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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Do you mean she is trying to establish residency? Students with an H4 are eligible for resident
tuition. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">As long as she has lived in WA for one year primarily for
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">purposes other than educational (preseumption)</span></strong><span class="issue-underline">, s</span>he does not need a domicile, nor does either of her parents, and she doesn't have to be
independent or dependent-</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">-<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=28b.15.012"><span style="color:#0070C0">reference RCW 28B.15.012(2)(f).</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">(f) Any person who has lived in Washington, primarily for purposes other than postsecondary
education, for at least one year immediately before the date on which the person has enrolled in an institution and who holds lawful nonimmigrant status pursuant to
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;font-weight:normal"><a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2021-title8/html/USCODE-2021-title8-chap12-subchapII-partIV-sec1227.htm"><b><span style="color:#0070C0">8
U.S.C. Sec. (a)(15) (E)(iii), (H)(i), or (L),</span></b></a></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"> or who
holds lawful nonimmigrant status as the spouse or child of a person having nonimmigrant status under one of those subsections, or who, holding or having previously held such lawful nonimmigrant status as a principal or derivative, has filed an application
for adjustment of status pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1255(a);</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope your day goes well.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Tanjagay Martin | ctcLink Functional Trainer
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">PO Box 42495 | 1300 Quince Street SE Olympia, WA 98501-2495<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> RO <ro-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>
Hamilton, Stacy via RO<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 14, 2023 1:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ro@lists.ctc.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RO] H4 visa<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk28248192">Hello,<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28248192">This is my thorn in my side, and knowing me I am overthinking this. I am working with a student who is on a H4 visa and she is trying to establish citizenship. Can someone on a H4 establish citizenship?
What questions should I be asking the student. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28248192">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk28248192">Stacy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Enrollment Services Specialist for College and Career Pathways, </b> <br>
<b>Aviation, Band Insturment Repair, Machining/Milling and Residency Specialist <o:p>
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