Residency for Tuition Purposes: State and Federal Exceptions
State of Utah and Federal Student Residency Exceptions
Learn about State and Federal Residency Exceptions:
These are the residency requirements, deadlines, and everything you need to know about residency for tuition purposes for students participating with Utah state social and rehabilitation services, Utah Job Corps or Foreign Service Members here at the U.
The requirements for each exception are listed, and the student must meet ALL requirements. In all cases, the Residency Division of the University of Utah Admissions Department is the determining body for all residency exceptions.
Follow all the steps in “Steps to Apply for Residency State or Federal Exceptions” found below:
State and Federal residency exception policies are for:
- A person who has been determined to be a Utah resident for purposes of receiving state aid to attend a USHE institution by:
- Utah governmental social or rehabilitation services agency
- Or by Utah Job Corps
- A Foreign Service Member, as well as their spouse and/or dependent children, is eligible to apply for resident student status under the Foreign Service Family Act of 2021.
Other types of Residency exceptions:
- Military or veteran exceptions
- Olympic exceptions
- USHE transfer student exceptions
- American Indian exceptions
- House Bill 118
- House Bill 144
Steps to Apply for Residency State or Federal Exceptions
Step 1- Read
Utah state law (USHE R512, Resident Student Status 5.2.3) says:
“The burden is on the student to prove that they are eligible for [residency]…“,
…and as such, we expect all students to learn about their options, and make choices based on that learning. Please learn your obligations regarding residency:
- Please read the “Mandatory Reading” to learn about the legal rules regarding residency in Utah.
- Please read through the different residency options, including:
- Reclassification policies for Undergraduate or Graduate students
- Military Exceptions
- American Indian Exceptions
- Olympics Exceptions
- Transfer Students from other Utah schools
- State and Federal Exceptions
- Tuition Waivers
Step 2- Choose
- Choose the residency application policy that best meets your personal situation.
- You must meet ALL of the criteria for the policy you choose, so choose the right one for you!
- These policies are explained in the “State of Utah or Federal Foreign Service Exceptions” section below, which include:
- Utah State Social or Rehabilitation Services Agency Assistance Recipient
- Utah Job Corps Student
- Foreign Service Members and/or their immediate family members
Step 3- Apply Here
- Apply for the semester you want to become a resident student as soon as you can.
- You don’t need to have all the required documents at the time you apply. You can submit those documents once you have them ready, up until the Census Deadline.
- Work on your residency reclassification only begins with an application, so submit one as soon as possible.
- Applications received by the submission deadlines listed above will be first priority.
- Applications that are submitted by the submission deadline and are later on completed are guaranteed a decision by the first day of the semester.
- You don’t need to have all the required documents at the time you apply. You can submit those documents once you have them ready, up until the Census Deadline.
Step 4- Submit Required Documents Here
- Once your application is submitted, submit all the required documents that your application needs.
- You can do this with the link below, the Document Submission Form.
- You can send those in as soon as you have them ready, up until the last day to work on applications, Census Deadline.
Step 5- Follow Up
- The Residency evaluator working on your application will be emailing you about additional steps needed, such as to remind you of what documents are still needed.
- Check you UMail account often to find out what your application status is.
- Visit us:
- Student Services Building,201 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
- Office Hours (All times are Mountain Time Zone):
- Monday through Friday – 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
- Closed Tuesday from 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. for Staff Meetings
- Monday through Friday – 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
- Office Hours (All times are Mountain Time Zone):
- Student Services Building,201 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
- Call us: 801-581-8761, Option 5
- Email us: residency@utah.edu
- Join us on Zoom
State of Utah or Federal Foreign Service Exceptions
The following criteria is required:
- Exceptions Certification Form application
- Letter from the requesting student’s Social Services counselor providing official verification that the agency is covering all education expenses.
The following criteria is required:
- Exceptions Certification Form application
- Official letter verifying the requesting student’s current participation in Utah Job Corps.
