If the Admissions & Enrollment Office requests proof of Texas residency, you must submit one document from List A below and one document from List B. You may be asked to provide additional documentation to determine proof of domicile. These documents are required to support proof you established a Texas domicile and maintained Texas residency (physical presence) for at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the census date of the term in which you enroll.
For students who are not U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents, or international students on allowable visas, documentation of lawful presence from the list below and a signed, notarized affidavit are required.
ACC is required to review, collect, and retain residency supporting documentation for validity. All submitted documents are treated as confidential in accordance with college policy and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
List A – Document Proof of Domicile
Submit one document from the list below to support establishment of domicile in Texas. You also need one document from List B.
- Employer-provided employment verification, proof of self-employment or living off earnings statement, with supporting bank statements
- Employment based on student status does not constitute gainful employment (i.e. work study, fellowship, research/teaching assistantships, receipt of stipends)
- Texas employment pay stubs for 12 consecutive months leading up to the semester of entry
- Ownership in real property, sole or joint
- Marriage to a person who has established and maintained domicile in Texas
- Ownership in a business in part or whole in Texas
- Written statements from the office of one or more social service agencies located in Texas (unemployment, public assistance)
List B – Document Proof of Physical Residency
Submit one document from the list below to support physical presence for 12 consecutive months in Texas. You also need one document from List A. Additional documents may be required to support a claim for Texas resident status.
- Utility bills in name of the person
- Texas high school transcript
- Transcript from a Texas institution
- Texas driver’s license or Texas ID card showing origination date
- Texas voter registration card showing origination date
- Pay stubs (if not used as List A documentation)
- Bank statements
- Written statements from one or more social service agencies
- Lease or rental of residential real property in the name of the person
Additional Documentation
The following documents may help support or clarify domicile or physical presence in Texas:
- Tax returns for most recent tax year
- Visa, passport, or other pertinent immigration documents
- Leave and Earnings Statement (LES)
- License to conduct business in Texas
ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTATION TO DEMONSTRATE LAWFUL PRESENCE IN U.S. FOR NON-CITIZENS, NON-PERMANENT RESIDENTS AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
- Texas Driver’s License (current, not expired)
- Visa issued by USCIS (current, not expired)
- Initial visa issued by USCIS (expired) and paperwork showing active extension (I-797)
- Birth certificate or birth record issued by the appropriate State Bureau of Vital Statistics or equivalent agency from a U.S. state or local government, a U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia
- U.S. passport book or passport card
- Permanent resident card (I-551)
- I-94 stamped “Sec. 208 Asylee” or “Sec. 207 Refugee”
- Employment Authorization Card (I-766) (current, not expired)
- U.S. Department of State Certificate of Birth Abroad issued to U.S. citizens born abroad (Form FS-240, DS-1350, or FS-545)
- Machine Readable Immigrant Visa with temporary I-551 language and ADIT stamp
- I-20 non-immigrant students (F-1)
- Non-student documents with alien number or I-94 number
- U.S. citizen identification card (I-179 or I-197)
- I-94
- US Travel Document (I-327 or I-571)
- I-551 stamp in foreign passport
- U.S. Citizenship Certificate or Certificate of Naturalization (N-550, N-560, N-561, N-570, or N-578)
- Student documents with SEVIS number
- DS-2019 exchange visitor (J-1) certificate
