Hey all,
My husband is AD and I am a civilian. He is a PA resident and I am a MD resident, and it has always been that way. We both use our parents’ addresses as our home addresses. We’ve been married about 2.5 years, and he has been stationed overseas the whole time—I was not on those orders because they were cut before we married.
He is up for new orders (that I will be on this time), and they will be overseas again. He will be on paternity leave/TDYs stateside for about a year, and I will be primarily in MD at my parents’ house. When he is not on TDY, he will also be living here with my parents.
He desperately needs to renew his driver’s license. Would it be reasonable per the SCRA for him to claim residency in MD/get a license here? I’ve looked into switching to PA, but I’m a little unclear on what is allowed. I’ve never lived there and don’t get any bills to his mom’s house, while he gets some credit card bills and stuff here.
If we can do that, where would he need to update his address on the work side? I know he’d have to file in MD vs PA when tax season comes around, but is there something big I’m missing here?
Thanks!!
Matching residency with spouse
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SCRA doesn’t really address Driver’s Licenses. If he meets the requirements to get an MD license, he can do that. It won’t necessarily make him an MD resident.
He can already file taxes in MD if he likes because he’s married to you. Or you can file in PA because you’re married to him.
Take a look at the requirements on form DD2058. If MD will be his home base while he’s in the US and he considers it “Home”, I think he would meet the requirements to change residency.