MACRAO: Re: In-state Residency for a Non-citizen

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Re: In-state Residency for a Non-citizen

Thanks Dena. This was one of the questions for the residency meeting tomorrow, now we can indicate it as complete.

Tony Campeau

Registrar

Montana State University

406.994.2604

RESPECT … INTEGRITY … STUDENT SUCCESS … EXCELLENCE

From: MACRAO Listserv <MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU> On Behalf Of Dena Wagner-Fossen
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2019 3:52 PM
To: MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU
Subject: Re: In-state Residency for a Non-citizen

Please see the attached guidance from OCHE on VISAs. Hopefully this clarifies which VISA type is eligible to obtain in-state residency. ~d

From: MACRAO Listserv <MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU> On Behalf Of Ali Bettinson
Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 3:31 PM
To: MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU
Subject: In-state Residency for a Non-citizen

Good afternoon everyone,

We have a unique situation we have recently encountered that we are unsure of how to proceed with. We have a Canadian applicant who is currently in Montana on a spouse’s work visa. He applied and went through our international/Canadian admission process; and now has completed a Residency Questionnaire in attempt to qualify for in-state status. He has lived in Montana for over 12 months, has a MT driver’s license and MT vehicle registration. BOR’s Residency doesn’t explicitly say anything about non-citizens not being eligible to qualify for in-state status. We weren’t sure if that is simply an implied rule or not. Could anyone provide clarity on this, or let us know if you’ve run into similar situations and how they were handled?

Thank you!

Ali Bettinson

Admission’s Evaluator III

Montana State University – Northern

P.O. Box 7751

300 13^th Street West

Havre, MT 59501

(406) 265-3557 Phone

(406) 265-3792 Fax