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Under LONG-TERM RESIDENT visa status, you can engage in working without limitation. Also, residence requirement for PERMANENT RESIDENT application is relatively relaxed in case you obtain “prescribed” LONG-TERM RESIDENT visa status.

In order to acquire EU long-term resident status, third-country nationals have to legally and continuously reside in a member state for at least five years. This EU status exists alongside national long-term resident schemes.

The proposal for a recast introduces an important change aimed at allowing third-country nationals to cumulate periods of residence in different Member States, provided that they have accumulated two years of legal and continuous residence within the territory of the Member State of application.

The proposal for a recast introduces an important change aimed at allowing third-country nationals to cumulate periods of residence in different Member States, provided that they have accumulated two years of legal and continuous residence within the territory of the Member State of application.

“For purposes of this subsection, the term “long-term resident” means any individual (other than a citizen of the United States) who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States in at least 8 taxable years during the period of 15 taxable years ending with the taxable year during which the event described in ...