@northend83
Generally, the first year that you move is determining if that is really the job for you and will it be permanent, meaning that it lasts more than a year.
You can maintain your vehicle license, voting, etc in RI for the first year. IL considers you a resident if you were there the entire tax year. Otherwise, you can file as a nonresident or part-year.
Once you decide this is a permanent move and the family is coming, you can change things and become an IL resident. This gives you up to 3 years to sell your RI house and keep the 2/5 years residence requirement.
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