Residence permit
{{Short description|Document or card required to reside in a country}}
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A residence permit{{Cite web|url=http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/residence-permit|title=residence permit | meaning of residence permit in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE}}{{Cite web|url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/residence-permit|title=RESIDENCE PERMIT | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary}}{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/immigration/who-does-what/what-does-the-eu-do/already-in-the-eu_en |title=EU Immigration Portal - Already in the EU - European Commission |website=ec.europa.eu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220055248/http://ec.europa.eu/immigration/who-does-what/what-does-the-eu-do/already-in-the-eu_en |archive-date=2015-02-20}} (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|date=April 2024}}) 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/options/live-permanently/all-resident-visas|title=All visa options for living permanently|publisher= New Zealand Government|access-date=5 March 2017|date=2017}}
Biometric residence permit
Some countries have adopted biometric residence permits, which are cards including embedded machine readable information and RFID NFC capable chips.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539328/In-Country_information_leaflet_-_July_2016.pdf|title=Biometric Residence Permits in the UK}}
In Germany
In France
In Italy
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In Italy the permesso di soggiorno is released by the Polizia di Stato 'state police'; it must be requested by the immigrant to be allowed to reside in the country{{Cite web|url=https://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/225|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030235417/http://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/225-Il_rilascio_del_permesso_di_soggiorno |title=Il rilascio del permesso di soggiorno|archivedate=October 30, 2009|website=Polizia di Stato |url-status=dead}} for more than eight days, or more than ninety days if having a visto d'ingresso 'travel visa' for tourism. It is not required for EU citizens.
In Singapore
In Ukraine
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.{{Cite web|url=https://dmsu.gov.ua/en-home/services/documenting-foreigners/issuance-of-temporary-residence-permit.html|title = Issuance of temporary residence permit}} Permanent residence equals to immigration.
In the United Kingdom
Biometric Residence permit, a type of card in lieu of visa which allows a non-British citizen to work & reside in the UK.
Biometric Residence card, a type of card which allows European Union Settlement Scheme holders to work & reside in the UK.
Both card will be replace by share code in 2025.{{Cite web |title=View and prove your immigration status: get a share code |url=https://www.gov.uk/view-prove-immigration-status |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}
In the United States
In Saudi Arabia
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/prado-start-page.html 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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