Thank you to all the previous posters who addressed similar questions. Mine is just a little bit different. We are New York residents, but plan on moving to Virginia within the next several months. My daughter has been attending college in Virginia for two years. We would like to do everything that we can to further our case for all being Virginia state residents as soon as possible to qualify for in-state tuition. my daughter is definitely supported by us financially, but she has worked and stayed in Virginia for pretty much all of the past year, has her license in Virginia, has registered to vote in Virginia, has done all the things towards securing Virginia residency status, as we will soon. So, Do I have to claim her as a dependent because we support her? It does not benefit our tax situation to do so. And if I must claim her as a dependent, can she then File as a Virginia resident /part your resident And then in New York as a nonresident / part year resident?
