难民和特殊移民签证(SIV)非居民学费豁免
2017年,加州立法机构也颁布了 Assembly Bill 343, which establishes a new exemption from nonresident tuition for refugees with special immigrant visas (SIVs) who have fled Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria or other countries.
Effective January 1, 2018, Education Code section 68075.6 (1)在伊拉克受雇于美国政府或代表美国政府工作的伊拉克公民或国民(及其配偶和子女)免除非居民学费, 以及符合某些标准的人(编. Code, § 68075.6, subd. (b)(1); Public Law 110-181, § 1244); (2) translators (and their spouses and children) who worked directly with the United States Armed Forces, 以及符合某些标准的人(编. Code, § 68075.6; Public Law 109-163, § 1059); and (3) refugees (Ed. Code, § 68075.6, subd. (b)(1), 8 U.S.C. § 1157). These exemptions only apply to those who settled in California upon entering the United States. (Ed. Code, § 68075.6, subd. (b)(1).在美国其他地方定居的学生, and then moved to California would not be eligible for this exemption and would be required to either establish residency or pay nonresident tuition. Under Education Code section 68122, T and U visa holders are also exempt from nonresident tuition by extension of Assembly Bill 343.
Assembly Bill 343 also states that the exemption for a student is only available for the maximum time it would take for the student to establish residency. (Ed. Code, § 68075.6, subd. (b)(1).) That time, 因此,任何非居民学费豁免, will expire one year from the date the student settled in California upon entering the United States. (Ed. Code, § 68017.非居民免学费期满后, 该学生要么已经在加州定居, 或者有意愿在其他地方居住, 还要缴纳非居民学费.
- The Refugee and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) Nonresident Tuition Exemption petition can be found on the Forms page.