permanent residency

collocation in English

meaningsofpermanentandresidency

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permanent
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/us
/ˈpɝː.mə.nənt/
lasting for a long time or ...
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residency
noun[U]
uk
/ˈrez.ɪ.dən.si/us
/ˈrez.ə.dən.si/
the fact of living in ...
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(Definition ofpermanentandresidencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpermanent residency

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Many of them eventually take uppermanentresidencyor citizenship.
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Unlike citizenship,permanentresidencyis only passed on to the holder's children where the holder meets certain conditions.
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We prefer to see the resolution being adopted now and will continue to work towards victims of human trafficking being grantedpermanentresidency.
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Foreign players who have acquiredpermanentresidencycan be registered as locals.
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Administration regulations issued in 1982 known as custody and repatriation authorized police to detain people, and repatriate them to theirpermanentresidencylocation.
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A trafficking victim may receive apermanentresidencycard though only if the defendant is successfully convicted by the government.
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Nobody still has the right to strip a person ofpermanentresidencywithout their will, even the owner of the apartment.
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This in turn led topermanentresidencyand a job.
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Distinct from his application for refugee status, he also filed forpermanentresidencyon compassionate and humanitarian grounds.
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Permanentresidencyonly requires an annual fee, and no other supporting documents.
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The plan was for her to stay there for a year to fulfill thepermanentresidencyrequirement, and go to a university abroad thereafter.
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Alternatively, aliens could seek royal denization, which was a more accessible path topermanentresidency yet conferred a lesser form of citizenship than private naturalization.
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Although they entered the country illegally in 1962, they were grantedpermanentresidencyin 1966.
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Its organizers claim that givingpermanentresidencyto the 11 million workers and families in the country illegally would greatly benefit all workers.
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He accusespermanentresidencyand naturalization of foreigners because abandonment of their motherland is wrong.
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In some cases,permanentresidencymay be conditional on a certain type of employment or maintenance of a business.
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Many of them are deciding to stay by gainingpermanentresidency.
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The date establishes one's place in the queue for a family-sponsored or employment-based orpermanentresidencypermit (also known as green card) application.
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A refugee accepted into the country is grantedpermanentresidencyand may apply for citizenship.
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