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About Oregon's Residency Requirements
Common Examples of Residency Cases
1. A student graduates from an Oregon high school. The family has lived in Oregon for quite some time. The student attends college in another state and then transfers to Oregon.
As long as the student remained a dependent, he will be an Oregon resident.
2. A family moves to Oregon and the daughter attends North Medford High School for 2 years and then applies to SOU.
She is an Oregon resident, but likely will have to document her residency because of the short time her family has been in Oregon.
3. A student graduates from an Oregon high school, attends college in another state and stays in that state after graduation in order to take a job. After several years, he returns to Oregon to attend graduate school.
He must reestablish Oregon residency. Just as it takes a year to establish residency, if a person is gone for a year or more and has taken a job in another state, he has lost his Oregon residency.
4. A student’s parents divorce and the student lives with one parent in another state while the other parent lives in Oregon. The student applies to SOU and requests in-state residency.
If the Oregon parent claims the student on the federal tax return, he is a resident. If the other parent claims the student, then he is not.
5. Student graduates from a non-Oregon high school, moves to Oregon to live with grandparent or other relative and claims Oregon residency.
This can only work if the relative has legal custody of the student. Just moving in with a relative in Oregon does not establish residency.
6. Person joins military from Oregon as an Oregon resident and is discharged some years later. Applies to SOU as a resident.
The law requires ex-military who were Oregon residents to return to Oregon within 60 days of discharge to retain residency. After 60 days the person must re-establish residency.
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