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Residence permit

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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

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Some countries have adopted biometric residence permits, which are cards including embedded machine readable information and RFID NFC capable chips.[5]

In Germany

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See German residence permit

In France

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See Permanent residency 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[6] 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

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See Permanent residency in Singapore

In Ukraine

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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

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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

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See Permanent residence (United States)

In Saudi Arabia

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See Premium Residency

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "residence permit | meaning of residence permit in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE".
  2. ^ "RESIDENCE PERMIT | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary".
  3. ^ "EU Immigration Portal - Already in the EU - European Commission". ec.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 2015-02-20.
  4. ^ "All visa options for living permanently". New Zealand Government. 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Biometric Residence Permits in the UK" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Il rilascio del permesso di soggiorno". Polizia di Stato. Archived from the original on October 30, 2009.
  7. ^ "Issuance of temporary residence permit".
  8. ^ "Biometric residence permits (BRPs)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  9. ^ "UK residence cards". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  10. ^ "View and prove your immigration status: get a share code". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
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