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If you have been a bona fide resident of Wisconsin
for one full year prior to the beginning of the term of your enrollment
you may qualify for resident fee status
If you have been continuously employed full-time by a business
located in this state, and you were relocated to Wisconsin for
business purposes and accepted that employment before applying
for admission, you, your spouse and your dependents may be exempt
from the payment of nonresident fees provided the member of your
family making application demonstrates an intent to establish and
maintain a permanent home in Wisconsin. Please refer to the copy
of the Wisconsin Statute below.
After reading the statute, if you feel you qualify for resident
status for tuition purposes, please contact the Residency Examiner
at:
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Registrar's Office
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54311-7001
Telephone: (920) 465-2065
e-mail: Elaina Koltz at koltze@uwgb.edu
EXTRACT FROM SECTION 36.27(2), WISCONSIN STATUTES OF AUGUST 1993 RELATING TO
EXEMPTION FROM NONRESIDENT TUITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
36.27(2) (a) Students qualifying under any of the following categories, while
they continue to be residents of this state, are entitled to exemption from nonresident
tuition but not from incidental or other fees.
1. Any adult student who has been a bona fide resident of the state for 12 months
next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which such student
registers at a university or center.
2. Any minor student, if one or both of the student's parents have been bona
fide residents of this state for at least 12 months next preceding the beginning
of any semester or session for which the student registers at a university or
center.
3. Any adult student who is a dependent of his or her parents under 26 USC 152
(a), if one or both of the student's parents have been bona fide residents of
this state for at least 12 months next preceding the beginning of any semester
or session for which the student registers at a university or center.
4. Any minor student who has resided substantially in this state during the years
of minority and at least 12 months next preceding the beginning of any semester
or session for which such student registers at a university or center.
5. Any minor student under guardianship in this state pursuant to Ch. 48 or 880
whose legal guardian has been a bona fide resident of this state for at least
12 months next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which such
student registers at a university or center.
6. Any adult student who has been employed as a migrant worker for at least two
(2) months each year for three (3) of the five (5) years next preceding the beginning
of any semester or session for which the student registers at a university or
center, or for at least three (3) months each year for two (2) of the five (5)
years next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the student
registers at a university or center, any adult student whose parents or legal
guardian has been so employed while the student was a minor and any minor student
whose parent or legal guardian has been so employed. In this subdivision, "migrant
worker" has the meaning specified in s. 103.90(4).
7. (am) Any person who is a refugee, as defined under 8 USC 1101(a)(42), who
moved to this state immediately upon arrival in the United States and who has
resided in this state continuously since then is entitled to the exemption under
par. (a) if he or she demonstrates an intent to establish and maintain a permanent
home in Wisconsin according to the criteria under par. (e).
(b)1. Nonresident members of the armed forces and persons engaged in alternative
service who are stationed in this state on active duty and their spouses and
children are entitled to the exemption under par. (a) during the period that
such persons are stationed in this state.
(b) 2. Members of the armed forces who reside in this state and are stationed
at a federal military installation located within 90 miles of the borders of
this state and their spouses and children, are entitled to the exemption under
par. (a).
(c ) Any student who is a graduate of a Wisconsin high school and whose parents
are bona fide residents of this state for 12 months next preceding the beginning
of any semester or session for which the student registers at a university or
center or whose last surviving parent was a bona fide resident of this state
for the 12 months preceding his death is entitled to the exemption under par.
(a).
(cm) Any person continuously employed full-time in this state, who was relocated
to this state by his or her current employer or who moved to this state for employment
purposes and accepted his or her current employment before applying for admission
to an institution or center and before moving, and the spouse and dependents
of any such person, is entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if the student
demonstrates an intent to establish and maintain a permanent home in Wisconsin
according to the criteria under par. (e). In this paragraph, "dependents" has
the meaning given in 26 USC 152 (a).
(d) Any person who has not been a bona fide resident of the state for 12 months
next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which such person
registers at a university or center, except as provided in this subsection, is
not exempt from the payment of the nonresident tuition.
(e) In determining bona fide residence at the time of the beginning of any semester
or session for the preceding 12 months the intent of the person to establish
and maintain a permanent home in Wisconsin is determinative. In addition to representations
by the student, intent may be demonstrated or disproved by factors including,
but not limited to, timely filing of a Wisconsin income tax return of a type
that only full-year Wisconsin residents may file, voter registration in Wisconsin,
motor vehicle registration in Wisconsin, possession of a Wisconsin operator's
license, place of employment, self-support, involvement in community activities
in Wisconsin, physical presence in Wisconsin for at least 12 months preceding
the beginning of the semester or session for which the student registers, and,
if the student is not a U.S. citizen, possession of a visa that permits indefinite
residence in the United States. Notwithstanding par. (a), a student who enters
and remains in this state principally to obtain an education is presumed to continue
to reside outside this state and such presumption continues in effect until rebutted
by clear and convincing evidence of bona fide residence.
(2m) APPEALS. Any body designated by the board to hear appeals regarding nonresident
tuition exemptions under sub. (2) may require a student who has been granted
such an exemption to submit information from which the body may determine the
student's continuing eligibility for the exemption, the student's eligibility
for a different exemption or the student's residency status.
It is the responsibility of the student to register correctly, as a resident
or nonresident, under the law. Questions about proper classification should be
referred to the Residence Examiner.
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Resident Fee Status