also called BRP
A residence card containing your fingerprints and photo used as proof of immigration status in some countries.
A physical residence card carrying your fingerprints and photo, used in some countries as proof of your immigration status. It is the tangible thing you show to prove you may stay and work. Residence permit is the broader idea of that permission; the biometric card is one particular physical form of it, and replacing a lost one from abroad can be slow.
Someone loses their wallet with the residence card in it while travelling outside the country that issued it. Without that physical proof of status, getting back in and replacing the card turns into a slow, anxious process, because the card was the thing that showed their right to be there.
It's the physical proof of your right to stay and work, and replacing a lost one abroad can be slow.
The difference is the whole point, so here is each one in a line.
These are the statuses and cards you hold once you are living there, and the ladder toward permanence.
A residence permit is authorisation to live in a country, a biometric residence permit is the card version, and local registration is signing your address in with the authorities.
Temporary residence must be renewed and may lead to permanent residence, which lets you stay indefinitely, and right of abode is the fullest form, free of immigration control.
A bridging visa keeps you lawful while a longer application is decided, and Argentina's residencia precaria and radicacion are its provisional certificate and formal residence-registration process.
Local registration · radicacion · Residence permit · Temporary residence
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