The medical school(s) you apply to may be interested in your state and/or county of legal residence. Each state has its own qualifications for determining legal residency; medical schools may request additional documentation. You are responsible for researching and understanding a state’s qualifications for legal residency before claiming it as your state of legal residence in your AMCAS application. It may be possible to qualify for multiple states of legal residency, but you may select only one in the AMCAS application. If you have a state of legal residence in the United States, select Yes and then select the state in which you are a legal resident. If your state is not listed, select Unknown U.S. from the list. If you qualify for residency in more than one state, you may declare only one of those states as your legal residence in your AMCAS application. After selecting your state, select the county from the drop-down list. If your county is not listed, select <state name> Unknown County from the drop-down list.
If you are not a legal resident of the United States, select No.
After submitting an AMCAS application, you may request a change to your legal residence information.
To update your state and county of legal residence, please send an email from the email address on your application to AMCASExceptions@aamc.org and include the following information:
- Your name.
- Your AAMC ID number.
- The state and county of legal residence you listed in the application (may be empty if previously not selected).
- The state and county of legal residence you would like it changed to (may be empty if previously not selected).
You can only update certain sections after submitting your application. If you’d like to make changes, please notify your designated medical school(s) directly.