- Residency for tuition purposes
- What are the Basic Requirements for Florida Residency?
- How do I determine if I'm a dependent student or an independent student?
- How do I prove financial independence?
- Who is my "claimant"?
- What do I need to provide to prove my claim for Florida residency?
- Special Categories
- I am a Non-U.S Citizen. Do I qualify as Florida Resident for Tuition Purposes?
- Important things to know about establishing Florida Residency for Tuition Purposes
- Definitions
- Appeal Procedures
Special Categories
I am married to a person who has maintained legal residence in Florida for at least 12 months. I have established legal residence and Florida is my permanent home.* Required: Residency classification form completed and signed by student's spouse, a copy of your marriage certificate and proof of spouse's Florida residency.
*Required: A copy of student's military orders or DD-2058 showing home of record and, for spouse, a copy of your marriage certificate / license. For a dependent child, a copy of claimant's most recent federal income tax return indicating that the student was claimed as a dependent.
I am a full-time instructional or administrative employee of a Florida public school, community college, or institution of higher education, or I am the employee's spouse or dependent child.
* Required: A copy of your employment contract or a letter from your employer verifying employment as a full-time instructional or administrative employee. For a spouse, a copy of your marriage license / certificate. For a dependent child, a copy of the claimant's most recent federal income tax return indicating the student was claimed as a dependent.
Note : You must also be a citizen of a Latin American or Caribbean nation receiving a scholarship award from a Florida state agency of at least $500 per academic year. Privately administered scholarships do not qualify. Reclassification as a temporary Florida resident for tuition purposes is valid only for the academic year(s) that the scholarship is awarded.
* Required : Copies of your adult relative's federal income tax returns for the past five years indicating that the student was claimed as a dependent for the last five consecutive years along with documentation showing legal ties and physical presence in the state of Florida. See section II.
* Required: Students must demonstrate that the have relinquished all legal ties to their previous state of residence and that they have re-established legal ties with the state of Florida.
* Required: A copy of your transcript or a letter of enrollment certification from FSU verifying enrollment at the Panama Canal Branch for the past three terms. For a spouse, a copy of your marriage license / certificate. For a dependent child, a copy of the claimant's most recent federal income tax return indicating the student was claimed as a dependent.
* Required: A letter of certification from the state coordinator for the Southern Regional Education Board's Academic Common Market.
* Required: A letter of verification from your employer indicating you are a full-time employee of a state agency or political subdivision and you are enrolling in courses for the purpose of job-related law enforcement or corrections training.
* Required: A letter of verification from the Graduate School certifying that you are a McKnight Fellowship recipient.
*Required: Your interstate Transfer Contract, NGB form 22-5-R-E, if you are an active National Guardsman who has been transferred to Florida from another state OR Your U.S. Armed Forces enlist/re-enlist document, DD 4/1 and 4/2, if you have left the active armed services and have entered the National Guard.
