Hypothetical question about residency.

[Foxhounds_Eric]

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If I were to say move to Indiana before I started at Purdue would I be considered a resident? How long do you have to live in a given place before residency can be claimed?

 

[DownonthePharm]

This depends on the school. Some schools are rather lenient, requireing really nothing much more than changing your driver license, while others (cough oklahoma cough) are a huge pain in the ar$e and need piles of documents.

Because of the tuition breaks for residents you have to prove that you are in the state for a reason other than just to go to school and have some ties to the area that will keep you there after graduation. Usually working in a place for a year before starting school will get you residency. Unless you are military, then you get it immediately (or almost).

I would contact the school and ask their residency requirements.

 

[jmhousem]

If I were to say move to Indiana before I started at Purdue would I be considered a resident? How long do you have to live in a given place before residency can be claimed?

I can give you a specific response for Purdue. I've pasted an e-mail conversation with someone in their Admissions office.

My note to her:
Good afternoon,

I was hoping you could help me with a question
regarding the procedures for establishing residency in
Indiana. I recently applied to Purdue. If admitted,
I will move to Indiana from Illinois and begin taking
Purdue classes full-time in August 2005. At that
time, my wife will begin working full-time in Indiana.
We will most likely purchase a house (our only
property) in the Lafayette area. My understanding
from reading the Purdue website's guidelines on
establishing residency for tuition purposes is that
these facts will allow me to satisfy the requirements
for in-state tuition for the 2006-2007 school year
(and subsequent years). Is that correct?

Thanks for your help.

Her response:

Assuming that everything you describe happens (I say this only because
you are referring to events in the future), you are correct. You will
need to apply for in-state residence classification at the appropriate
time and provide all the necessary information and documentation.
However, you will not be working with me--I work with beginning and
transfer students. Instead, you will be working with Sandy Schaffer, a
member of the Registrar's office, who I have cc'd on my response;
Sandy works with continuing students pursuing residency.

I would encourage you to contact her before you enroll for the fall
semester just to make sure that she clearly understands your situation and
you clearly understand what will be expected of you and your wife.

Please let me know if I can assist you in any other way.

Jo Ann Brown
Senior Associate Director of Admissions

 

[jmhousem]

There are some residency rules spelled out on Purdue's website. I'm not sure if this link is definitive, but it's a start: http://www.purdue.edu/Registrar/CustServ/residency.htm