residency card

Legal residence proof

A residency card is an official document issued by a government that permits a foreign national to live in that country.

It typically grants the holder rights to work, access services, and remain for an extended period or permanently: She renewed her residency card before it expired.

Also called a residence permit or, in the United States, a green card.

Opposites
legal status documentation

residency carddeportation order

Legal mandate requiring departure

visa denial · naturalization certificate · passport · birth certificate · tourist visa

migration/movement status

residency carddeportation order

Legal mandate requiring departure

visa denial · entry ban · undocumented status · exit visa · travel ban

permanence of status

residency cardtourist visa

Temporary entry authorization

visitor visa · transit visa · temporary permit · day pass

Family

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