legal resident
Authorized permanent dweller
A legal resident is a person who has official permission to live in a country but is not a citizen.
In the United States, legal residents hold green cards granting them the right to work and remain indefinitely: She's been a legal resident for ten years but hasn't applied for citizenship.
Legal residents can vote in some local elections and must pay taxes, but cannot vote in federal elections or hold certain government positions.
- cardStiff paper rectangle
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- taxpayerOne who owes government duties
- apartmentRented unit in building
permit · property owner · asylum seeker · immigration law · immigration office · port of entry · citizenship law · refugee · labor laws · cultural adaptation · tenant · voter · background check · visa application · education access · employee · birth certificate · student
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- residentsresidents, inhabitants, inhabitant, local, locals
- identitiesalter ego, gender, persona, sexuality, alias
- foreignersforeigner, immigrant, immigrants, migrant, expats
- deportationdeportee, deportees, deportation order, removal, mass deportation
legal residentillegal immigrant
Foreign national present unlawfully
undocumented immigrant · illegal alien · unauthorized immigrant · overstayer
legal residenttourist
Traveler visiting attractions
visitor · transient · vacationer · day-tripper · traveler
legal residentcitizen
Legal national member
national · naturalized citizen · native · full citizen · non-resident
legal, resident, legally, legality, legalize, legalization, illegal, illegally, illegality