Phrase guide

residence permit

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The right to legally reside in a country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِقَامَة (ʔiqāma) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Arabic: تَصْرِيح إِقَامَة (taṣrīḥ ʔiqāma) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Bulgarian: разреше́ние за пребива́ване (razrešénie za prebivávane) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 居留許可 /居留许可 (jūliú xǔkě) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 居留權 /居留权 (jūliúquán) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Danish: opholdstilladelse — right to legally reside in a country
  • Danish: indrejsetilladelse — right to legally reside in a country
  • Dutch: verblijfsvergunning — right to legally reside in a country
  • Dutch: verblijfstitel — right to legally reside in a country
  • Estonian: elamisluba — right to legally reside in a country
  • Faroese: uppihaldsloyvi — right to legally reside in a country
  • Faroese: búloyvi — right to legally reside in a country
  • Finnish: oleskelulupa — right to legally reside in a country
  • French: titre de séjour — right to legally reside in a country
  • French: carte de séjour — right to legally reside in a country
  • French: permis de séjour — right to legally reside in a country
  • German: Aufenthaltsgenehmigung — right to legally reside in a country
  • German: Aufenthaltstitel — right to legally reside in a country
  • German: Aufenthaltserlaubnis — right to legally reside in a country
  • German: Niederlassungserlaubnis — right to legally reside in a country
  • German: Aufenthaltsbewilligung — right to legally reside in a country
  • Greek: άδεια παραμονής (ádeia paramonís) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Hungarian: tartózkodási engedély — right to legally reside in a country
  • Icelandic: landvistarleyfi — right to legally reside in a country
  • Icelandic: búsetuleyfi — right to legally reside in a country
  • Icelandic: dvalarleyfi — right to legally reside in a country
  • Indonesian: izin tinggal — right to legally reside in a country
  • Italian: permesso di soggiorno — right to legally reside in a country
  • Japanese: 居留許可 (kyoryū kyoka) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Japanese: 永住権 (eijūken) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Northern Kurdish: îqame — right to legally reside in a country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppholdstillatelse — right to legally reside in a country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: opphaldsløyve — right to legally reside in a country
  • Iranian Persian: اِجازِهٔ اِقَامَت (ejâze-ye eġâmat) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Polish: pozwolenie na pobyt stały — right to legally reside in a country
  • Portuguese: autorização de residência — right to legally reside in a country
  • Russian: вид на жи́тельство (vid na žítelʹstvo) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Russian: пропи́ска (propíska) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Russian: ПМЖ (PMŽ) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Russian: ВНЖ (VNŽ) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Russian: разреше́ние на прожива́ние (razrešénije na proživánije) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Spanish: permiso de residencia — right to legally reside in a country
  • Swahili: kibali cha makazi — right to legally reside in a country
  • Swedish: uppehållstillstånd — right to legally reside in a country
  • Turkish: oturum — right to legally reside in a country
  • Turkish: ikamat — right to legally reside in a country
  • Ukrainian: до́звіл на прожива́ння (dózvil na prožyvánnja) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Urdu: اِقَامَت (iqāmat) — right to legally reside in a country
  • Urdu: رَہائِشی اِجازَت نامَہ (rahāiśī ijāzat nāma) — right to legally reside in a country