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Utility Bill (Not including cable or internet) dated at least 12 months prior. Pay stubs with the student's NJ address dated at least 12 months prior. Current NJ driver's license or state issued photo ID with an effective date at least 12 months prior. Vehicle registration with an effective date at least 12 months ...

A Resident of New Jersey is an individual that is domiciled in New Jersey for the tax year or an individual that maintains a permanent home in New Jersey and spends more than 183 days in the state. A Nonresident of New Jersey is an individual that was not domiciled in New Jersey.

You can be a resident of two states at the same time, usually by maintaining a domicile in one state and spending 183 days or more in another. It is not advisable, as you will be liable to file income taxes in both states, rather than in only one.

To assist in determining whether you are a New Jersey legal resident, the primary evidence of residency, although not dispositive, is a notarized affidavit setting forth domicile and a copy of a New Jersey income tax return substantiating employment in New Jersey as your primary reason for residing in the state.

While residence requires physical presence in a state, domicile requires physical presence plus the intent to make that state your fixed or permanent home. Domicile is the place you regard as your permanent home ? the place to which you intend to return after a period of absence. You can have only one domicile.

If you have a permanent home here, and spent more than 183 days in New Jersey, you are considered a full-year resident. NJ tax law calls this a ?statutory resident.? If you're considered a statutory resident, you will be taxed on all of your income even if it's from sources out of state.