Nevada Residency Status

Nevada Residency Status

 

You are considered a bona fide resident of Nevada if you live in the state and intend to make it your true, fixed, and permanent home and place of habitation; have clearly abandoned any former residence; and have no intent to make any other place outside Nevada your home. You may be classified as an in-state resident of Nevada if, at the beginning of a semester, you have been a bona fide resident of the state for at least twelve months.

If you are attending Great Basin College as an out-of-state student, you may be presumed to be living in Nevada temporarily for the purpose of attending college and not as a bona fide resident. You may qualify for reclassification as an in-state student only if clear and convincing evidence is presented that you have lived continuously in Nevada for at least 12 months as a bona fide resident and intend to make the state your true, fixed, and permanent home. You may petition in-state status using the residence reclassification application. When you have been reclassified as an in-state student, the classification will become effective the following semester.

There are several residency exceptions for veterans and their spouses and dependents. Please request the veterans, spouses, and dependents information request form for determination of tuition charges.

There are also many other Nevada residency exceptions. Common examples include current enrollees or graduates of a Nevada high school; NSHE employees or their spouses or children; a financially independent person who has relocated to Nevada for the primary purpose of permanent full-time employment or to establish a business in Nevada, or the spouse or children of the person who has relocated for employment; full-time teachers in Nevada, etc. For more complete information, refer to https://www.gbcnv.edu/admissions/residency.htmlor to the Nevada Board of Regents handbook, which can be found at https://nshe.nevada.edu/regents/policies/

If you are attending GBC as an international student with an F-1 visa, you are considered an out-of-state student for tuition purposes, and you may not establish residency while your F-1 visa is in effect. If you have a different visa or have any other questions regarding residency, contact the Director of Admissions/Registrar, 775.327.2092. If you are attending GBC under a student visa, you are considered an out-of-state student for tuition purposes, and you may not establish residency while your visa status is in effect.