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The following information and flow chart has been provided to assist you in understanding the RECENT residency law as passed by the Utah Legislature in March 2002.
Residency status for tuition purposes is determined by the Admissions Office. Students are classified either resident or non resident at the time the admission application is received. If there are questions regarding the residency status, individuals are classified non-residents.
Non-residents may have their status reclassified by meeting the state residency requirements and submitting a residency application along with supporting documentation. Applications are accepted thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of the semester for which residency is desired. The deadline date for submitting the application is twenty-one (21) days from the time classes begin.
The University honors the residency status determined by other Utah colleges or universities unless the classification was obtained under false pretense.
Applicants who are denied Utah residency for tuition purposes may file an appeal to be reviewed by the Residency Appeal Committee. Applicants are notified in writing the decision of the Appeals Committee. Appeals must be filed within 21 days of the beginning of classes for which residency is desired.
- be a US citizen or have Permanent Resident status
- have lived in Utah and earned 60 semester hours at a regionally accredited college or university in Utah or an equivalent number of applicable contact hours at the Utah College of Applied Technology
OR
lived in Utah for more than 24 months as a non-student.- obtain additional objective evidence such as a Utah Drivers license, Utah voter registration, Utah bank account, employment in Utah, vehicle registration in Utah.
- marriage to a Utah resident. Applicants are required to submit a marriage certificate and documentation that their spouse is a Utah resident.
- being a spouse or dependent of an individual who establishes his/her domicile in Utah to work on a full-time permanent basis. The spouse or dependent documentation of their Utah status as outlined above.
- being a U.S. military personnel on active duty in Utah. The spouse and dependents residing with such individual may also qualify for residency status. After terminating active duty, residence is determined using the same criteria for other students.
- being a client of a Social or Rehabilitation Service Agency in Utah. Individual must provide Utah documentation of domiciliary intent.
- being American Indians who appear on the rolls of a tribe having at least some trust land within Utah or whose reservation or trust land has a border contiguous with Utah.
Please Note: WUE recipients will not be eligible to apply for residency for tuition purposes using the time spent receiving the WUE.
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Last Update: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 |  |