CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCE
Information and Directions
For Residents
of
New York City
A Certificate
of
Residence issued by your home county entitles you to pay the resident tuition fee
to
attend a
community college in New York State and not the higher, non-resident tuition. The New York City Comptroller
issues these certificates to qualified residents living within the five boroughs
of
New York City.
The Certificate
of
Residence
is
EFFECTIVE
FOR
ONE
YEAR
from the date
it
is
issued.
You
must apply for and
submit a new Certificate
of
Residence to your college once a year, every year
at
the beginning
of
the semester
(or quarter), along with your tuition payment.
If you do not submit the Certificate
of
Residence, you will
be
charged the higher, non-resident tuition fee.
RESIDENCY
QUAUFICATIONS:
• Resident
of
New York State for
at
least one (1) year immediately prior to the date
of
application, and
also
• Resident
of
New York City for
at
least six (6) months immediately prior to the date
of
application.
Note: Members
of
the
U.S
Armed Forces, while on full-time active duty and stationed within New York State,
and their spouses and dependents are
eligible
for
the resident tuition rate.
TO
APPLY:
~
All applicants (students) must provide
two
forms
of
proof
to
verify residency:
ONE
THAT IS
DATED
MORE
THAN
SIX
MONTHS
AGO
AND
ONE
DATED
LESS
THAN
SIX
MONTHS
AGO.
Proof must show applicant's
address (not
P.O.
Box
or
in care
of
a third party) and include the applicant's name.
Examples
of
acceptable
proof
of
residency are:
•
lease
or
deed,
or
if
not available, a letter from a landlord
on
the landlord's letterhead indicating dates
of
tenancy and rent payments
• postmarked envelope mailed to you
at
your current address, dated. less than six
(6)
months ago
• prior year's income tax return (parents'
or
parent's tax return,
if
listed
as
dependent)
• homeowner's
or
renter's insurance policy
• driver's license
or
automobile registration certificate
• bank statement
• automobile insurance policy
• utility bill
• cell phone bill
• selective service card·
• voter registration.
Note:
If
residing with parent, you may bring one
of
the above proofs
that
show the permanent,
New
York
City address
of
the parent/student residence, along with a letter signed by parent and notarized that states
the student
is
now, and has been for a period
of
one year, living with
that
parent.
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Fill out the
AFFADAVIT
AND
APPUCATION form (reverse side) and have
it
NOTARIZED. A Notary Public is
available at the
NY
County Clerk's Office, 60 Centre Street,
Room
141B,
Mon. - Fri. from 9:00
AM
- 5:00
PM.
(Valid photo
ID
required.) The
Comptroller's
Office
does
not
notarize.
~
Present the original,
NOTARIZED
AFFIDAVIT plus the TWO ITEMS to prove residency
in
person to:
Office
of
the
New
York
City
Comptroller
One Centre
Street
(Municipal
Building)
Room
703,
Certificate
of
Residence Desk
New
York, NY
10007
Open
ONLY
during these hours: Mon. - Fri.
8:30
AM -
4:30
PM
(Not open
on
weekends
or
holidays).
Questions
regarding
the
above
may
be
directed
to (212) 669-2784.
The
affidavit, information
and
directions
are
available
at www.comptrolier.nyc.gov.
