Applying for in-state residency tuition while GC is pending

[elisabethferg9 0]

Hope this makes sense!

I'm starting graduate school this fall in the US and at the time of my admission in March, was classified by the school as a non-resident for tuition purposes. This was because at the time, I was not a permanent resident. I filed for my AOS in April and am still awaiting my EAD/AP and interview.

I am eligible for resident status and in-state tuition at this school, since I am married to a resident. But I have to be legally a permanent resident by the time school starts at the end of August.

The school admissions officer told me that there is documentation that I can get from USCIS that will verify that I have been approved for my Green Card that I can send in to them to verify that I'm in the process of getting residency.

So I have two questions:

1) Do in-state tuition/in-state residency requirements give me a reason to request expediting my case? (a long shot maybe...)

2) What documentation is this that the admissions officer was referring to? Is this just NOA2?

Hoping someone else has experience with this! Thank you.

[Pitaya 2,577]

Hope this makes sense!

I'm starting graduate school this fall in the US and at the time of my admission in March, was classified by the school as a non-resident for tuition purposes. This was because at the time, I was not a permanent resident. I filed for my AOS in April and am still awaiting my EAD/AP and interview.

I am eligible for resident status and in-state tuition at this school, since I am married to a resident. But I have to be legally a permanent resident by the time school starts at the end of August.

The school admissions officer told me that there is documentation that I can get from USCIS that will verify that I have been approved for my Green Card that I can send in to them to verify that I'm in the process of getting residency.

So I have two questions:

1) Do in-state tuition/in-state residency requirements give me a reason to request expediting my case? (a long shot maybe...) Not likely.

2) What documentation is this that the admissions officer was referring to? Is this just NOA2? Go back and ask them specifically what documentation they are referring to.

Hoping someone else has experience with this! Thank you.

It can vary from school to school and from state to state about residency requirements for tuition purposes. We fortunately got hold of the head of financial aid office at the community college where my stepson was enrolling and got the specific information necessary..

Good luck on your immigration journey.

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[Boiler 45,661]

The Green Card is the proof that you have been approved. I agree, ask them what they want.