"Domicile" is the one location with which for legal purposes a person is considered to have the most settled and permanent connection. A residence is a place of some permanency, while a domicile is a true, fixed permanent home to which an individual intends to return after an absence.Your domicile is the state of your permanent home, or the state you consider your home whenever you are elsewhere. Your domicile is an important place. A person's domicile is the place where they have their most settled legal connection. Residency Requirements. The Registrar Office must determine your legal residency before you can register and pay fees for any semester or session. ABOR policy broadly defines nine different paths to residency. Each has a unique set of requirements, which are summarized below.