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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]
- ^ "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.