Domicile refers to the place you call home permanently. Your domicile is important for legal purposes such as paying taxes, voting, and claiming benefits.Purpose: To request domicile verification from a nonrelative who is familiar with the household's situation. Individuals can establish residency in two basic ways, one based on establishing domicile and the other based on graduation from high school. To establish a new domicile, you need 1) a physical presence, and 2) a truthful, concurrent, intent of making the new state your permanent place of abode. The two essential elements in regarding the establishment of one's domicile are "residence in fact" and intent "to make the place of residence one's home. An affidavit of domicile is a legal document that verifies the primary place of residency of someone after their death.