From tesler@bcc.ctc.edu Thu Sep 17 10:23:59 1998 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id KAA16594 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 10:23:59 -0700 Received: from cascade.bcc.ctc.edu (cascade.bcc.ctc.edu [168.156.32.120]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id KAA19922 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 10:23:58 -0700 Received: by cascade.bcc.ctc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 10:24:01 -0700 Message-ID: <205934FB3A2DD011BD1B08002BE6017001EDF277@BCC_EXCH1.bcc.ctc.edu> From: Tika Esler To: "'residency@u.washington.edu'" Subject: RE: Student from Palau Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 10:10:47 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain These students are not US Citizens. They have some "rights" that US Citizens have, but they don't have many others. First, we've tried to look at is the student eligible to be considered a resident? I have e-mailed the HECB and asked if a Citizen of Palau could be considered eligible for a State Need Grant. This may give us some insight on how the state might look at a student in this category. We have not allowed dependent students who's parents live in a foreign country claim residency unless and until they can show independence........regardless of whether the student is a citizen. I would be interested in hearing additional input. Maybe we have been too restrictive in the "dependent" or "independent" arena, but have felt that the law specifies it pretty extensively and haven't messed much with interpreting it. Tika A. Esler Associate Dean of Enrollment Services Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA tesler@bcc.ctc.edu (425) 641-2206 > ---------- > From: Virjean Edwards[SMTP:vedwards@u.washington.edu] > Reply To: residency@u.washington.edu > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 1998 8:35 AM > To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide > Subject: Re: Student from Palau > > I have a different read on this than Tika. If the student is a US > citizen and her parents do not live in the USA, she has the right to > residency within a state regardless of her income source. If she has > lived here for a minimum of 12 months,etc., I would give her residency. > > We see a lot of students whose parents live in a foreign country, but they > have been sent here for high school and college. These students are > either perm res or citizens and they have never lived in another state. > It does not seem right to deny them residency. > > Any other thoughts on this would be appreciated! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Virjean H. Edwards University of Washington > Assistant Registrar Office of the Registrar > Residency Officer 264 Schmitz Hall, Box 355850 > (206)543-3290 Seattle WA 98195-5850 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Elaine Voss wrote: > > > I have an 18 year old student who claims US citizenship, but her parent > is a > > citizen of Palau and therefore does not file a US tax return. The > student > > receives Pell, Perkins, and SEOG grants and also has a scholarship from > The > > National Treasury of Palau. > > > > Page 21 of the Residency Handbook states that "Only residents of Palau > are > > ineligible for immigrant status for resident tuition." A State > Department > > document states that citizens of Palau have "unrestricted access to US > to > > live, study, work and assume habitual residence." Has anyone dealt with > one > > of these situations? It is very confusing!! > > > > I am going to ask to see a copy of her passport which would indicate > > citizenship. If she is a US citizen, does the fact that she receives > > funding from Palau prevent her from a claim of resident for tuition > paying > > purposes? > > > > Thanks for any light you can shed on this one. > > Elaine Voss, Assistant Dean of Students > > Office of Student Affairs > > 360 Lighty Student Services Building > > Pullman, WA 99164-1066 > > 509-335-1464 > > 509-335-1208 FAX > > email vosse@wsu.edu > > > > > > Tika A. Esler > Associate Dean of Enrollment Services > Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA > tesler@bcc.ctc.edu > (425) 641-2206 .