WSU Residency Affidavit: 2025

This is the Washington State University version of the Washington State Higher Education Residency Affidavit. If approved, this application will allow a WSU student to pay resident tuition & fees and meet eligibility requirements for state financial aid programs.

WASFA Applicants

Students who apply via the WASFA are processed as released by Financial Aid. Applications for each term close on the 30th day of the term.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible candidates must:


  • Earn a high school diploma, GED, or diploma equivalent before your first term at the college determining residency, AND
  • Maintain a primary residence in Washington for purposes other than college for at least 12 consecutive months immediately before your first term at a Washington college.


If you took more than 6 credit hours at a Washington college during the previous 12 months, you are not eligible to use this affidavit unless you can document that your Washington residence was for non-college reasons. More information: WSU Residency Affidavit information

WSU Residency Status

Have you checked your residency status in myWSU?

Please check your residency status in myWSU before applying for residency. If you are currently coded as a RESIDENT, you will retain your residency until you reapply with WSU. No further action is required.


Check your status at: myWSU > Financial Aid tile > Awards > Summary > Residency Status.

Check your residency status

Please check your residency status before applying for residency. If you are coded as a RESIDENT, no further action is required. Check your status at: myWSU > Financial Aid tile > Awards > Summary > Residency Status.


More information on checking your status in myWSU.

No further action is required

If you are already coded as a RESIDENT in myWSU, no further action is required. You do not need to apply for residency. You will retain your residency until you reapply at WSU. You may exit the form now.

Term Information

Which term/semester are you requesting residency status?*

Once residency status is gained, you do not need to re-apply for residency unless you reapply at WSU.

Residency Petitions

Residency applications for prior terms are not accepted. Continuing this application will submit a PETITION of a missed residency deadline for a maximum of two prior terms. Petitions will be denied when you have not gained residency for the current term. Apply for current term residency prior to submitting a petition for residency for a prior term.


Attach a letter describing why your petition should be considered, documentation that you were eligible for the prior term, and documentation of the extraordinary circumstances that lead to missing the application deadline.

Which term are you petitioning for resident status?
Is this your first term at WSU or any Washington college/university?*

Eligibility for Residency Affidavit

The affidavit requires that you live in Washington state for 12 months immediately prior to your FIRST term at a Washington college or university where you took 6 or more credits per term. If you are not eligible using the affidavit, you may be eligible using the traditional application. Take a Residency Quiz to find out.


EXAMPLES OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS

  • Attended Washington high school for 12 months immediately prior to the first term at any Washington college. If transferring to WSU, did not move out of state before starting at WSU.
  • Moved to Washington 12 months prior to starting at WSU. Did not attend another Washington college/university more than 6 credits during this time.
  • Moved to Washington and attended a Washington college/university part-time (less than 6 credits) for twelve months immediately prior to starting at WSU.
  • Moved to Washington to attend any Washington college. Stopped attending college and continued to live in Washington state for 12 months prior to transferring to WSU.


EXAMPLES OF NON-ELIGIBLE STUDENTS: May be eligible using the traditional application.

  • Moved to Washington and attended any Washington college/university for more than 6 credits within 12 months of moving to the state.
  • Graduated from a Washington high school, attended college in another state, now transferring to WSU. Did not live in Washington state the 12 months immediately prior to the first term at WSU.

Applicant Information

Example: Butch T.

Example: Cougar

Type your birth date as listed below, with the forward slash, or use the calendar to select it.


Example: 01/01/2006

Your official WSU Student ID number includes a leading 0. Please include the 0 in your entry. Example: 011999999

Example: butch.cougar@wsu.edu

Certification

If you meet the eligibility requirements above, you must also sign this affidavit to qualify for residency. The affidavit is a promise between you and the institution determining residency. Please certify the following statement by signing below.


"I certify that, by the official start date of my first term at WSU, I will have met the eligibility requirements on this affidavit form and that one of the following is true: • I will file an application to become a permanent resident of the United States as soon as I am eligible to apply. I am also willing to engage in activities designed to prepare me forcitizenship, including citizenship or civics review courses, OR I am a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or U.S. permanent resident."

By typing your name, you attest that this is your digital signature. Example: Butch T. Cougar

Example: Pullman, WA

Document upload: NOT TYPICALLY REQUIRED

Most residency affidavits will not require additional documentation. Do not submit documentation unless we have advised you to this. If documentation was advised, your Washington identification or a lease is typically sufficient. This application does not require income verification; do not submit tax forms.


We will email your WSU email address if additional documentation is required.

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