Technically, if you pay taxes or your children attend school in another state, a judge considers these facts to decide if your intent is to make NYS a "fixed and permanent" residence.
So, being a resident of New York and once I pass the practical exam, what will happen?
Once you pass it. You must give your foreign driver license to the dmv road test examiner, so it be destroyed after 60 days.
And what happens if I become a new york resident?