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I'm a vistor with my father. My father works in MA and he pays tax. Am I a Massachusetts Resident?
One establishes legal residence by moving to a place with an intention to remain there. There is no waiting period - you become a resident the moment you arrive, provided you have the requisite intention. You can trade in your old drivers license, and begin paying taxes along with everyone else.

However, that may not qualify you for 'resident' rates or status in applying to a state college or for benefits, because many states do impose waiting periods for those specific things.
Look up the standards for residency in MA. I know in California you have to be a resident for 1 year....


Answer:
What is your age? What is the context? Are you asking because of in-state tuition? State aid benefits?

Under this definition you would not qualify for state aid as you do not reside with your father. However, should you reside with him full time there is no minimum time provided before benfits would kick in. Please provide more details. If you e-mail me directly I will know you have read this.

“Dependent child”, a needy child who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, physical or mental incapacity or the unemployment of a parent, and who is living with his father, mother or other parent in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or their own home and who is under the age of eighteen or who is eighteen and a full-time student in a secondary school or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training and who may reasonably be expected to complete such program before reaching age nineteen.
if you are under 18 and your father has legal guardianship of you, you are a resident.