How do I become a California resident?

check out this page “http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/residenc.htm”

For tuition purposes? Here is a list.

@Marinia I am not a student; I need to be a resident for car insurance purposes.

contact the insurance place?

Do you have a CA driver’s license and voter’s registration? Residency requires living in CA for a year.

CA Drivers License, Voter Registration?

I don’t think we have the required Butt Implants law anymore.

Your legal residence is the address where you receive your mail, and where you vote. There is no other official way to establish residence.

I would have to think CA driver’s license, voter registration and paying taxes in CA pretty much makes you a resident.

Hello all, thanks for the responses. Currently I do not have a CA drivers license nor am I registered to vote in California. I was hoping to do both once I am a resident. However, I looked at the voter registration site and the DMV and both seem to indicate that you need to be a resident to do either of those things. I am caught in an endless circle of bureaucracy! :). So, the question becomes how can I establish residency at, say, the DMV without a CA drivers license or voter registration?

As they say, “Son, this ain’t rocket science. It’s government.”

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/dl_info.htm#BDLP

Make an appointment
https://eg.dmv.ca.gov/foa/clear.do?goTo=officeVisit

You will to bring need your current license, social security card or military ID to prove your SS#, birth certificate or passport, and $28. When you complete the D-44 form, use the address that you live at. Around here, a utility bill in your name at that address establishes that you live at that address, so you might want to bring that, just in case.

If you don’t have your social security card, getting a replacement for that is the first step. If you don’t have a copy of your birth certificate, they DMV provides directions on how to get a notarized copy: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/dl_info.htm#BDLP

To be a resident means only one thing, that you live there. You have an address that is in California, and proof that you live there, such as a utility bill in your name. Many people who don’t drive, apply for a California I D, which looks very much like a driver’s license, and is issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, using the method referenced above..

Other than the proof that you live at an address in California, there is no “official” certicifcate of residency.