{"id":31,"date":"2014-12-12T15:26:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T23:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pages\/enrollmentservices\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:49:24","slug":"residency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/residency\/","title":{"rendered":"Residency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/07\/Palomarstudent-planner-pic-5-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"Four students standing together in front of a building on campus\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Residency Determination for Tuition Fees Purposes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of the application (or reapplication) for admission, a student\u2019s residency status will be determined based on the answers provided on the application for admission. After the minimum one year waiting period has been met, a student capable of establishing residence, must submit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/05\/Request-for-Review-of-Residence-Status-Form-Ver-7292021.pdf\"><strong>Request for Review of Residence Status<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;form along with supporting documentation to the Admissions office in order to request a residence status change. Please consider that the residency status does not automatically change on its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>During the waiting period to establish residence, it is important to note the following:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A person capable of establishing residence in California must be physically present in California for one year prior to the residence determination date to be classified as a resident student.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A student who is not a United States Citizen may establish residence unless precluded by the Immigration and Nationality Act from establishing domicile in the United States.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A person\u2019s residence is not derivative of his or her spouse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In order to establish a residence, it is necessary that there be a union of act and intent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The one year residence period, which a student must meet to be classified as a resident, does not begin to run until the student is both present in California and has manifested clear intent to become a California resident.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical presence within the state solely for educational purposes does not constitute establishing California residence regardless of length of that presence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The residence of an unmarried minor who has a parent living cannot be changed by his\/her own act, by the appointment of a legal guardian, or by relinquishment of a parent\u2019s right of control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In determining whether the student has objectively manifested intent to establish California residence,\u00a0financial independence shall weigh in favor of finding California residence\u00a0and\u00a0financial dependence shall weigh against finding California residence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When determining financial independence Palomar College shall look for evidence that the student\u00a0has not and will not be claimed as an exemption for state and\/or federal tax purposes by his or her parent in the calendar year the reclassification application is made and in any of the three calendar years prior to the reclassification application.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The burden is on the student to demonstrate clearly both physical presence in California and intent to establish California residence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Residency status changes\/appeals must be completed by the end of the term for which you are requesting the status change for.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please visit the following page for steps to update your residency status: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/residency\/steps-to-update-residency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Residency<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residency Determination for Tuition Fees Purposes At the time of the application (or reapplication) for admission, a student\u2019s residency status will be determined based on the answers provided on the&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/residency\/\">Continue Reading<span> Residency<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5Bpvj-v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73606,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/73606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}