Show Student Life Friday Arpil Clearing up confusion 1 1977 Page 3 Admissions office explains residency qualifications by Greg Peck staff writer students at USU sometimes choose to obtain Utah the residency to avoid paying higher tuition tuition $422 per compares to $170 for quarter residents In order to be eligible a student must first intend to establish permanent domicile in the state of Utah according to admissions qualifications information in Applicants must have lived Utah a full year without leaving the state for more than 30 days during this time before they qualify to submit an application office for residency Most applications are accepted on the basis of evidence the ap- plicants submit with their application This evidence could be a radio signal interrupts CB church service AP — A citizens BATH band radio signal recently interrupted a solemn moment during a church service in this upstate New York community The Rev Austin Miles had just told the congregation of the Assembly of God Church that “God will answer your prayers” when N Y a crackled over address system “That’s a big 10-- 4 good deep male voice the public buddy ’’ : admissions officer to submit additional information for of the application A student or prospective student may appeal a residency denial by the admissions officer to the university’s Board of ApThe Admissions Office classifies all prospective students as peals for Residency Matters The board is governed by University If that resident or relations approved by the Instioffice is in doubt concerning the tutional Council resident status of any applicant Notice of appeal must be given the student should be classified in writing to the Board not later as than 10 days following the receipt Students classified as retain that status until of written notification from the Admissions Office that the applito resident officially has been denied to cation If wntten a status application Foreign students who are prethe Admissions Office is denied the applicant can meet with an sent m the United States on visi number of things such as voting and vehicle registration in Utah obtaining a Utah driv'’icense and establishing ban g relations in a Utah community nt ts tor student or other temporary visas are not allowed to submit for indefinite residency in Utah can and should be classified only as Foreign students who have immigrant or permanent resident status may qualify according to the applicable criteria for citizen ts The residency application consists of 32 questions most pertaining to residency plans More information on residency qualifications is available in the Admissions Office room 110 in Old Main The Admissions Office telephone extension is 7151 1820 students ob In 1975-7- 6 tained information on residency 953 applied for it 538 were approved and 370 were rejected “Some students are confused about residency requirements in different states said Assistant Registrar Debra Pudley They think getting their car registered in Utah getting a Utah driver’s license and registering to vote in this state qualifies them to be classified as a resident This is not the case “Students don’t find this out until it is time to register They don’t know the facts they need to know — we supply these facts” |