Residence permit

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[4]) 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 [5]

Biometric residence permit

Some countries have adopted biometric residence permits, which are cards including embedded machine readable information and RFID NFC capable chips.[6]

In Canada

See Permanent residency in Canada

In Italy

In Italy the residence permit (permesso di soggiorno) is released by the state policy (Polizia di Stato); it must be requested by the immigrant to be allowed to reside in the country[7] 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 citizens.

In Singapore

See Permanent residency in Singapore

In the United States

See Permanent residence (United States)

References

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  4. ↑ "Applying for a UK Residence Permit".
  5. ↑ "All visa options for living permanently". New Zealand Government. 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Biometric Residence Permits in the UK" (PDF).
  7. ↑ Release of Archived 2009-10-30 at the Wayback Machine.


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