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Your initial residency classification will be determined based on your admissions application information

Initial Admissions Residency Classification

Your admissions application information determines initial residency classification:

  • There are different tuition rates for Utah residents and non-residents based on Utah State Law 53B-8-102 and Board of Regents R512 Policy.
  • Your initial residency classification will be determined when your admissions application is reviewed based on:
    1. Residency Citizenship and Immigration Requirements
      • U.S. citizenship
      • Permanent residency ID card on file with your admissions paperwork
      • Granted asylum or refugee status on file with your admissions paperwork
      • Special Immigrant Visa on file with your admissions paperwork
      • Humanitarian Parole on file with your admissions paperwork
      • Temporary Protected Status on file with your admissions paperwork
      • Or good faith evidence of a submitted application for refugee status, humanitarian parole, temporary protected status, or asylum under United States immigration law on file with your admissions paperwork
    2. Student resided in Utah for a continuous full year or more at the time of admissions application
    3. A written declaration on the admissions application that the student has relinquished residency in any other state
    4. Objective evidence that the student has taken overt steps to establish permanent residency in Utah by means of a Utah driver license or identification card with an original date of issue or a renewal date a minimum of 90 days prior to application
    5. If student is under the age of 24 and not married, your parents or guardians have resided in Utah for a continuous full year or more at the time of admissions application
    6. Objective evidence that your parents or guardians taken overt steps to establish permanent residency in Utah by means of one or more of the following:
      1. Utah driver’s license
      2. Utah voter registration
      3. Utah vehicle registration
      4. Full Year Resident status on most recent year’s Utah income tax return TC-40

Your official Admissions Acceptance Letter will include your initial residency classification, as well as other potential notifications you will receive from the Office of Admissions.

*If you are classified as a nonresident but meet the requirements listed above, you may amend your admissions application by means of a residency addendum, see information here.

Have Questions?

Visit us at:

Student Services Building,

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

Email us:

residency@utah.edu

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