Is it legal to get use?

toolttime wrote:
The story on this is about a friend who has been fulltiming in the US for 15 years. Lost his work visa when Trump came in. He is going back to Canada and still going to be fulltiming but he has to switch all of his drivers license, vehicle registrations etc. to Canada from US but needs to have a address to do all of this.

My wife and I have been full-time for 4 years. She works as a traveling lab tech and has worked at several hospitals around the country. When we started I looked into this issue and found that the only real regulations I could find were provisions that require a "persistent personal presence" in the community.

MY interpretation of the rule was as long as we continued to see our primary doctor, did banking (ie: safe deposit box) and basically visited once a year or so we would be fine. We lived in the same small town for all our lives until we started traveling. Currently my mother-in-law's address is our residence and have her forward our mail. Recently we purchased a lot in an RV community in a nearby town, and may eventually change our address, but the current situation is perfect for us.

I believe the big issue here is much like MitchF150 mentioned:

MitchF150 wrote:
if it's just to forward mail, that's one thing.. But if it's to get out of paying taxes and fees for where you really call home... Well, that's all on you..

If your intent is to dodge taxes or otherwise evade the law you open yourself to trouble. A PO box in a random city isn't the same as an address used for vehicle registration and voting. That being said your friend should find a community that is open to the full-time RV lifestyle and set up their "residence". Find a doctor, dentist etc. that they can get annual check-ups from and enjoy the road.