how to keep your current state residency

[prone2xl]

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I know most people are interested in establishing "in-state" residency when moving for medical school, but I"m curious as to how you can remain a state resident in your current state (the one you were considered in for application purposes)

I know people are going to ask why, and tuition is the same in my case whether or not i was in or out of state, but I'd like to be considered in state when residency rolls around.

curious to how this can be done- seeing as I won't have a permanent address there anymore, but also the school i'm moving to won't be considering me a state resident, so what state will I belong to??

I think I've got a good point here

 

[StarStup]

Just keep your parents address as your permanent residence. I'm not sure what you could do if they don't live in that state though. Just remember to keep current with car stuff like registration and inspections, you can do registration over the internet and they have a waiver for inspections (this is what I did while I was in grad school across the country from my home state)

 

[Prncssbuttercup]

Being a student doesn't change your residency, keep your DL, etc as the state you want and file your taxes as a resident of that state...

 

[prone2xl]

well i'm a non-trad and have been working in a different state than my parents for the last 8 years.

I understand about the car and insurance thing, but you have to have them mail it to an address, and if that address is in another state how are they going to let you register in that state?

also when you do your insurance, you can do renter's insurance as well and if you want your new apartment insured they'd know it's in another state

 

[StarStup]

You can have them mail it to you in a different state, you just say that you are a student. They understand that students will live in that state. You can also file taxes in more than one state if you have worked in more than one state. As long as you keep your drivers license for the desired state and if you have an address in your desired state it is fine.

 

[prone2xl]

but that's what i'm saying- if I move, my address won't be in my "desired/current" state. see what i'm getting at?

 

[StarStup]

Oh ok, sorry, still working on my coffee this morning! You won't have any family or friends in your desired state where you can use their address as your permanent one? If you don't, I don't think you can remain a resident in that state. In order to be a resident of a state you need to have a residence/address for that state.

 

[prone2xl]

So use someone like a friend as a permanent address just for like certain documents such as car registration, etc ?

but have all other mail delivered to my new state?

i'm just confused... someone has got to have a way to break this down.

thanks

 

[fiznat]

If you really must have an address, can't you just get a PO box?

 

[prone2xl]

what I'm trying to understand is that my new state, GA is not going to consider me a resident of the state of Georgia. and I'll be physically moving from my current state to Georgia.

Will a simple P.O. box qualify as a physical address? I don't think so. when I worked in banking we couldn't accept that as an address for setting up an account.

so WHERE will I be considered a resident if i'm not considered one in GA, but also not living in TX anymore ?

 

[StarStup]

Georgia will consider you a resident. I really don't think a PO box will cut it for residency. Why are you against being a resident of Georgia? I didn't think state residency matters when applying for residency.

 

[gatorfann14]

You are gonna be getting a license with a peach on it. A PO box is not gonna cut it for residency or for car insurance or registration. And if you use a friends address for your insurance and such I believe that you could get in trouble for insurance fraud. I know my insurance is cheaper based on where I live in the same town. I can't imagine it is ok to lie about the state in which you live.

 

[willen101383]

OP why is this such an issue? I am a non trad too so when I moved to Philly I would have never had the option to keep my parents address.

So whats going on here? Why so imperative you keep the other state residency?

 

[prone2xl]

I just wanted to know where I''d be considered a state resident, b/c according to the school I won't be a resident of GA and if I move obviously i'm not still a resident of here... so WHERE AM I A RESIDENT???

that's all i'm wondering. I don't buy the idea that all of a sudden you go into a black hole and aren't a state resident anywhere. see what i'm saying?

 

[fish4life]

OMG, I have the same problem!!

I've been calling all the NY schools, as well as UCONN and AMCAS to figure out where where the hell I'm considered a resident, and I can't get a consensus. In fact, each school tells me a different story.

My parents live in CT, and I went to college in NY in 01, stayed there for PhD for 5 years, during which I paid NY taxes, and during the last year, I switched my driver's license and registration to NY. I then moved to Boston last August to do the MBS program at Tufts, and now I am suck in limbo with regards to state residency.

I call SUNY schools, and the responses I get are like : "you are not a NY resident b/c you were a student the whole time there" "as long as your DL and registration are in NY, ur a resident" "you need to have a permenant address in NY by Aug 1st" "We don't know, AMCAS does the checking"

UCONN also referred me to AMCAS, and says that AMCAS does the verification
AMCAS tells me that my residency is whatever the hell I claim it to be, and that they don't do the verification, but the med schools do themselves upon secondaries.


ARHHHH!!!!!!!! WTF is going on??!!! I've been emailing and calling people for 2 weeks now, and still don't know what to do. If only medical schools weren't so damned bias towards state residents.

If anyone should know whom I can contact to have a solid answer to this, please please let me know.

 

[pdeco1]

Each school is different. For example schools in Texas do not follow the same guidelines for residency that the state does. Most schools have more requirements to be considered in state, than the state itself.