The Residency Manual
APPENDIX C. Notice to Student
Your current residentiary classification, for purposes of applicable tuition rates, is required to be changed if, since original establishment of your current classification, your state of legal residence has changed.
(1) If you currently are classified as a nonresident for tuition purposes, it is your right to petition for a change in classification to that of resident if you claim that you are now and, for at least the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date of such petition, have been a legal resident of the State of North Carolina. If it is determined that in fact you have been a legal resident for the required twelve-month period, the effective date of change in applicable tuition rates shall be the beginning of the academic term next following the date of application for tuition change, provided, that a change in billing rate may be made retroactive to the beginning of an academic term during which application was made if the twelve-month period is found to have been satisfied as of the beginning of that term.
(2) If you currently are classified as a resident for tuition purposes, it is your obligation to petition for a change in classification to that of a nonresident if you have a reasonable basis for believing that change in facts requires such a change in classification. Failure to fulfill this obligation may result in appropriate disciplinary action including, but not necessarily limited to, cancellation of enrollment. If it is determined that in fact you have become a nonresident, the effective date of change in applicable tuition rates shall be the next semester, quarter, or term following the date of change in facts which required the change in classification, unless you are deemed eligible to further enjoy the in-state tuition rate under the statutory twelve-month grace period. If you claim eligibility, as a member of the armed forces or a dependent relative of such a member, to be charged a tuition rate less than the out-of-state rate under G.S. 116-143.3, you must submit the appropriate application prior to the first day of classes of the first term of enrollment in each academic year for which you claim the tuition benefit. Copies of the applicable North Carolina law and institutional regulations which govern these determinations are available in the for inspection upon request. You are responsible for being familiar with the contents of these two sources of regulation.
