D1.4 Establishing California Residency for Tuition Purposes

Updated: May 11th, 2012

Students are classified as residents or nonresidents after completing the Statement of Legal Residence shortly after being admitted to the University. Many graduate students (US Citizens, permanent residents, and some eligible non-immigrants) who enter UC Berkeley as nonresidents and establish residency for the required year may be classified as residents for tuition purposes within one year after their arrival. These students then receive the benefit of paying fees at the lower resident rate.  International students with F-1 or J-1 visas are not eligible to establish residency.

The campus residency policy, which fully explains residency classification, how to establish or maintain residency, and what deadlines pertain can be found at the Residence Affairs webpage on the Registrar’s website (http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/legalinfo.html).

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