been an advantage to me this cycle. Just give the school that you "are becoming a resident of" a heads up when you apply.
As a random aside, I think this only works for MD schools, DO school take what you list on the app in stone (I could be wrong on this though)
My daughter was in this situation, She grew up in CA and went to university there, but I moved before she graduated. She could either have decided to be a CA resident on her own and not been our dependent on taxes or she could have chosen to be a resident of our state and been on our taxes AND also changed DL/voter reg/etc.
We downloaded the forms from each state school and investigated the details, I learned that if you are not careful it is POSSIBLE to be RESIDENT OF NO STATE FOR ADMISSIONS purposes. So when your life is complicated, be sure to undertstand the rules of the two states.
My DD did not want to remain in CA, she liked our new state much better followed all the rules to be a resident here. But there are many varied hoops to jump though in each state. Do not take this lightly. Because DD had not lived in my state for 12 months straight she could only become a resident through me. If she had lived here before college then she would have been okay being out of state for college, but be very careful about your presence in some other state than the state you claim as residency!!
We downloaded the forms from each state school and investigated the details, I learned that if you are not careful it is POSSIBLE to be RESIDENT OF NO STATE FOR ADMISSIONS purposes. So when your life is complicated, be sure to undertstand the rules of the two states.
My DD did not want to remain in CA, she liked our new state much better followed all the rules to be a resident here. But there are many varied hoops to jump though in each state. Do not take this lightly. Because DD had not lived in my state for 12 months straight she could only become a resident through me. If she had lived here before college then she would have been okay being out of state for college, but be very careful about your presence in some other state than the state you claim as residency!!
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Okay, so what about my case?
My parents are still married, but they live in separate states. We have a house in a certain state, but 15 years ago, my dad moved to Texas to work. He has a Texas driver's license and a Texas license to work in his profession; he doesn't have a house in Texas, but has rented a place there.
My parents file joint-tax returns, and I am claimed as a dependent for both of them.
Does that enable me to be have 2 residencies or at least I can get a Texas residency?
My parents are still married, but they live in separate states. We have a house in a certain state, but 15 years ago, my dad moved to Texas to work. He has a Texas driver's license and a Texas license to work in his profession; he doesn't have a house in Texas, but has rented a place there.
My parents file joint-tax returns, and I am claimed as a dependent for both of them.
Does that enable me to be have 2 residencies or at least I can get a Texas residency?
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I believe on the application you can only claim one state residency and put only one permanent address. Do your parents file joint-tax returns with your mom's address or both addresses? I know a school i applied to in NY wanted me to prove my residency and they asked for my PARENTS federal and state tax forms, a lease, and MY license and my voter registration. I don't know if this info helps much but if the school u want to go to is in texas, then by all means put TX as your residency w/ ur dad's address. How much does it help to have residency status anyway for the schools ur applying too?
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Forgive me, but I'm not sure if you're being serious or sarcastic.
I think I'll have to contact TMDSAS to find out. . .
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Well, if I can qualify for Texas residency, my GPA would be about 0.06 higher on TMDSAS than AMCAS. It's a very good question you asked, because 0.06 is a lot to me, but it might not be worth it to go through red-tape to get Texas residency. In my eyes, it just wouldn't hurt to to try to get TX residency.
Btw, I'm planning to apply next summer.
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I have two technically but I wasn't able to use it...
Most secondaries for state schools have tons of questions designed to assess your residency status in that state. Of course the state school of the state that I chose not to put on my AMCAS had NO questions about residency on their secondary😡 So much for trying to game the system! I thought about photocopying my license in an update letter after they put me on hold
Ultimately I chose the state that had more schools period to use on AMCAS as my "residency" because even some of the private schools take that into consideration.
I didn't have any luck trying to use multiple states but I know somebody that did. He had a parent in 2 different states and managed to get into a state school in each place (state schools that historically take very few OOSers *less than 10% at one place*)
Most secondaries for state schools have tons of questions designed to assess your residency status in that state. Of course the state school of the state that I chose not to put on my AMCAS had NO questions about residency on their secondary😡 So much for trying to game the system! I thought about photocopying my license in an update letter after they put me on hold
Ultimately I chose the state that had more schools period to use on AMCAS as my "residency" because even some of the private schools take that into consideration.
I didn't have any luck trying to use multiple states but I know somebody that did. He had a parent in 2 different states and managed to get into a state school in each place (state schools that historically take very few OOSers *less than 10% at one place*)
