Future Residency

Some student's who are not currently eligible for resident tuition can take steps to establish residency in a future term. Action to establish a domicile must be taken at least 11 months prior to the term that resident tuition is desired.

Compare the different types of residency applications

Financially dependent students

Veterinary Medicine applicants

If you take a gap year or 6 credits or less for 12 months

Financially Independent Students

Students who do not have a parent, step-parent, or legal guardian living in Washington must apply as financially independent and need to establish a domicile in Washington.

READ FIRST: Presumption & the Cougar Award

Step 1: Move to Washington

Step 2: Establish Financial Independence for two years

Step 3: Get your Washington documents 11 months in advance

Applications

Online Applications

Did I get Residency?

Here's a link to a page that shows you how to read your tuition bill in myWSU. Please note that it take several days for your tuition bill to update after a residency change.

Contacts

Residency applications are processed by several units at WSU. This is a list of which unit will process each type of application. Contact Information.

Office of the Registrar, Pullman

Undergraduate Students
Professional Students
Residency Affidavits
American Indian residency
Military residency - Global, Pullman, Spokane, and Everett students

Graduate School, Pullman

Graduate Students

Office of the Registrar, Vancouver or Tri-Cities

Border Bill
Military Residency, Vancouver or Tri-Cities students