In-State Tuition

[grace413 1]

Is it possible to get in-state tution for my husband while his AOS is pending? He was an F1 visa holder prior to our filing his AOS.

Under the state statute, 36.27(2) (cm) "Any person continuously employed full time in this state, who was relocated to this state by his or her current employer or who moved to this state for employment purposes and accepted his or her current employment before applying for admission to an institution and before moving, and the spouse and dependents of any such person, are entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if the student demonstrates an intent to establish and maintain a permanent home in Wisconsin according to the criteria under par. (e). In this paragraph, "dependents" has the meaning given in 26 USC 152(a)."

My husband came here to be with relatives, but enrolled in an ESL course very shortly after arriving. I moved to this state to be with my family and to find jobs. I started college almost two years after moving, and I have remained continously employed since then.

Has anyone else been in this situation? Obviously, the school will have to follow the laws for determining residency, but does it just vary from school to school?

[Inky 1,110]

It varys as to what the school accepts and does, you will need to ask them what they do to get the proper answers.

In our state I checked 3 schools and they all 3 have different requirements for in-state fees. Which seems ridiculous.

[Pitaya 2,577]

Agree, It seems to vary from school-to-school, and from state-to-state.

[grace413 1]

I went to the financial aid office (who apparently is in charge of determining residency at our university), and the woman I talked to seemed to know next to nothing about this. All she kept saying was that "he needs to have been a resident for 12 months prior to enrollment." Completely unhelpful

That is pretty ridiculous to get three different answers! What kind of schools did you check (private, state)? Ours is a state university, if that helps at all.

[Inky 1,110]

I went to the financial aid office (who apparently is in charge of determining residency at our university), and the woman I talked to seemed to know next to nothing about this. All she kept saying was that "he needs to have been a resident for 12 months prior to enrollment." Completely unhelpful

That is pretty ridiculous to get three different answers! What kind of schools did you check (private, state)? Ours is a state university, if that helps at all.

Just some colleges located close-ish to home in my state, one was an all womens college, one was a medical specifics college, the 3rd was " general " I would say because its in other states. But they all had different requirements and wanted different types of proof for residence. One would let me claim my husbands time living here by using a dated state ID, the others wouldn't. One wanted me to prove residence since date with BILLS in my name from when I first moved here, which was pretty much impossible lol.

[grace413 1]

Just some colleges located close-ish to home in my state, one was an all womens college, one was a medical specifics college, the 3rd was " general " I would say because its in other states. But they all had different requirements and wanted different types of proof for residence. One would let me claim my husbands time living here by using a dated state ID, the others wouldn't. One wanted me to prove residence since date with BILLS in my name from when I first moved here, which was pretty much impossible lol.

I wish these colleges would be consistant! It would be nice to get a straight answer for once, haha

[AnotherLostSoul 167]

As others said each school is different. In my university you have to be a resident 365 days in order to qualify for in-state tuition. So even when I've got my GC they told me, that from the date of my permanent residency 365 days. So, although I have my GC since December 3rd, I won't be an in-state for tuition purposes until December 4th of this year.