From vosse@wsu.edu Wed Jan 29 10:50:32 1997 Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.08/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA22294; Wed, 29 Jan 97 10:50:31 -0800 Received: from pegasus.it.wsu.edu (pegasus.it.wsu.edu [134.121.1.2]) by mx4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW96.12) with ESMTP id KAA27573 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 10:50:26 -0800 Received: from reentry.wsu.edu (reentry.french.wsu.edu [134.121.29.4]) by pegasus.it.wsu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA26239 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 10:50:25 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970129185336.006b8294@mail.wsu.edu> X-Sender: vosse@mail.wsu.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 10:53:36 -0800 To: residency@u.washington.edu From: Elaine Voss Subject: Re: Permanent resident problem This situation seems similar to the active duty military parent stationed in another state who claims that he/she is required by the state they are residing in to register their vehicle and obtain a driver's license in that other state. In that case all we have is their HOR (which they may have changed) and their voter registration (provided they choose to vote). So many gray areas. At 04:50 PM 1/28/97 -0800, you wrote: > >Sarah's parents moved here to Blaine in 1993. Her father works in an >embassy in Vancouver and his car has special embassy plates and he still >has a BC driver's license, even though he resides (with his wife) in a >house he owns in Blaine. He has his green card. > >Sarah was living in Vancouver in an apartment furnished by her father, >while she attended school there. She is now 26 years old. > >In September 1995 Sarah moved in with her parents in Blaine and started >school at Western. She just got approval for her green card and she >changed her driver's license from BC to Washington this month. She doesn't >have a car. > >I'm assuming that Sarah must apply as a dependent student. Her father >seems to be unwilling to change his driver's license and vehicle registration >(perhaps because of his embassy job). (I don't know how he can legally >reside in Blaine and retain those BC documents.) If he can prove that he's >required to have the BC license and plates for his job, can we except him >from changing them? > >If Sarah had applied for residency in Fall 95 as a dependent, we would have >had her submit proof of dependency, copy of her father's green card, and >I suppose proof that he's domiciled in Washington--even though he's lived >in Blaine since '93. > >If Sarah's father is willing to change his license and plates immediately, >when would she be eligible for residency? > >Any other comments on this rather strange case? > >Joe St.Hilaire >Western > > > > > Elaine Voss Office of Student Affairs 360 Lighty Student Services Building Pullman, WA 99164-1066 509-335-1464 509-335-1208 FAX email vosse@wsu.edu .