Whether a family on a work visa can ever pay the resident rate in Pennsylvania — 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.
Penn State: only F and J visa holders (and the unlawfully present) are ineligible; holders of any other visa may establish domicile, presumed after 12 months' residence for non-educational purposes; dependents derive from parents. PA-HS-attendance presumption exists within FN36 for lawfully present non-F/J students.
Institution: Penn State FN36, PASSHE BoG policy, Pitt/Temple their own.
None — No statutory path; FN36's HS presumption is institutional and excludes F/J and undocumented..
Penn State Policy FN36.
Re-verification note: PASSHE policy text unretrieved (number 1983-19-A from memory); Pitt/Temple unchecked; FN36 HS-years figure ('four years' in one excerpt) unconfirmed.
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