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residency

[rez-i-duhn-see] / ˈrɛz ɪ dən si /








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Thursday's changes may prevent some people from applying for permanent residency but should not immediately push anyone out of the country.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

From April next year, permanent residency applicants will face even tighter requirements, including basic Japanese language proficiency.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The singer’s Las Vegas residency is split across two months and six shows: three shows Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Colombia’s digital-nomad visa allows residency for up to two years, and the application can easily be resubmitted for a longer stay.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Thirty-two years old, Hunt had completed her residency only the previous July.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

For just as long, critics have ripped into his eccentric on-stage persona; still, Thompson has enjoyed one of the longest-running residencies in Las Vegas, playing shows at the Luxor Hotel & Casino.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Unlike the first half of the tour, which concentrated on long residencies in cities like London and New York, the 2027 dates represent a more traditional rolling stage show.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You” alchemized those months of research, plus a decade of drafts, residencies at the Headland Center for the Arts and Hedgebrook, as well as notebooks upon notebooks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Homeland Security data from the first quarter of the 2025 fiscal year, the latest available, shows that of some 350,000 new permanent residencies issued, about 190,000—54 percent—were adjustments, which is in keeping with historical trends.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

They are divided into "residencies," and the administering officers exercise control over the various plantations.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway




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