Whether a family on a work visa can ever pay the resident rate in Montana — the governing rule, the H-4 and F-1 answers, the waiting clock, and any high-school-attendance path. The residency officer is always the final authority; this page gets you to the right one with the right citation.
Only statuses providing ability to reside permanently qualify; the 12-month clock starts at formal application for a listed permanent-track status — an H-1B family that has FILED for a green card can start the clock; purely nonimmigrant cannot.
Statewide: BOR Policy 940.1 + Commissioner directive.
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MUS BOR Policy 940.1.
Re-verification note: Directive's eligible-status list described, not captured — re-verify.
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