LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — With a view to qualify for in-state tuition for school in Nevada, an choice for college kids is to have a driver’s license or registered automobile that’s 12 months outdated. Some college students, trying to start out this course of, hit a snag because of the cyberattack closing Nevada’s Division of Motor Automobiles (DMV) workplaces with no set reopening date.
UNLV dental pupil Payton Sellers is beginning his first 12 months of lessons. He’s hoping to safe in-state tuition for subsequent faculty 12 months, a course of that will save him at the very least $40,000.
His appointment to safe a driver’s license, beginning the 12-month means of acquiring Nevada residency standing, was set for Monday.
“When I woke up, I got an email and a text saying that it was closed,” Sellers mentioned.
Sellers booked his appointment two months upfront, and now it’s one thing he needs he did earlier.
“To be fair, I do think that a lot of it is my fault,” he mentioned. “I think that I should have figured something out a little bit earlier, and I know that I could have come a little bit earlier, to maybe figure something out, but it was unfortunate, because you have to do it all through appointments.”
Sellers mentioned the college helps him, extending his deadline for residency to mid-September.
UNLV mentioned that there are a selection of different methods to ascertain Nevada residency:
Proof of bodily, steady presence in Nevada for 12 months (i.e. house possession, a lease settlement, hire receipts, utility payments)
A replica of the coed’s federal tax return or federal tax transcript for the latest tax 12 months indicating a Nevada deal with (if 12 months are mirrored)
Nevada driver’s license
Nevada identification card
Nevada automobile registration
Nevada voter registration
The college mentioned if anybody has considerations or particular circumstances associated to the present state service interruption, they need to attain out on to the Workplace of the Registrar.
