Military Connected Students

If you are active duty and living or stationed in Virginia, please provide the following documents before your classes begin to receive in-state tuition rates for one year (may be renewed):

• Copy of orders with permanent duty station in Virginia or a neighboring state
• Military ID – See HERE for information about photocopying military IDs
• Proof of current residency (ex: lease, utility bill, mortgage statement, housing assignment. etc.)
• Complete the Military Exception Form
• Your documentation can be uploaded to the secure document portal You will need your VCCS username and password to submit documents. For help, please call 757-822-1111 or 757-822-2457 or email info@tcc.edu . Alternatively, you may provide in-person to any campus Admissions and Enrollment or Domicile office.

Note: If you are active duty and neither stationed nor living in Virginia or do not wish to provide the above information you may qualify for the military contract tuition rate based on the terms below. If you prefer to pursue this route, you can provide a copy of your orders to any TCC Campus Business Office.

In accordance with Chapter 782, 2017 Acts of Assembly, the State Board for Community Colleges approved the Military Contract Rate to apply to any out-of-state active-duty military personnel stationed outside of Virginia, and not domiciled in Virginia, whether the tuition is paid by the military employer or personally by the active-duty military member. This rate is already approved for those non-resident active-duty military members stationed in Virginia for which those installations have contracted with the college.

If you are a veteran living in Virginia, please provide the following documents before your classes begin to receive in-state tuition rates for one year (may be renewed):

• Proof of current residency (ex: lease, utility bill, mortgage statement, etc.)
• Your DD-214 member 2 or 4
• Military Exception Form
• Your documentation can be uploaded to the secure document portal You will need your VCCS username and password to submit documents. For help, please call 757-822-1111 or 757-822-2457 or email info@tcc.edu . Alternatively, you may provide in-person to any campus Admissions and Enrollment or Domicile office.

Spouse/Dependents of active duty military personnel (or activated/mobilized reservists or guard members) shall be considered domiciled in Virginia and afforded in-state tuition privileges if the military sponsor is:

1. Assigned to a permanent duty station or workplace in Virginia (or a contiguous state or the District of Columbia) and resides in Virginia; or
2. Assigned unaccompanied orders and immediately prior to receiving such orders was assigned to a permanent duty station or workplace in Virginia (or a contiguous state or the District of Columbia) and resided in Virginia; or
3. Assigned unaccompanied orders with Virginia listed as the designated place to which to move

These qualifying conditions must be in place between the time of acceptance to TCC and the last day to add a class. Dependents of qualifying military members shall be deemed as domiciled for resident educational benefits, including in-state tuition, financial assistance, and any other educational benefit reserved for eligible Virginia residents enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program.

If you are a military dependent, please provide the following before your classes begin:

• Copy of orders with permanent duty station in Virginia or a neighboring state
• Military Dependent ID – See HERE for information about photocopying military IDs
•  Proof of current residency of Military Sponsor (ex: lease, utility bill, mortgage statement, housing assignment. etc.)
• Military Exception Form

Please upload your documentation to the secure document portal You will need your VCCS username and password to submit documents. For help, please call 757-822-1111 or 757-822-2457 or email info@tcc.edu. Alternatively, you may provide in-person to any Admissions and Enrollment or Domicile office.

Note: If a military sponsor does not live in Virginia…Under federal guidelines, Spouse/Dependents of active-duty military personnel (or activated/mobilized reservists or guard members) shall be afforded in-state tuition privileges if the military sponsor is assigned to a permanent duty station or workplace in Virginia and resides in another state.

Students who live in Virginia and are enrolled at the college and use education benefits under Chapter 33 or 35 of Title 38, United States Code are eligible for in-state tuition. 

To receive the in-state tuition rate, please provide the following before your classes begin:

• Proof of student’s current residency (ex: lease, utility bill, mortgage statement, housing assignment. etc.)
• Your Eligibility of Benefits letter
• Military Exception Form
• Your documentation can be uploaded to the secure document portal You will need your VCCS username and password to submit documents. For help, please call 757-822-1111 or 757-822-2457 or email info@tcc.edu. Alternatively, you may provide in-person to any campus Admissions and Enrollment or Domicile office.