Phrase guide

permanent residency

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A visa status which allows a person to reside indefinitely in a foreign country without acquiring citizenship in that country

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Translations

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  • Armenian: կացության կարգավիճակ (kacʻutʻyan kargavičak) — visa status
  • Chinese Mandarin: 永久居留權 /永久居留权 (yǒngjiǔ jūliúquán) — visa status
  • Chinese Mandarin: 永居 (yǒngjū) — visa status
  • Danish: permanent opholdstilladelse — visa status
  • Finnish: pysyvä oleskelulupa — visa status
  • Galician: residencia permanente — visa status
  • Hungarian: állandó tartózkodási engedély — visa status
  • Italian: residenza permanente — visa status
  • Japanese: 永住権 (eijūken) — visa status
  • Portuguese: residência permanente — visa status
  • Russian: вид на жи́тельство (vid na žítelʹstvo) — visa status
  • Spanish: residencia permanente — visa status
  • Swedish: permanent uppehållstillstånd — visa status