The following criteria is required:
- Exceptions Certification Form application
- Official appointment documentation, from either the White House or Secretary of State, verifying the participation as a Foreign Service Member* for these qualifying positions:
- Chiefs of mission, appointed by the White House (22 USC 3942: Appointments by the President (a)(1))
- Ambassadors at large, appointed by the White House (22 USC 3942: Appointments by the President (a)(1))
- Members of the Senior Foreign Service, appointed by the White House (22 USC 3942: Appointments by the President (a)(1))
- Foreign Service officers, appointed by the White House (22 USC 3942: Appointments by the President (a)(1))
- Foreign Service personnel, appointed by the Secretary of State (22 USC 3943: Appointments by the Secretary)
- Foreign national employees, non-U.S. citizens, appointed by the Secretary of State (22 USC 3943: Appointments by the Secretary)
- Consular agents, appointed by the Secretary of State (22 USC 3943: Appointments by the Secretary)
- For immediate family members, a copy of the foreign service member’s most recent federal tax return verifying they claimed the applying student as a married filing tax signee or a tax dependent
*Members of a qualifying federal service means a member of the:
- Armed forces (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) who is on active duty for a period of more than 30 days (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code); or
- Foreign Service (as defined in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903)) who is on active duty for a period of more than 30 days.
Residency for Tuition Purposes Calendar
Fall 2024
All Fall 2024 applications closed, the last day to submit all Fall 2024 Residency Applications was tuition deadline August 30, 2024.
Spring 2025
All Spring 2025 Residency Applications are open from September 15, 2024 to tuition deadline January 17, 2025.
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Please submit your residency application by November 1, 2024.
- Applications submitted by the November 1, 2024 deadline, that are complete at that time or completed shortly thereafter, are guaranteed to receive a decision by the first day of the semester.
- A completed application is an application that has all the required documentation submitted
- The last day to submit the application is tuition deadline.
- Applications submitted by the November 1, 2024 deadline, that are complete at that time or completed shortly thereafter, are guaranteed to receive a decision by the first day of the semester.
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Submit all required documents as soon as possible, no later than census deadline January 27, 2025.
- You can continue to submit additional required documentation with the Document Submission Form here until the census deadline January 27, 2025.
- No documents will be received, and incomplete applications will be removed, after census deadline.
- Please Note: Applications submitted between November 2, 2024 to January 17, 2025 are late. We will work on these applications until the census deadline; we cannot guarantee a decision by the first day of the semester.
- Incomplete applications are removed after the census deadline.
Summer 2025
All Summer 2025 Residency Applications are open from January 15, 2025 to tuition deadline May 21, 2025.
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Please submit your residency application by April 1, 2025.
- Applications submitted by the April 1, 2025 deadline, that are complete at that time or completed shortly thereafter, are guaranteed to receive a decision by the first day of the semester.
- A completed application is an application that has all the required documentation submitted
- The last day to submit the application is tuition deadline.
- Applications submitted by the April 1, 2025 deadline, that are complete at that time or completed shortly thereafter, are guaranteed to receive a decision by the first day of the semester.
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Submit all required documents as soon as possible, no later than census deadline June 2, 2025.
- You can continue to submit additional required documentation with the Document Submission Form here until the census deadline June 2, 2025.
- No documents will be received, and incomplete applications will be removed, after census deadline.
- Please Note: Applications submitted between April 2, 2025 to May 21, 2025 are late. We will work on these applications until the census deadline; we cannot guarantee a decision by the first day of the semester.
- Incomplete applications are removed after the census deadline.
Fall 2025
All Fall 2025 Residency Applications are open from January 15, 2025 to tuition deadline August 29, 2025.
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Please submit your residency application by July 1, 2025.
- Applications submitted by the July 1, 2025 deadline, that are complete at that time or completed shortly thereafter, are guaranteed to receive a decision by the first day of the semester.
- A completed application is an application that has all the required documentation submitted
- The last day to submit the application is tuition deadline.
- Applications submitted by the July 1, 2025 deadline, that are complete at that time or completed shortly thereafter, are guaranteed to receive a decision by the first day of the semester.
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Submit all required documents as soon as possible, no later than census deadline September 8, 2025.
