Required Documentation

A minimum of three (3) items of documentation are required in the following categories. You must provide a minimum of:

• One (1) item from Category A, and
• One (1) item from Category B, and
• One (1) additional item from either Category A or B

Documents must be properly identified with the student’s name and a corresponding California address. No item may be used more than once within a category.

Category A (Documentation of Intent to become CA. Resident)

• Valid California driver's license or identification card
• Valid California motor vehicle registration
• Documentation of voter registration and voting in California 
• Licensing from California for a professional practice
• California state income tax return filed as a resident (form 540) from previous year coupled with employment pay stubs dated prior to the determination date of residency
• Proof of jury duty service in a California court within the past year
• Selective Service registration with a permanent California address

Category B (Documentation of Physical Presence in CA.)

The documents presented must be valid, legible and cover the one year and one day period prior to the Residence Determination Date.  Multiple statements may be required to cover the one year and one day period.

• Documentation of ownership and continuous occupancy of residential property or continuous occupancy of rented or leased property, in California, covering the one-year period prior to the Residence Determination Date
• Active membership in service or social club in California
• Showing California as home address on federal income tax return (Form 1040) from previous year
• Military records in student’s name showing California as the home of record (i.e. Copy of Orders, Military I.D., and DD214)
• Statements from an active bank account in California; must provide statements dated prior to the determination date of residency and current statements to verify the account is still active
• Petition for a divorce in California
• Receipts showing payment of non-resident tuition at an out-of-state institution (outside California) with a California permanent home address
• Utility bills (gas, water, power, telephone) covering the one-year period prior to the Residence Determination Date. E.g. At least one statement from each quarter for the year prior to the Residence Determination Date
• Documentation of public assistance, rehabilitation, unemployment, or other California state services/benefits received from a California state agency covering the one-year period prior to the Residence Determination date