To qualify for resident tuition, you must have been a bona fide resident of Hawaiʻi for at least one calendar year (365 days) prior to the semester for which you want resident tuition status. This applies to adults 18 years of age or older. If you are a minor (under 18 years of age), your parents or court-ordered guardians must have been bona fide residents for the calendar year in question.

In addition, whether you are an adult or minor, you must not have been claimed as a dependent for tax purposes by your parents or court-ordered guardians for the calendar year in question if they are not legal residents of Hawaiʻi.

• 夏威夷州个人所得税，以居民身份提交(所有情况下都需要)
• State of Hawaiʻi Voter Certificate
• State of Hawaiʻi General Excise License
• Employment verification
• Bank account active in Hawaiʻi
• Lease agreement
• Proof of property ownership
• Other documents as needed

Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Regents, in order to be considered a resident for tuition purposes, you must be a U.S. 公民或永久居民一年(365天). Those who are undocumented and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are eligible for resident tuition status. Complete the Undocumented Student Residency Tuition Request Form [PDF] and submit to the Office of Admissions for review.

你不能同时在夏威夷和其他地方拥有住所. In other words, you cannot be a bona fide resident of Hawaiʻi if you appear to maintain your domicile somewhere else at the same time.

The one-calendar-year “clock” begins when you take the first action demonstrating your intent to make Hawaiʻi your permanent residence (i.e.(开始工作，登记投票，购买财产，或获得一般消费税许可证).

你不能仅仅通过入学就获得居住权. If you are a nonresident student, it is presumed that you are living in Hawaiʻi primarily to attend school and that your presence is temporary even if you live in Hawaiʻi during vacation and other breaks from study.

• United States military personnel, their spouses, and their authorized dependents (up to age 23) during the period the military personnel is stationed in Hawaiʻi on active duty
• 在夏威夷签订合同的夏威夷国民警卫队或夏威夷后备队的成员
• 夏威夷大学的某些雇员、他们的配偶和家属
• East-West Center student grantees pursuing baccalaureate or advanced degrees at the University of Hawaiʻi
• Native Hawaiians, descendants of the aboriginal peoples who inhabited the Hawaiian Islands and exercised sovereignty in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778

• American Samoa
• Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas
• Cook Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Futuna
• Kiribati
• Nauru
• Niue
• Republic of the Marshall Islands
• Republic of Palau
• Solomon Islands
• Tokelau
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Wallis

• If possible, 在您到达夏威夷之前，请致电808-984-3267或1-800-479-6692，并要求住宿顾问. 建立居留程序有一个时间敏感因素. This time sensitive component will determine the earliest semester you could qualify for resident tuition status.
• If possible, physically visit with a residency advisor. 住院医师顾问为你提供了一份清单，供你在建立住院医师时参考. 根据你们的讨论，清单将根据你们的具体情况进行标记.
• 不要偏离你和住院医师顾问讨论过的内容. 一个变化可能会影响你的住宿学费资格. If you do deviate from what has been discussed, contact a residency advisor as soon as possible to see how this will affect your eligibility for resident tuition status.
• 在您提交文件之前，请通过电话联系居留顾问，以确定您的居留身份. By doing so, the residency advisor can determine if you have everything to be eligible for resident tuition or if you are missing document(s). The residency advisor wants to make the process easy for you and does not want to turn you away if you do not have all the documents necessary for the resident tuition status.
• 把所有要交给住院医师指导老师的东西都复印一份. Bring both the original and copy and the residency advisor will decide what he/she will keep for his/her records.