- You can continue to submit additional required documentation with the Document Submission Form here until the census deadline September 8, 2025.
- No documents will be received, and incomplete applications will be removed, after census deadline.
- Please Note: Applications submitted between July 2, 2025 to August 29, 2025 are late. We will work on these applications until the census deadline; we cannot guarantee a decision by the first day of the semester.
- Incomplete applications are removed after the census deadline.
Spring 2026
All Spring 2026 Residency Applications are open from September 15, 2025 to tuition deadline January 16, 2026.
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Please submit your residency application by November 1, 2025.
- Applications submitted by the November 1, 2025 deadline, that are complete at that time or completed shortly thereafter, are guaranteed to receive a decision by the first day of the semester.
- A completed application is an application that has all the required documentation submitted
- The last day to submit the application is tuition deadline.
- Applications submitted by the November 1, 2025 deadline, that are complete at that time or completed shortly thereafter, are guaranteed to receive a decision by the first day of the semester.
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Submit all required documents as soon as possible, no later than census deadline January 26, 2026.
- You can continue to submit additional required documentation with the Document Submission Form here until the census deadline January 26, 2026.
- No documents will be received, and incomplete applications will be removed, after census deadline.
- Please Note: Applications submitted between November 2, 2025 to January 16, 2026 are late. We will work on these applications until the census deadline; we cannot guarantee a decision by the first day of the semester.
- Incomplete applications are removed after the census deadline.
Summer 2026
All Summer 2026 Residency Applications are open from January 15, 2026 to tuition deadline May 20, 2026.
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Please submit your residency application by April 1, 2026.
- Completed applications submitted by the April 1, 2026 deadline are guaranteed to receive a decision by the first day of the semester.
- A completed application is an application that has all the required documentation submitted
- The last day to submit the application is tuition deadline.
- Completed applications submitted by the April 1, 2026 deadline are guaranteed to receive a decision by the first day of the semester.
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Submit all required documents as soon as possible, no later than census deadline June 1, 2026.
- You can continue to submit additional required documentation with the Document Submission Form here until the census deadline June 1, 2026.
- No documents will be received, and incomplete applications will be removed, after census deadline.
- Please Note: Applications submitted between April 2, 2026 to May 20, 2026 are late. We will work on these applications until the census deadline; we cannot guarantee a decision by the first day of the semester.
- Incomplete applications are removed after the census deadline.
Starting Summer Semester 2024 onward, all Exception and Addendum applications for Residency (Military/Veteran, American Indian, Olympic Athlete, USHE Transfer Student, and State of Utah Exceptions, Addendum) will have the same deadlines as all Residency Reclassification applications for the following dates:
- Application Open
- Domiciliary Tie Establishment Deadline
- On-Time Application Deadline
- Application Closes
- Document Submission Deadline
- Incomplete Applications Removed
Late Application Submissions
An application is considered late if it is submitted after the deadline (see “Residency for Tuition Purposes Calendar” above).
The hard late deadline for application submission is the tuition deadline. No application will be accepted after the tuition deadline for the requested term of reclassification.
Late Documentation
Required documentation (proof of physical presence documents, submission of Utah ties, proof of tax independence documents, etc.) will be accepted through the census deadline of the requested term of reclassification at the latest. Documentation should be submitted as soon as possible prior to this deadline. No documentation will be accepted after the census deadline for the requested term of reclassification.
Students submitting documentation must have a residency reclassification application on file that was submitted by the hard application deadline.
Some students may qualify to have their nonresident tuition portion waived through nonresident tuition waivers House Bill 144 or House Bill 118
Information on House Bill 144 & House Bill 118 tuition waivers, as well as the application, are available here:
Have Questions?
Visit us at:
201 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Office Hours (All times are Mountain Time Zone):
- Monday – 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
- Tuesday – 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (Staff Meetings every Tuesday morning 8:00 to 10:00 A.M.)
- Wednesday – 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
- Thursday – 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
- Friday – 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
2024-2025 Holiday Schedule
Call us:
801-581-8761, Option 5 to speak with a Residency staff member