geneboy,
I gather that what you are asking is "How can I pay lower tuition to
my college/university in New York by proving that I am a resident of
New York State?"
According to a page on SUNY (State University of New York) - Albany's
website entitled "New York State Residency Status for Tuition Billing
Purposes":
A person whose domicile has been in the State of New York for a period
of at least one year immediately preceding the time of registration
for any period of attendance shall be a New York resident for the
purpose of determining the tuition rate payable for such period. All
other persons shall be presumed to be out-of-state residents for such
purpose, unless domiciliary status is demonstrated in accordance with
guidelines adopted by the Chancellor or designee.
Definition of Domicile:
(a) For unemancipated students... (b) For emancipated [legally
considered an adult -- usually by being age 18 or over] students, a
domicile is a fixed, permanent home to which the student intends to
return whenever absent. A person may have many residences but only one
domicile. A domicile is retained until it is abandoned and another
established. ***** One does not acquire a New York State domicile by
being physically present in New York for the sole purpose of attending
the University, or by simply being physically present in New York for
a period of twelve months.***** ...
Domicile and Immigrant/Non-Immigrant Aliens:
Immigrant aliens (Permanent Residents), Refugees and Asylees,
including those with pending applications, may establish in-state
residence in accordance with these policies. Undocumented aliens may
similarly establish in-state residence under these policies.
Non-Immigrant Aliens with the following types of visa classifications
may also establish in-state residence in accordance with these
policies: A1-A3, E1 and E2, G1 - G5, H1 (and spouse and children of
H1), I, K1 and K2, L1 and L2, N8 and N9, O1 (and spouse and children
of O1)."
http://chef.fab.albany.edu/deptment/stuacct/ny/req.htm
This definition will be valid for all New York State publicly-funded
Colleges and Universities.
In plain English, what this means is that if you can prove that you
have lived in New York for more than 12 months, and you are going to
be living in New York for a long time after you graduate from
University, they might consider you a legal resident. However, in
order to deny you legal resident status, all they really have to do is
say that they believe your main reason for being in the State of New
York is to attend University. The burden will be on you to prove
otherwise.
Now, if you had been living and working full time in New York for 2 or
3 years prior to starting University, you would quite possibly be able
to get them to believe that you are, and intend to remain, a long-term
resident of the State. If you started University shortly after you
moved to New York, they are not likely to grant you legal resident
status based on that explanation.
However, if you're up to the paperwork, it can't hurt to try for legal
resident status -- the worst they can do is say "No". You will need to
request an "Application for New York State Residency Status for
Tuition Billing Purposes" from your University's Office of Student
Accounting (or, perhaps the Registrar; one of these should be able to
tell you where you can get the form).
I found this form available online for several of New York's
state-funded schools. Paste this phrase "Application for New York
State Residency Status For Tuition Billing Purposes" -- including the
quotation marks -- into the Google Search line, and look for the
listing for your school.
To find your school, you may need to view the expanded Google Search
results by clicking on the link at the end of the entries "In order to
show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very
similar to the 13 already displayed. If you like, you can <<repeat the
search with the omitted results included.>>, since Google will omit
some of these pages because they are so similar.
Search Strategy
SUNY definition of New York legal resident
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=SUNY+definition+of+New+York+legal+resident&btnG=Google+Search
"Application for New York State Residency Status For Tuition Billing
Purposes"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Application+for+New+York+State+Residency+Status+for+Tuition+Billing%22&btnG=Google+Search
I hope this response has provided you with the information you were
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Clarification, and I will do my best to meet your needs.
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