HANAHAN, S.C. (WCSC) – What does it mean to be a “state resident” when it comes to what you pay in tuition while advancing your education? A lot.
As simple as it may sound, proving your residency isn’t often as easy as you might think. Schools can request your high school transcripts, driver’s license, vehicle registration, tax returns, evidence of employment, leases, bills and potentially even more than that.
For two legal asylum seekers, Edsel Chacon and his classmate-turned-friend Mario Rodriguez, providing all the above, still wasn’t enough…