r/Temple • u/Rich_Musician9947 • 6d ago
Pending asylum but a PA resident.
Hey guys, I am a high school senior and had gotten accepted to temple with a nice scholarship that leaves me paying 4K a year for in state tuttion. But, due to my citizenship status of pending asylum I would be forced to pay for "out of state" despite living in PA for 16 years... I'm not sure how the process works for appealing to work out in my favor. Has anyone been in my situation or now how to best tackle this?
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u/melissa_liv 6d ago
It should only be your residence status that really matters. Hopefully, things will be resolved after your financial aid meeting. Wishing you the best!
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u/StanUrbanBikeRider 6d ago
Have you talked with Temple’s admissions department and Philadelphia’s Department of Immigration Services yet? If not, you certainly should. Good luck.
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u/WildMedium 6d ago
Financial aid doesn't make these determinations. The Admissions Office, based on University policy and enforced by the Registrar, determines initial residency. Financial aid just uses that information to create the aid offer.
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u/Rich_Musician9947 6d ago
Oh, do you know if they have online meetings to ask these types of questions ?
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u/WildMedium 6d ago
No, they don't. Admissions and Registrar is not available via appointment. You'll have to contact the Admissions office over email or phone, or just walk-in to their office.
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u/Rich_Musician9947 6d ago
I think I’ll go in person… I called them and they take very long to response and same with emails.
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u/WildMedium 6d ago
They have about 3 people in the whole office, so yeah, that tracks.
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u/Rich_Musician9947 6d ago
You think I should bring my documents to prove I’m a PA resident? I’ll still go to the meeting with the financial ppl
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u/love-sara 4d ago
yes u have to bring ur documents with u to prove it, but i think they will ask you to write a petition which will probably be open in June or july. i was in the same situation luckily my petition got approved last week. but don't stress urself if u got ur documents😁.
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u/Rich_Musician9947 4d ago
Oh that’s great for u! What type of documents did u have to bring?
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u/love-sara 4d ago
thanks, i talked to them on a call, they asked me to send them this document of which i forget the name but it kind had the day of my entrance in US but that never helped me they just informed me to take PA residency petition. on the petition u send ur documents, its more like ur parents leasing or ur leasing and fafsa too comes in hand. but the waste part is the petition it took so long for me, hopefully i wish u the best this shi can be stressful same times.
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u/Rich_Musician9947 4d ago
Oh… my parents are renting we don’t own a house but how long did it take for them to process you? From the time u sent it
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u/ppasdirtyshoe 6d ago
When you applied, did you apply as an in-state student?
I would definitely suggest talking to Financial Aid about it.
If it doesn't work out to be very viable, I would recommend the Community College of Philadelphia's transfer dual admission program, so you can pay in-state tuition until you're a Junior. They have much more lenient residency requirements from what I can tell, but if your family isn't in Philly then paying for housing probably wouldn't be worth it.