Question about Ohio State Residency...

[jmcgintee]

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So I know you have to register to vote, get a drivers license, register the car, etc. etc.....

I have a question about the financial aspect of residency. I know that at the end of the 12 month period you have to have at least the same amount of money that you started with to prove that you are living on Ohio income (please correct me if I'm wrong) and that you can not have any non-Ohio resident give you money.

So, I will be living with my bf. Our plan is to use my loan money to cover rent and utilities and then he is going to use his Ohio income to cover other expenses such as gas, food, car insurance, phones, etc. Will this be ok for gaining residency? or will we have to split everything 50/50 to show that I am independent and paying my half?

I hope this question makes sense lol

 

[david594]

So, I will be living with my bf. Our plan is to use my loan money to cover rent and utilities and then he is going to use his Ohio income to cover other expenses such as gas, food, car insurance, phones, etc. Will this be ok for gaining residency? or will we have to split everything 50/50 to show that I am independent and paying my half?

I hope this question makes sense lol

I haven't gotten residency yet, but you need to show that you can cover all your reasonable costs associated with living in ohio. So half the rent, half the utilities, reasonable costs of food for one person, all the costs of the vehicle if it belongs to you, all of the phone if its in your name.

Have you considered the fact that a quickie wedding would save you 20 grand since you would get instant residency(as long as the BF gets a job)?

 

[twelvetigers]

David! Lol.

 

[karmapple]

No, seriously, get married. It really will save you money. 🙂

The way I understood it, though, was not that you have to prove you are "independent," but that you have to prove all your sources of income came from within Ohio. So if his income that you are using to pay bills comes from a job he has in Ohio, it should all be good. It may make it easier if you guys have a joint bank account, because they may want to see bank statements...? Um, or just get married. What a romantic reason, yeah? 😛

 

[jmcgintee]

lol...you guys are great! I did not know that i would be an instant resident if i got married. However, I don't think the idea will fly with the bf lol.

So, it looks to me that as long as my bf's income is from Ohio and we have a joint account it should be fine.

 

[david594]

lol...you guys are great! I did not know that i would be an instant resident if i got married. However, I don't think the idea will fly with the bf lol.

So, it looks to me that as long as my bf's income is from Ohio and we have a joint account it should be fine.

I really dont think its that straight forward. You will still have to go line by line listing your reasonable costs for everything. Rent, utilities, food, health insurance, car, tuition, books, etc. Beyond that though you could probably list money he gave to you as an ohio source of fund assuming he earned it while in ohio. Although I think the residency website also stipulates that your BF would need to provide proof that he could actually afford to give you that money.

You should probably email the residency people about your situation.

And 20 grand would easily cover the trip to vegas for the wedding...

 

[karmapple]

I really dont think its that straight forward. You will still have to go line by line listing your reasonable costs for everything. Rent, utilities, food, health insurance, car, tuition, books, etc. Beyond that though you could probably list money he gave to you as an ohio source of fund assuming he earned it while in ohio. Although I think the residency website also stipulates that your BF would need to provide proof that he could actually afford to give you that money.

You should probably email the residency people about your situation.

And 20 grand would easily cover the trip to vegas for the wedding...

Well sure, you have to provide an estimate of how much each living expense cost you in that year, but as long as you can show that the money came from a source within Ohio, it should be fine. It's not like you have to prove that every expense was paid for by yourself. The registrar's office told me you can even receive large sums of money from... whoever (relative, friend, sugar daddy, I don't know) as long as that person lives and works in Ohio. Tell the boyfriend to keep all his paystubs, because they will probably want to see them.

There is a meeting about obtaining residency at orientation, so you can ask all these questions then. Or perhaps you will be more successful at getting them on the phone than I was before school started last year. It would be a good idea to try.

And this is why you want to get married, straight from the registrar's website.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]You may be eligible for "instant residency" , C(3), if you are dependent upon a parent who is working full-time and has established domicile in Ohio before the beginning of a quarter. You may be eligible if you are a dependent spouse of a person who has begun working full-time and established domicile in Ohio for reasons other than gaining the benefit of a state-supported education. Refer to C(3) in the residency guidelines for information on how to apply for this type of residency.

Okay, seriously though, if you aren't ready to get married, then you just aren't. I would advise telling your boyfriend, however, that he owes you roughly $23,000.... 😉


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[THEOSU2012]

Hey There,

Some thoughts on your residency situation. It's kinda similar to what I did with my gf, and we are both now residents of Ohio.

I pay Rent and water/sewer etc... using my loan money. She pays all other utilities and for major grocery trips. Since we aren't married, we just save all the receipts and we have an excel spreadsheet. We enter in all of the receipts for who paid what and then we balance it out.

Since Rent is such a huge chunk, even with her paying basically all the other stuff, she still ends up paying me money every couple of months. This way we are basically even in the costs, essentially splitting things 50/50.

My advice, is do something similar. My reason is that even if you live somewhere really cheap, you'll probably pay more for the rent, then he will for everything else. And even if you reverse and he pays the rent, someone will feel financially taken advantage of. And as I'm sure you're aware, no one likes to fight about money.

Then its also a lot easier to just figure things out on the residency form as well.

Or you could just get married, (though I think you need two consecutive pay stubs from your husband or wife to get that "instant" arrangement)

Whatever your choice, I'm more than happy to help!

 

[twelvetigers]

So, this is a bit to the side of the original topic, but what if you move with a spouse (already married) and the spouse finds a job in Ohio? Does that change anything, or would the same steps be needed as with a boyfriend?

 

[karmapple]

So, this is a bit to the side of the original topic, but what if you move with a spouse (already married) and the spouse finds a job in Ohio? Does that change anything, or would the same steps be needed as with a boyfriend?

I moved to Ohio, already married, and my husband found a job here, and I received instant residency. We moved here about two months in advance since I already knew about the "instant residency" thing, and knew the school needed three paystubs, so I wanted to give adequate time. However, it turns out I probably didn't need to do that. I know other people in the class that were given extra time to turn them in, but I didn't know that ahead of time, since I couldn't get anyone in the registrar's office to tell me anything more than "reference the website," before I was enrolled.

I had to submit the following:

- Marriage license
- Letter from husband's employer verifying full-time employment and salary
- Three recent paystubs
- Proof of domicile in Ohio (rent agreement, closing on house, whatever)
- Ohio driver's license for both of us
- Ohio voter registration for both of us
- Ohio car registration for both of us

Also had to submit the paystubs and employment letter the subsequent two quarters.

It's a pretty sweet deal, twelvetigers. Hope you are applying to Ohio!

 

[twelvetigers]

Oh, I am. 🙂

 

[rachroo]

Yay! 😀

If you need anything, you know where to ask!

I'm rooting for you!!

 

[cRose]

Oh, I am. 🙂

👍

 

[CatVet2Be]

Oh, I am. 🙂

Chiming in to say YAY!!! and ditto to what rachroo said! 😀😀😀

 

[Nephromaniac]

Marriage works at TN too, & IS is even cheaper than OSU! That is part of my plan for the summer, lol. 1 yr OOS tuition & 3 yrs IS tuition at TN is gonna be cheaper for me than 4 yrs IS at OSU would have been, lol, so as long as we manage to pull off our quickie wedding something before mid August, I'll be good!