From saint@admsec.wwu.edu Mon Dec 28 10:20:27 1998 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id KAA09672 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:20:27 -0800 Received: from blackhole.admcs.wwu.edu (blackhole.admcs.wwu.edu [140.160.248.20]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with SMTP id KAA30495 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:20:26 -0800 Received: from uis.admsec.wwu.edu (gaea.admsec.wwu.edu [140.160.249.20]) by blackhole.admcs.wwu.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) with ESMTP id JAA25725 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 09:10:19 -0800 Received: from localhost (saint@localhost) by uis.admsec.wwu.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA27945 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:21:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:21:56 -0800 (PST) From: "Joseph M. St.Hilaire" To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ***I agree with Virjean on #2, but I think #1 is still dependent on her parents, which would nullify any possibility of filing as an independent student. Joe St.Hilaire On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Virjean Edwards wrote: > #l Is the student coming from Nigeria or has she been living in another > state? If she does not have ties with any other state, then my view is > that she has the right as a citizen to residency in a state. I think > others disagree with me on this and it will be a good discussion point for > our meeting. I have given residency in cases similar to this. > > #2 Surely this student can get either letters of employment for '98 or > pay stubs. If the student has been working more than half time for all > of '98, I would consider changing him for the year, but if s/he cannot > produce documentation to support independent EARNED income, I would not > change the status. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Myer, Marci wrote: > > > I have a couple of situations I could use your help in deciding. The > > "presumption" clause for overcoming the assumption the person is not in the > > state solely for the purpose of attending school get confusing for me. And > > then when I add dependency issues...! > > Person #1 is dependent on her parents who live in Nigeria. Mother has US > > citizenship as does this student. Student has been living in WA since > > August of 1997 and can show proof of living arrangements. The student > > immediately obtained a WA ID card (8/97) and later a driver's licence > > (10/98) and opened bank accounts (8/97). The student does not own a > > vehicle, has worked only a few weeks since living in the state. The student > > registered for school fall 97, winter, spring fall of '98 but didn't (in all > > quarters) complete the term. > > Has the person overcome the presumption with the living arrangement, bank > > accounts and driver's license? > > Person #2 can show bank statements (Nov. 97), living arrangements (beginning > > Nov. 27) and a 1997 W-2 form (did not earn enough to file taxes). But the > > person didn't get a WA state driver's license until October of 98. The > > person is requesting residency as an independent. Parents who are out of > > state did not claim the student on 97 taxes or plan to for 98. However, the > > student does not yet have 98 W-2s to show or can't prove how much income has > > been earned this year (but isn't sure it was $6000.) > > What's your take? > > > > > > .