State Residency

[SolitaireAddikt]

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I was born in Florida but moved to Canada when I was a baby. I have a Floridian birth certificate. I would think this would be enough to make me a resident of the state of Florida, however some people I have talked to have told me otherwise. I haven't spent any significant amount of time in the US since my family left, and thus I have a Canadian driver's license and I am not registered to vote in any state. My question is essentially, is having a birth certificate enough to claim residency in a certain state (specifically, Florida) and does the fact that I haven't lived in the US for the vast majority of my life make it easier to claim residency in a different state if I choose to ? (i.e. allowing me to pay instate tuition after my first year).
Edit: I should also add that neither of my parents are American citizens. However, I do have extended family living in the US.
Thanks

 

[Ashers]

Sounds like you're a US citizen, but not a resident of any state. You can look up how to establish residency in a state. It doesn't require a specific state's birth certificate.

Establishing residency typically involves any or all of the following: living in the state for a year while being independent, working in that state, owning your own property, voting in that state, filing taxes in that state.

The public university websites are good places to look up how to get residency.

 

[RagOptUz]

I am pretty sure that you have to live in that state for the past six months at least to be considered a resident.

 

[CanHasNaps]

For residency in Florida, you must have a FL driver's license, vehicle tag registration, and/or voter's registration for 12 months before you are considered "in-state".

 

[SolitaireAddikt]

Sounds like you're a US citizen, but not a resident of any state. You can look up how to establish residency in a state. It doesn't require a specific state's birth certificate.

Establishing residency typically involves any or all of the following: living in the state for a year while being independent, working in that state, owning your own property, voting in that state, filing taxes in that state.

The public university websites are good places to look up how to get residency.

I guess this means I will be OOS everywhere while I am applying. No biggie, but it would have been nice to have Floridian residency to fall back on 🙂 Thanks for your reply!

 

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