6 Responses to “Can international student in California pay resident tuition after the person physicially stay in CA for 3 yr?”

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   R G said on March 24th, 2011 at 1:26 am

   Just tell them you are an illegal alien that just hopped the border. They will give you in state tuition and a scholarship.
   Perverted I know but welcome to the land of plenty, unless of course you are here legally.

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   Lisa A said on March 26th, 2011 at 6:04 am

   No.

   1) You have to be a *resident* of California to get in state tuition. You are a resident of a foreign country, on a temporary visa. You are not a resident of California

   2) In order to qualify as a resident for in state tuition purposes, you have to be a resident of the state for a certain amount of time for purposes other than going to school. As a foreign *student* you have no residential time that can apply for in state tuition purposes.

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   Gunny Geog said on March 29th, 2011 at 2:23 pm

   If you are an illegal alien you get to pay in-state tuition. Of course as an illegal, you are too poor to pay so you’ll get a free ride at the CSU.

   If you are a legal, international student, sorry, you pay the out of state rate.

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   DAR said on April 1st, 2011 at 5:39 am

   No. The three year thing applies to illegal aliens who attended high school in California for 3 years and graduated from a California high school. Essentially it is for those brought in as children. Since this is a huge incentive for people to break the law, I think that should be done away with. However, in answer to your question, no. You can’t get ‘residence’ on a student visa. Otherwise every senior in college would suddenly be a ‘resident’. The in state tuition is for people whose parents have paid taxes to the state all of their adult lives.

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   Yak Rider said on April 4th, 2011 at 12:16 am

   No. Not at all. You are not a resident of anything if you are here on a student visa.

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   Caitlin said on April 5th, 2011 at 2:42 am

   I’m not sure about California, but in Connecticut you pay in-state tuition if you have an immigrant visa or are a permanent resident.

   All other international students pay out-of-state tuition.

   Call the college and check with them to be certain.

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