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Monkeys are cool. Sounds like a Dude with a great imagination to me:thumbsup:

Re: Is anyone saving for their kids college fees ?
 

then get him unreal and crysis...okay don't, he's too young :D but they've got nice editors to work on :)

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Does anyone know if a student that has an L2B visa and has lived in the state of Texas for a few years has to pay the "overseas" fee for admission to a Texas university ?

If you have a visa but not a US citizen are you considered an overseas student ?

Re: Is anyone saving for their kids college fees ?
 

depends on the uni, so ask them...

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Based on the fact all my friends and co-workers with degrees have massive debt from student loans, I'd say saving to pay for the whole thing is not the norm.

I pay my own way, right now about 1,000/yr or so, but I started with community college in order to save a boat load of cash.

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I agree with Bob, you will need to ask them as it can defer between colleges/Uni's. Some will want you to have a Green Card in order to pay in-state tuition (as well as any applicable residential requirements)

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Yes - it seems more to do with state requirements than Unis. I checked here:
http://professionals.collegeboard.co...national/state
where for example Texas says US permanent residents on visas are ok for in-state fees as long as you have lived in the state for 12 months. Thats a difference of $20,000/year ($10000/yr for in-state, $30000/yr for overseas). :thumbsup:

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AFAIK a permanent resident means you have a green card. L visas give you temporary non-resident status.

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I was wondering about the residency (for college) issues for us, does the same rule apply to USC's?

I ask because next year will be Sons senior year in HS and we have (as yet) no idea which state we will be living in, does he have to be 'resident' for a year in that state before he can claim state residency for college too?:blink:

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again, depends on the college....but generally if you haven't resided in the state, you'll pay out of state rates...

In the grand scheme of things though, if your living in that state it'll usually become instate after a year, and instate shouldn't be the primer for which school you are interested in going to, but the best one for what you are interested in studying should be...grants etc reflect that and over all cost to you won't necessarily be much more in the end.

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It is a uni requirement, they make their own rules.

Some in one state will require foreigners to have greencards whilst the one next door wouldn't make a difference.

Would be a moot point for you, your on a visa not greencard.

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Try here; it looks like your situation qualifies for residency & local tuition.
http://www.utexas.edu/student/admiss...resfaq.html#q1
This is the list of domicile-qualified visas, including the (dual intent) Ls.
http://info.sos.state.tx.us/fids/200802309-1.html

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Thanx Bob, yeah you are right, it would be the college best suited for his major etc rather than where it is, I guess we would just end up paying whatever he doesn't offset with grants/scholarships etc...just hoping he gets some good ones, I am starting to really stress out about costs :eek:

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Thanks meauxna - those 2 links were great !

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I see they were just the official back up to yours.. that info was scarily hard to find!
good luck. :)