In certain circumstances, Florida Statute provides accommodation for a student to receive temporary classification for in-state tuition purposes when supporting documentation is submitted. A student should only request residency classification using one of these categories if they do not qualify as either an independent or a dependent student.
You must submit the supporting documentation along with the Residency Classification or Reclassification form. All letters of verification must include a contact name and telephone number so university staff can confirm the information you provided.
Click on the exceptions listed below to view required documentation.
Required Documentation:
A copy of your marriage license, AND two legal ties to the state held by your spouse AND spouse employment history. Legal ties must be issued 12 months before start of the term for which you are applying for residency reclassification. Acceptable legal ties include:
- Florida driver's license
- Florida vehicle registration
- Florida voter's registration
- Declaration of domicile
- Proof of purchase of a permanent home in Florida, and current Homestead Exemption
- Florida occupational/professional license
- Florida incorporation, or other evidence of legal residence in Florida
*Applicant must show that all legal ties to another state have been relinquished.
Required Documentation:
- A copy of your military orders or DD-2058 showing home of record, AND
- For a spouse, a copy of your marriage license
- For a dependent child, a copy of the claimant's most recent federal income tax return indicating that the student was claimed as a dependent.
Required Documentation:
Permanent resident aliens and other legal aliens granted indefinite stay by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services may be considered for initial classification and reclassification providing they submit all appropriate documentation. The student must also meet the criteria set forth under Qualifying for In-State Residency.
For a permanent resident alien, acceptable documentation includes:
- A copy of the front and back of your resident alien card, OR
- Proof of issuance of an I-551, OR
- A copy of your I-485 indicating approval for a change in status.
For an international student, proof of visa status is required. Only the following categories of visa holders are eligible for consideration. All others are ineligible to establish Florida residency for tuition purposes.
- Visa category A - Government official
- Visa category E - Treaty trader or investor
- Visa category G - Representative of international organization
- Visa category H-1 - Temporary worker performing professional nursing services or in a specialty occupation
- Visa category H-4 - Only if spouse or child of alien is classified H-1
- Visa category I – Foreign information media representative
- Visa category K – Fiancé, fiancée or child of a United States citizen
- Visa category L – Intracompany transferee (including spouse or child)
- Visa category N – Parent or child of alien accorded special immigrant status
- Visa category O-1 – Workers of “extraordinary” ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics
- Visa category O-3 – Only if spouse or child of alien is classified O-1
- Visa category R – Religious workers
- Visa category NATO I-7 – Representatives of NATO and their families
Non-U.S. citizens in the following categories are also eligible to establish Florida residency for tuition purposes.
- Citizens of Micronesia
- Citizens of the Marshall Islands
- Beneficiaries of the Family Unity Program
- Individuals granted temporary protected status
- Individuals granted withholding of deportation status
- Individuals granted suspension of deportation status or cancellation of removal
- Individuals granted a stay of deportation status
- Individuals granted deferred action status
- Individuals granted deferred enforced departure status
- Applicants for adjustment of status
- Asylum applicants with INS receipt or Immigration Court stamp
Documentation must show that all legal ties to another state have been relinquished.
Required Documentation*:
- A copy of your employment contract OR a letter from your employer verifying employment as a full-time instructional or administrative employee, AND
- For a spouse, a copy of your marriage license
- For a dependent child, a copy of the claimant's most recent federal income tax return indicating the student was claimed as a dependent.
*Please Note: You must still show proof of Florida residency. This option is only intended to waive the 12 month requirement on your residency documents.
Required Documentation:
A copy of your scholarship award letter for the current academic year.
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) in which the scholarship is awarded.
Required Documentation:
A copy of the front and back of your Florida pre-paid postsecondary expense card.
Required Documentation:
Copies of your adult relative's federal income tax returns for the past five years, establishing the familial relationship and indicating that you were claimed as a dependent, AND Two legal ties to the state held by your adult relative AND employment history. Legal ties must be issued 12 months before start of the term for which you are applying for residency. Acceptable legal ties include:
- Florida driver's license
- Florida vehicle registration
- Florida voter's registration
- Declaration of domicile
- Proof of purchase of a permanent home in Florida, and current Homestead Exemption
- Florida occupational/professional license
- Florida incorporation, or other evidence of legal residence in Florida.
Required Documentation:
You must provide proof that you previously paid in-state tuition and demonstrate that you have relinquished any and all legal ties to the state of your most recent previous residence AND that you have re-established at least two legal ties with the state of Florida. Acceptable legal ties include:
- Florida driver's license
- Florida vehicle registration
- Florida voter's registration
- Declaration of domicile
- Proof of purchase of a permanent home in Florida
- Florida occupational/professional license
- Florida incorporation or other evidence of legal residence in Florida.
- You may be asked to provide evidence of previous issues dates for these items, such as a transcript from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Required Documentation:
- 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, AND
- For a spouse, a copy of your marriage license
- For a dependent child, a copy of the claimant's most recent federal income tax return indicating that the student was claimed as a dependent.
Required Documentation:
A letter of certification from the state coordinator for the Southern Regional Education Board's Academic Common Market.
Required Documentation:
A letter of verification from your employer indicating you are a fulltime 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. Documentation must show that all legal ties to another state have been relinquished.
Required Documentation:
A letter of verification from the Graduate School certifying that you are a McKnight Fellowship recipient.
Required Documentation:
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 US 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.
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