Residency for Tuition Purposes

What is "Residency for Tuition Purposes"?

Residency classifications for the purposes of UC Tuition are determined whether your tuition and fees will be assessed as a California resident or non-resident in accordance with the UC Residence Policy and Guidelines.

A Statement of Legal Residence (SLR) is required for all degree-seeking students at the University of California, Riverside. Official residence status is determined only after the student's SLR has been reviewed and any requested supporting documentation has been received by the residency fee coordinator. 

For some undergraduate students, information provided during your application process was sufficient to make that determination. 

Please note that you residency status for UC tuition is different from other residency or housing statuses, and no other process satisfies the requirement to submit an SLR.

Deadlines

Students are required to submit the Statement of Legal Residence upon acceptance into a new undergraduate or graduate degree program. Additionally, students who are readmitting following an extended absence must also submit the SLR.

Please follow the deadline below for submitting your SLR to ensure our ability to process your submission and ensure your tuition and fees are accurate prior to payment deadlines.

Compliance Requirement

• Students who do not complete the SLR process by the deadline or who did not receive a California Resident classification from their application are subject to non-resident tuition.
• Students who complete the SLR process and are classified as a non-resident will be charged non-resident tuition.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Am I a resident? 

  There are four residence requirements you must meet in order to qualify for California resident status.

  Current, readmitted, and new students who have accepted admission may verify their current residency status at slr.ucr.edu.

• What is the Statement of Legal Residence (SLR)?

  The SLR is how you declare your residency status when you first come to UCR (as a freshman, transfer or graduate student) or upon return after an absence of more than three quarters, excluding Summer Sessions, to establish your residency status.

  Your submit it after your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR). Additional documentation may be required to prove your status.

  How to complete the SLR:

  • Freshmen and transfer students who have submitted their Statement of Intent to Register can complete the SLR in MyUCR. Graduate students will receive a packet with further instructions on how to complete their SLR from Graduate Admissions upon accepting admittance to the university.
• I want to establish residency, how do I do that?

  You should aim for meeting the four residence requirements to establish qualifying resident status.

• My residency status changed. What do I do?

  If your residency status changed, you must immediately notify the campus residency and fee coordinator.

  Petition for Resident Classification 
  If you want to reclassify as a resident for tuition purposes, you must submit a new Statement of Legal Residence and supporting documentation, please contact the campus residency and fee coordinator.

• I was classified incorrectly, what do I do?

  If your residency status was classified incorrectly, you must immediately notify the campus residency and fee coordinator. If you were incorrectly classified as a resident, you are subject to nonresident tuition. If you concealed or gave false information, you may be subject to university discipline.

• I disagree with my residency determination. Can I appeal?

  Students whose requests for a resident classification have been denied may have the right to appeal. Appeals must be submitted within 30 days of receiving notification of the decision from the residency and fee coordinator.