From vedwards@u.washington.edu Wed Aug 18 08:54:16 1999 Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (root@jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id IAA09250 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:54:15 -0700 Received: from homer05.u.washington.edu (vedwards@homer05.u.washington.edu [140.142.76.12]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id IAA27724 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:54:14 -0700 Received: from localhost (vedwards@localhost) by homer05.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id IAA56708 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:54:12 -0700 Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:54:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Virjean Edwards To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide Subject: RE: F1 student In-Reply-To: <89E778F8AA4CD311BA2700805FA78B2851AF15@cascade.bcc.ctc.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi Vicki We had a situation just like that a few years ago. As long as she is dependent and her residency is based on her parents, she can be approved if they have everything needed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Vicki Wheeler wrote: > Elaine, my experience has been that it is very difficult for someone to > obtain legal guardianship of an individual over 18 years of age; they would > need to prove that the individual was somehow "incapacitated", either > physically or mentally. If it were possible (meaning they could find an > attorney willing to do it), I'm not sure whether the student's F1 visa would > be an issue. > > Interestingly enough, I was getting ready to send an inquiry to the listserv > about a student's F1 status. If parents here on E2 visas can prove F1 > student daughter is their dependent, is her F1 status an issue?? Would she > be eligible for residency? > > > > > ---------- > > From: Elaine Voss[SMTP:vosse@wsu.edu] > > Reply To: residency@u.washington.edu > > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:53 PM > > To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide > > Subject: F1 student > > > > I am working with a 22 year old student from Kenya here on an F1 visa. A > > long-time resident of WA wishes to help him with his education but not at > > nonresident fees. She is willing to obtain legal guardianship in order to > > assure his education. I do remember reading that it is possible to obtain > > guardianship of an adult. Am I correct that if the guardianship is > > approved, he could be considered resident for tuition-paying purposes in > > spite of his F1 status? The example in the handbook refers to adoption, > > so > > I was hesitant. > > Thanks > > > .