During the October 2010 meeting of the Board of Regents (BOR), the Board approved Policy 4.3.4, Verification of Lawful Presence. BOR Policy 4.3.4 states that “Each University System institution shall verify the lawful presence in the United States of every successfully admitted person applying for resident tuition status, as defined in Section 7.3 of this Policy Manual, and of every person admitted to an institution referenced in Section 4.1.6 of this Policy Manual.”
Policy 4.1.6, Admission of Persons Not Lawfully Present in the United States, was also approved during the October 2010 Board meeting. Policy 4.1.6 states that “A person who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for admission to any University System institution which, for the two most recent academic years, did not admit all academically qualified applicants (except for cases in which applicants were rejected for non-academic reasons).”
This policy affects any student admitted for the fall 2011 semester or any future semester.
Under Policy 4.1.6, any student applying to an institution which, for the two most recent academic years, did not admit all academically qualified applicants (except for cases in which applicants were rejected for non-academic reasons) must be verified before a final offer of admission can be extended.
Yes, if a student has not been enrolled for a period of time which per institutional policy requires that they apply for reentry admission, they must be verified or re-verified.
No, BOR Policy 4.1.6 requires that students be checked at the time of admission, whether that be new admission or reentry admission. The policy does not require that students be re-verified unless the student does not enroll for a period of time and is required to apply for reentry.
No, since cross-registration students pay all of their tuition and fees to their home institution and are admitted on a space available basis only, it is not necessary for students attending through cross-registration to be verified. Students with a USG home institution attending another USG institution through cross-registration would be verified by their home institution at the time of admission.
Yes, all institutions following under BOR Policy 4.1.6 must verify the status of every student, including transient students, applying for admission for fall 2011 or a later term.
If a student’s status cannot be verified through one of the acceptable methods then the student cannot be granted in-state status. In those situations where the student has applied to an institution falling under BOR policy 4.1.6, the student may not be admitted.
Prior to applying to UGA: Please contact us for more information regarding UGA’s policies and Deferred Action students. You can contact us via email: global@uga.edu or call us at (706) 542-2112 and ask to speak to the International Admissions counselor.
When verifying lawful status through the FAFSA process, the FAFSA year must correspond with the term of admission.
No.
Yes.