The form asks about the person who provided your main financial support over the past 12 months and claimed you on their most recent federal tax return. You’ll provide:

• Your current physical address
• The date your South Carolina residency began
• Proof of a primary home in South Carolina for at least 12 months before the fall semester starts, such as a lease or mortgage statement
• A valid SC driver’s license, or an SC ID card if you don’t drive, issued within 45 days of establishing residency
• A valid SC vehicle registration for every vehicle you own or co-own, or a signed statement that you own no vehicles registered in another state
• A signed SC resident income tax return for the most recent tax year

You also can’t hold residency ties, such as a license or registration, in another state or country. We may ask for more, like an SC high school transcript or a utility or property tax bill, if something is missing or unclear.

• Residency is first checked using the state information on your FAFSA.
• Initial SC aid is awarded from the state’s applicant roster. For the SC Tuition Grant, we confirm you have no residency flags in the state’s myTG system before packaging your aid.
• The Office of Financial Aid reviews your Residency Evaluation Form and documents for accuracy and eligibility.
• Once residency and all other requirements are met, your state aid is validated and can be paid.

You may still qualify under the three-year rule (Regulation 62-607). If your parent, spouse, or legal guardian lived in South Carolina for at least three consecutive years right before you first enrolled, you can keep eligibility after they move, as long as you stay continuously enrolled (summers excluded) in a degree program at an SC college.

To show this, provide documents covering those three years, such as their SC income tax returns, property or lease records, and SC driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations. For the SC Tuition Grant, Allen submits a 3-Year Prior Residency Form to the state for review.

• If your information conflicts, or you may qualify under a state exemption, submit an SC Residency Appeal with supporting documents to the Office of Financial Aid.
• SC Tuition Grant students also submit an appeal to the SC Tuition Grants Commission, which makes the final decision for that grant.
• If an earlier appeal was approved and you’ve stayed continuously enrolled, that decision still stands. If one was denied, we’ll review whether you can appeal again.

Final decisions follow South Carolina law: Title 59, Chapter 112 of the SC Code and Commission on Higher Education Regulations 62-600 through 62-612.

Contact the Office of Financial Aid at lkennedy@allenuniversity.edu or (803) 376-5791. You can also read the state’s SC Tuition Grant eligibility rules ↗.