";s:4:"text";s:18331:"For a quick rundown on how to establish residency for tax purposes and personal reasons, keep reading. To start forwarding all correspondence, simply go to USPS.com and choose the date you wish to begin forwarding your snail mail. However, many residents of these states have second homes in places that do require residents to pay income taxes (think: Connecticut, New York and California, where income tax rates are quite high). by the full Committee on Residency Determination. status of student as financially independent for purposes of receipt of Federal and/or When establishing residency in a new state, change your driver's license to that state, and surrender your license from the old state. Being a resident of New York implies the decision to abandon one's former state of domicile and establish one in New York. In addition, student must be in one of the categories listed in number 2.