Residency: Classification of Students- Florida or Non-Florida (Section 6C-7.005, Florida Administrative Code) The deadline for applying for a change in resi- dency status with all documentation is each term's fee payment deadline. (1) For the purpose of assessing registration and tuition fees, a student shall be classi- fied as a resident or a nonresident. A "resident for tuition purposes" is a per- son who qualifies for the in-state tuition rate; a "nonresident for tuition purposes" is a person who does not qualify for the in-state tuition rate. (a) To be classified as a "resident for tuition purposes," a person, or, if a dependent child, the child's parent or parents, shall have established legal resi- dence in Florida and shall have main- tained legal residence in Florida for at least twelve (12) months immediately prior to his or her qualification. A depen- dent child is a person who may be claimed by his or her parent as a depen- dent under the Federal Income Tax Code. Every applicant for admission to a uni- versity shall be required to make a state- ment as to the length of residence in the state and, shall also establish his or her presence, or, if a dependent child, the presence of his or her parent or parents, in the state for'the purpose of maintain- ing a bona fide domicile in accordance with the provisions of Section 240.1201(2)(b), Florida Statutes. (b) With respect to a dependent child, the legal residence of such individual's par- ent or parents shall be prima facie evi- dence of the individual's legal residence in accordance with the provisions of Sec- tion 240.1201(4), Florida Statutes. Prima facie evidence may be reinforced or rebutted by evidence of residency, age, and the general circumstances of the individual in accordance with the provi- sions of Rule 6C-7.005(2). (c) Inmaking domiciliary determinations related to the classification of persons as residents or nonresidents for tuition pur- poses, the domicile of a married person, irrespective of sex, shall be determined in Accordance with the provisions of Section 240.1201(5), Florida Statutes. (d) Any nonresident person, irrespective of sex, who marries a legal resident of this state or marries a person who later becomes a legal resident, may, upon becoming a legal resident of this state, accede to the benefit of the spouse's immediately precedent duration as a legal resident for purposes of satisfying the 12-month durational requirement. (e) No person shall lose his or her resi- dent status for tuition purposes solely by reason of serving, or, if a dependent child, by reason of the parent or parents serving, in the Armed Forces outside this state. (f) A person who has been properly clas- sified as a resident for tuition purposes, but who, while enrolled in an institution of higher education in this state, loses resident tuition status because the per- son, or, if a dependent child, the parent or parents, establish domicile or legal res- idence elsewhere, shall continue to enjoy the in-state tuition rate for a statutory grace period. This grace period shall be measured in accordance with the provi- sions of Section 240.1201(8), Florida Statutes. (g) The legal residence of a dependent child whose parents are divorced, sepa- rated, or otherwise living apart shall be deemed to be Florida if either parent is a legal resident of Florida, regardless of which parent is entitled to claim, and does in fact claim, the minor as a depen- dent pursuant to federal individual income tax provisions. (h) Any person who ceases to be enrolled at or graduates from an institution of higher education while classified as a res- ident for tuition purposes and who sub- sequently abandons Florida domicile shall be permitted to reenroll at an insti- tution of higher education in this state as a resident for tuition purposes in accor- dance with the provisions of Section 240.1201(10), Florida Statutes. (i) A member of the Armed Forces on active duty stationed in Florida, and the spouse and dependents of such member, shall be classified as residents for tuition purposes. (j) Full-time instructional and administra- tive personnel employed by state public schools, community colleges, and institu- tions of higher education, and the spous- es and dependent children of such individuals, shall be classified as resi- dents for tuition purposes. (2) An individual shall not be classified as a resident for tuition purposes and, thus, shall not be eligible to receive the in-state tuition rate, until the individual has pro- vided satisfactory evidence as to his or her legal residence and domicile to appropriate university officials. In deter- mining residency, the university shall require evidence such as a voter registra- tion, driver's license, automobile registra- tion, location of bank account, rent receipts or any other relevant materials as evidence that the applicant has main- tained 12 months residence immediately prior to qualification. To determine if the student is a dependent child, the univer- sity shall require evidence such as copies of the aforementioned documents. In addition, the university may require a notarized copy of the parent's IRS return. If a nonresident wishes to qualify for res- ident tuition status in accordance with Section (1)(d) above, the applicant must present evidence of the spouse's legal residence with certified copies of the aforementioned documents. "Resident student" classification shall also be con- strued to include students to whom an Immigration Parolee card or a Form 1-94 (Parole Edition) was issued at least one year prior to the first day of classes for which resident student status is sought, or who have had their resident alien sta- tus approved by the United States Immi- gration and Naturalization Service, or who hold an Immigration and Natural- ization Form 1-151, 1-551 or a notice of an approved adjustment of status applica- tion, or Cuban Nationals or Vietnamese Refugees or other refugees or asylees so designated by the United States Immi- gration and Naturalization Service who are considered as Resident Aliens, or other legal aliens, provided such stu- dents meet the residence requirements stated above and comply with subsection (4) below. The burden of establishing facts which justify classification of a stu- dent as a resident and domiciliary enti- tled to "resident for tuition purposes" registration rates is on the applicant for such classification. (3) In applying this policy: (a) "Student" shall mean a person admit- ted to the institution, or a person allowed to register at the institution on a space- available basis. (b) "Domicile" shall denote a person's true, fixed, and permanent home, and to which whenever the person is absent the person has the intention of returning. (c) "Parent" shall mean an individual's father or mother, or if there is a court- appointed guardian or legal custodian of the individual, other than the father or mother, it shall mean the guardian or legal custodian. (d) The term "dependent child," as used in this rule, is the same as a dependent as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (4) In all applications for admission or regis- tration at the institution on a space-avail- able basis a "resident for tuition purposes" applicant, or, if a dependent child, the parent of the applicant, shall make and file with such application a written statement, under oath, that the applicant is a bona fide resident and domiciliary of the state of Florida, enti- tled as such to classification as a "resi- dent for tuition purposes" under the terms and conditions prescribed for resi- dents and domiciliaries of the state of Florida. All claims to "resident for tuition purposes" classification must be support- ed by evidence as stated in 6C-7.005(1), (2) if requested by the registering author- ity. (5) A "nonresident" or, if a dependent child, the individual's parent, after maintaining a legal residence and being a bona fide domiciliary of Florida for twelve (12) months, immediately prior to enrollment