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1. If a person is 18 years of age or older, he or she may register as a resident student only upon
showing that he or she has been a legal resident of Georgia for a period of at least twelve
months immediately preceding the date of registration.
No emancipated minor or person 18 years of age or older shall be deemed to have gained or
acquired in-state resident status for fee purposes while attending any educational institution in
this State, in the absence of a clear demonstration that he or she has in fact established legal
residence in this State.
2. If a person is under 18 years of age, he or she may register as a resident only upon showing that
his or her supporting parent or guardian has been a legal resident of Georgia for a period of at
least twelve months immediately preceding the date of registration.
3. A full-time employee of the University System and his or her spouse and dependent children
may register on the payment of resident fees.
4. Non-resident graduate students who hold teaching or research assistantships requiring at least
one-third time service may register as students in the institution in which they are employed on
payment of resident fees.
5. Full-time teachers in the public schools of Georgia and their dependent children may enroll as
students in the University System institutions on the payment of resident fees.
6. All aliens shall be classified as non-resident students provided, however, that an alien who is
living in this country under an immigration status permitting permanent residence shall have
the same privilege of qualifying for resident status for fee purposes as a citizen of the United
States.
7. Foreign students who attend institutions of the University System under financial sponsorship
of civic or religious groups located in this State may be enrolled upon the payment of resident
fees, provided the number of such foreign students in any one institution does not exceed the
quota approved by the Board of Regents for that institution.
8. If the parents or legal guardian of a minor changes his or her legal residence to another state
following a period of legal residence in Georgia, the minor may continue to take courses for a
period of twelve consecutive months on the payment of resident fees. After the expiration of
the twelve-month period, the student may continue registration only upon the payment of fees
at the non-resident rate.
9. In the event that a legal resident of Georgia is appointed as guardian of a non-resident minor,
such minor will not be permitted to register as a resident student until the expiration of one
year from the date of court appointment, and then only upon proper showing that such
appointment was not made to avoid payment of the non-resident fees.
10. Career Consular officers and their dependents who are citizens of the foreign nation which
their Consular office represents and who are stationed and living in Georgia under orders of
their respective governments shall be entitled to enroll in University institutions on payment of
resident fees. This arrangement shall apply to those Consular officers whose nations operate on
the principle of educational reciprocity with the United States.
11. Military personnel and their dependents stationed in Georgia and on active duty, except
military personnel assigned to System institutions for educational purposes, shall pay the same
fees assessed residents of Georgia.
12. A nonresident student whose parent, spouse, or legal guardian who has been a legal resident of
Georgia for at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of registration,
shall pay the same fees assessed residents of Georgia.