<p>Been reading up the NYS DMV website and apparently students are not considered residents. Therefore, my home country's driving license is valid in NYS, cuz it has my details in english. </p>
<p>However, I think it'd be pretty cool to get a NYS driving license and I can do that, if I meet their requirements, but then they take my previous drivers license, which is no go for me. </p>
<p>What do most international students do? (assuming they already have a valid license) Do they just lie and get drivers licenses from scratch? Knowing that this is a violation of federal law? Not get one at all ? Hand in their old license?</p>