# Fourteenth Amendment question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourteenth-amendment-question/519471>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 30, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourteenth-amendment-question/519471 "2009-11-30T15:28:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourteenth-amendment-question/519471/21 "2009-12-02T00:39:18Z")

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> [@Polycarp](#):
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> U.S. law provides that being away at school, off in the service, working overseas, being in jail, etc., does not act to change your legal residence. You can change it by overt act such as registering to vote, but it will not automatically change if you are temporarily away from home for an extended period.

Sounds different from Australian law then- if you’re living on-campus in a different state for university, you’re deemed to be living in the state the campus is in and are supposed to go and change your driver’s licence etc… especially if you’re there for three or four years.

Having said that, unless you’re studying at the Defence Force Academy in Canberra, most people just go to whichever University is nearest to their home (unless they want to study something _really_ specialist).

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