A residence permit[1][2][3] (less commonly residency permit) is a document or card required in some regions, allowing a foreign national to reside in a country for a fixed or indefinite length of time. These may be permits for temporary residency, or permanent residency. The exact rules vary between regions. In some cases (e.g. the UK[citation needed]) a temporary residence permit is required to extend a stay past some threshold, and can be an intermediate step to applying for permanent residency.
Residency status may be granted for a number of reasons and the criteria for acceptance as a resident may change over time. In New Zealand the current range of conditions include being a skilled migrant, a retired parent of a New Zealand national, an investor and a number of others.[4]
Biometric residence permit[edit]
Some countries have adopted biometric residence permits, which are cards including embedded machine readable information and RFID NFC capable chips.[5]
In Germany[edit]
In France[edit]
See Permanent residency in France
In Italy[edit]
In Italy the residence permit (permesso di soggiorno) is released by the state police (Polizia di Stato); it must be requested by the immigrant to be allowed to reside in the country[6] for more than eight days, or more than ninety days if having a travel visa (visto d'ingresso) for tourism. It is not required for European Union citizens.
In Singapore[edit]
See Permanent residency in Singapore
In Ukraine[edit]
In Ukraine there are two types of residence permits: temporary residence permit and permanent residence permit. Temporary residence permit is issued, in general, for a period of 1 year provided that there is at least one of legal grounds for temporary stay in Ukraine.[7] Permanent residence equals to immigration.
In the United Kingdom[edit]
Biometric Residence permit, a type of card in lieu of visa which allows a non-British citizen to work & reside in the UK. [8]
Biometric Residence card, a type of card which allows European Union Settlement Scheme holders to work & reside in the UK. [9]
Both card will be replace by share code in 2025.[10]
In the United States[edit]
See Permanent residence (United States)
In Saudi Arabia[edit]
See also[edit]
- Residence Permit for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Residents (China)
- Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen (EU)
References[edit]
- ^ "residence permit | meaning of residence permit in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE".
- ^ "RESIDENCE PERMIT | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary".
- ^ "EU Immigration Portal - Already in the EU - European Commission". ec.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 2015-02-20.
- ^ "All visa options for living permanently". New Zealand Government. 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Biometric Residence Permits in the UK" (PDF).
- ^ "Il rilascio del permesso di soggiorno". Polizia di Stato. Archived from the original on October 30, 2009.
- ^ "Issuance of temporary residence permit".
- ^ "Biometric residence permits (BRPs)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ "UK residence cards". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ "View and prove your immigration status: get a share code". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
External links[edit]
- PRADO - Public Register of Authentic travel and identity Documents Online – contains information about and images of documents issued by countries in the European Union and Schengen Area.
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