Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Florida

Re: US vs State Residency

U S citizens living outside the country are referred to as ex-patriots or x-pats. They retain U S citizenship so long as they don't renounce it, and so long as they abide by immigration rules concerning returns to home soil. Driving licenses are purely a state matter, and one must comply with state laws in order to have one. A stateside license remains valid for its period of issue whether the holder is in the U S or not. Holding a drivers license does not obligate one to income taxes to the state in which the license is held.

Re: US vs State Residency

Mr. Aspinwall's answer is quite correct, though I am not sure how you would get a state to give you a diver's license unless you could provide an in-state address where you live.

I also want to note a typo in Mr. Aspinwall's response. He says that Americans living overseas are called "ex-patriots" but the correct term is "expatriates"; it is a single, un-hyphenated word. Calling someone an ex-patriot would mean either that he used to love his country but no longer does, or that he formerly played football for an NFL franchise near Boston.

I should also note that only those who do not intend to return to their home countries are called expatriates. Many, if not most, Americans living abroad are on business assignments, in school or on military duty (or are in the immediate family of such a person) and do plan to come back.