Defining Idaho Residency
Residency is a legal term and determines if you pay in-state or out-of-state tuition. Residency can be changed during your time at Boise State University, but you must request the change after meeting the state requirements.
Your legal residence for fee purposes is determined at the time of initial application for admission to Boise State and remains unchanged in the absence of satisfactory written evidence to the contrary. The burden of proof in requesting reclassification to resident status rests with you in providing clear and convincing evidence of residency for tuition purposes as defined by the law.
Am I an Idaho Resident?
Your legal residence is determined by your initial admission application. When you apply to Boise State, you’ll be asked if you are an Idaho resident or not. If you were not a resident when you applied to Boise State, the following process will help you change your residency status with Boise State. For questions about your residency status, please email idahoresidency@boisestate.edu or call (208) 426-4249.
How to Change Your Residency Status
- Complete the Idaho Residency Determination Worksheet and prepare needed documentation.
- Email the worksheet and supporting documentation to idahoresidency@boisestate.edu. You may also bring the worksheet and documentation to the Registrar’s Office, Admin Building Room 110.
- The Residency Coordinator will review your application and email the decision to your BroncoMail.
Deadline to Submit Change in Residency Status
Submit materials after you satisfy qualifying criteria, but no later than 10 school days after the opening of the semester for which the change in status is requested. If you submit a form after the 10th day, it will apply to the following semester.
Questions?
For questions, email idahoresidency@boisestate.edu or call (208) 426-4249. You can also schedule an in-person, phone, or remote meeting with the residency coordinator.
Schedule an appointment with the Residency Coordinator
Pathways to Prove Idaho Residency
Other Information
Definitions
Armed Forces means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the reserve forces of those groups and does not include the National Guard or any other reserve force.
Continuously Resided means you have maintained a physical presence in Idaho for 12 consecutive months. As an independent student you must have continuously resided in Idaho for the 12 months prior to the term for which residency is sought. Evidence of physical presence in Idaho might include: utility statements, rental agreement, bank statements, documentation from an Idaho employer, etc.
Domicile is an individual’s true, fixed and permanent home and place of habitation; it is the place where the individual intends to remain and expects to return to when leaving without establishing a new domicile elsewhere.
Full-time employment means 30 works per week or 120 hours per month.
Non-resident student means you meet one of the following:
- Do not qualify for residency under the above options; or
- Attend an institution with financial assistance from another country or governmental unit or agency thereof, such non-residency continuing for 1 year after completion of the term for which such assistance is last provided; or
- Are not a citizen of the United States, unless you can provide verification of lawful presence in the United States. “Lawful presence” is verified through the means set forth in Idaho Code, 67-7903. As a non-citizen who can provide verification of lawful presence in the United States, you must meet one of the seven pathways to establish residency set forth above.
Primarily Educational Purposes means enrollment in 12 or more credit hours in any term during the past 12 months.
Support means financial support given to the student during the twelve (12) months preceding the opening date of the term for which resident status is requested, but shall not include educational scholarships or grants provided to the student to attend a post-secondary educational institution.