Important Non-Payment Policy Information:

学生必须在每个新学期之前缴纳所有注册费和学费，以防止被自动从班级名单中除名. This also includes students receiving 金融援助. Students removed from class rolls must meet with their Academic Advisor to re-register. Class vacancies resulting from non-payment will be filled on a first come, first serve basis.

TCL 招生 Citizenship and 住院医生实习期 Requirements:

美国公民身份要求 (for entry into the Technical College of the Lowcountry):

The South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act (S.C. 代码安. (59-101-430 [Westlaw 2008])禁止在美国非法居留的人进入南卡罗来纳州的公立高等教育机构就读，并获得公立高等教育福利. 去TCL上课, 您必须在入学申请上签署公民声明，并提供以下证明文件之一:

Requirements for citizenship verification:

  1. Sign and date the Declaration of Citizenship section on the TCL application.
  2. If you have an employment authorization work permit, please make sure to stop by one of TCL’s 招生 offices on any of our campuses and submit.

招生 住院医生实习期 Requirements:

户口政策:管理低国家技术学院学费的住宿政策符合南卡罗来纳州法律59-112规定，以确定参加学院的学生支付的学费和费用. Students who are not legal residents of the State of South Carolina, or who do not qualify for residency exceptions are required to pay out-of-state tuition rates.

居住地点: 申请TCL的申请人如果希望申请南卡罗来纳居住权以支付学费和费用，必须完成低国家入学申请技术学院的居住权证明部分，并在选择进行验证时向TCL任何校区的招生办公室提交所有要求的文件.

Requirements for proof of residency:

  1. Complete the residency section of the TCL Application for Admission form
  2. If selected for verification, 请参阅 Proof of 住院医生实习期 Approved Documentation 作为南卡罗来纳州居民的证明.

If you currently live in South Carolina and do not have one of the above residency documents, please call an 招生 Representative at 843.525.8207 or email 招生@je360.net.

埃芬厄姆和查塔姆县的居民符合佐治亚州的居住要求，有资格在Lowcountry技术学院获得州内学费.

***If you are a current student that needs to request a change of residency status, 请参阅 Change of 住院医生实习期 Status Form and submit all required documents to 招生.***

Permanent South Carolina Residents: 在低国家技术学院入学申请中确认南卡罗来纳州的合法居住权, 以及所要求的文件, is acknowledgment that the student meets all requirements of Section 59-112, South Carolina Code of 法律s that determine eligibility for in-state tuition rates.

Other South Carolina Residents申请人必须证明他们在之前连续12个月居住在南卡罗来纳州，并且必须在课程第一天之前立即放弃所有先前的住所. The burden of proof for dependent students rests with the parent or guardian. This provision does not apply to persons or their spouses if they are in South Carolina primarily as students.

注意: 伪造永久居住国信息的学生将按学期收取相应的学费，并可能面临额外的经济处罚.

居民诉求: If you wish to appeal your residency status, you must submit a completed 住院医生实习期 Reclassification Form, along with the supporting documents, to the 招生 Office for consideration. 您将在提交表格后的十(10)天内收到居留官通知您的居留重新分类状态.

For more information about the residency appeal process, you may contact any of our 招生 Counselors:

电话:843.525.8207 / admissions@je360.net

南卡罗来纳州居住法: 点击这里 关于整个南卡罗来纳居住法，该法律决定了学费和费用的比率，如果您需要比以下摘录更多的信息:

Determination of Rates of 学费 and 费用 / Chapter 112 South Carolina Code of 法律s

South Carolina Domicile Defined for Purposes of Rates of 学费 and 费用 — Section 59-112-20:

在确定进入或就读州立机构的学生应支付的学杂费费率时，应按照以下规定确定南卡罗来纳州的住所地:

  • 在南卡罗来纳居住并定居不少于12个月的独立人士，并打算在此建立永久住所, 以及他们的家属, may be considered eligible for in-state rates.
  • 在南卡罗来纳州居住和定居不到12个月，但在该州有全职工作的独立人士, 以及他们的家属, 只要该独立人士在该州全职工作，就可能被认为有资格享受州内税率.
  • Where an independent person meeting the provisions of Section B above, is living apart from his spouse, or where such person and his spouse are separated or divorced, 该独立人员的配偶和受抚养人只有在下列情况下才具有学杂费的户籍:
  1. 如果配偶为了学费和费用的目的而申请定居身份，尽管与他或她的就业配偶分开居住，但仍在南卡罗来纳州定居.
  2. if the dependent requesting domiciliary status for tuition and fee purposes is under the legal custody or guardianship of an independent person who is domiciled in this State; or if such dependent is claimed as an income tax exemption by the parent not having legal custody but paying child-support, so long as either parent remains domiciled in South Carolina.
  • 被抚养未成年人的住所和住所，推定为其父母的住所和住所.

Effect of Marriage — Section 59-112-40:

婚姻只有在证明双方有意在南卡罗来纳州建立永久住所的情况下，才会影响学费和费用目的的住所决定.

国际学生

If you are an international student, you must make an appointment with the college’s U.S. Immigration Designated School Official, located in the 招生 Office; call 843.525.8208. 以非移民身份进入美国的外国公民可分为大约35种签证类别之一. 希望在Lowcountry技术学院学习的国际申请人通常持有F-1或M-1学生身份，并持学生签证进入美国.

低国家技术学院在招收学生时必须遵守所有联邦和州的指导方针. One section of the South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act reads:

节59-101-430:

  • 非法居留在美国的外国人没有资格在本州的公立高等学府就读, as defined in Section 59-103-5. 本州公立高等院校的受托人应制定并制定一套程序，以核实其在美国的合法存在. 这样做的时候, institution personnel shall not attempt to independently verify the immigration status of any alien, but shall verify any alien’s immigration status with the federal government pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 第1373节©.
  • 在美国非法居留的外国人没有资格享受公立高等教育福利，包括, 但不限于, 奖学金, 金融援助, 奖助金, 或者住校学费.