Whether a family on a work visa can ever pay the resident rate in Ohio — 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.
Student may qualify holding A, E, G, H, I, L, P, R, TC, TD, N; the anchor 'bona fide Ohio resident' may hold those plus O, TN, V. B, F, J, K, M ineligible UNLESS married to or dependent child of a bona fide Ohio resident — a real F-1 carve-out.
Statewide: OAC 3333-1-10 (ODHE); campus residency officers apply.
Forever Buckeye, ORC 3333.31 — Waives the 12-month wait for returning OH HS grads — but ODHE limits it to those with legal status to remain permanently.
Covers visa-holder kids: no — it excludes nonimmigrants.
Ohio Admin. Code 3333-1-10; ORC 3333.31 (Forever Buckeye).
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