Help with proving EU residency?
Hello! My daughter just got accepted to her UCD master's program starting in September. Unfortunately, they are charging her international fees rather than EU fees. Once denied, is there an appeal process? Anyone know a good immigration lawyer?
Background: the family moved from the US to Switzerland in 2017 and has been resident here ever since. In 2022, DD was accepted to UCD *with EU fees*. since then, Switzerland has been her permanent address at all times that her program is not in session. She still holds a valid Swiss residence permit (B), has receipts for years of medical insurance, and gets mail here.
Now she is about to graduate. UCD is saying that, since she has been studying in Ireland under a student visa, she is not 'ordinarily resident' in Switzerland, nor in Ireland. Well, ok, then where is she 'ordinarily resident'? It's certainly not the US, as she hasn't set foot there in 6 years.
It looks to me like she has fallen through the cracks in the system and basically isn't resident anywhere, even with a Swiss residence permit. Any ideas or advice? I'm not trying to game the system but the fee increase is quite a chunk of change. TIA!