Residency 101: Terms and definitions

• Resident: Lived in OH for previous 12 months, has met their OH tax obligations, and as a resident can vote in OH and/or qualify for state public assistance. Also, has not allowed him/herself to remain a resident of any other state or nation for these or other purposes.
  
• Financial Support: Does not include grants, scholarships, or awards unless those grants or awards are tied to residency of another state or nation.
• Institution of Higher Education: Also includes private medical and dental colleges which receive direct subsidy from the state of Ohio.
• Domicile: Permanent place of abode. You can have only one at time, so a family cabin in Hocking Hills only counts if it is the place where the family actually resides, is listed as their home on state and federal taxes, etc. You also have to be able to legally reside there under federal and state law.
• Dependent: Person who was claimed as a dependent on the filer’s internal revenue service tax filing for the previous tax year.
• Residency Officer: Those of us sorting out what all this means on behalf of our “state institutions of higher education.”
• Community Service Position: This is a specific list of programs: VISTA, AmeriCorps, City Year, the Peace Corps, Teach for American (additional programs can be added by the Chancellor). Also includes working or volunteering for up to two years for an elected or appointed public official.
• Alien: A person who is not a United States citizen or a United States national.
• Immigrant: An Alien who has federal authorization to live in the US permanently and work without restrictions.
• Nonimmigrant: An Alien who has federal authorization to live in the US temporarily.

Review the list of provisions and exceptions