Are you a Citizen of the country you are currently living in ?

[kiwitt]

Today I applied for citizenship and wondered how many people are citizens, permanent residents or simply visitors of the country they are in (and can not legally work or study).

A poll may give an indication of this.

EDIT: A permanent resident is someone who can reside permanently in the country, but travels on an other country's passport.

 

[Abaddon]

What's the difference between citizen and permanent resident?

I was born "here".

 

[Cutlass]

Born here. So a citizen.

 

[kiwitt]

A permanent resident is someone who can reside permanently in the country, but travels on an other countries passport

 

[warpus]

I am a citizen of the country I was born in (Poland) and the one I reside in (Canada)

 

[emzie]

I'm a permanent resident of Canada.

Like Warpus, I'm a citizen of the country in which I was born (USA) and also the one in which my mother was born (UK) and I hold passports from both.

What's the difference between citizen and permanent resident?

I was born "here".

Permanent residency is, I think, akin to right to abode in the UK.

 

[kiwitt]

@contre - yes I think that is right

 

[emzie]

Where are you originally from, kiwitt?

 

[Dachs]

Citizen. Wasn't born here

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[kiwitt]

Where are you originally from, kiwitt?

Holland.

 

[classical_hero]

A permanent resident is someone who can reside permanently in the country, but travels on an other countries passport

My dad is a permanent resident, since he holds a British passport, but he easily could become a citizen, whereas I am a citizen of this country.

Their should be an option for being a citizen of a country, but not born in that country.

 

[kiwitt]

Their should be an option for being a citizen of a country, but not born in that country.

That is the first option.

I did not want to split citizenship up into native-born citizens and foreign-born citizens as I believe all citizens should be rated equally regardless of where they were born.

 

[amadeus]

U.S. citizen by birth.

 

[Brian Shanahan]

Unless my passport is lying I am an Irish citizen. So I'm choice a).

Though my mother was thinking of getting her British passoport in order to try and make it easier for me and my brother to enter the Dominions, unfortunately it don't work that way anymore.

 

[GamezRule]

Born here, don't get out of the country much. Been to Canada a few times, I loled when they thought our american money was counterfeit. Right when the new 20's came out that have pretty colors and no band around Jacksons head.

 

[Ataxerxes]

Born here. Citizen of the U.S. by birth. Poll results are about what I would have expected.

 

[JollyRoger]

I'm a citizen of the world.

 

[Japanrocks12]

Citizen. Wasn't born here

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Same here!

 

[Perfection]

I live in international waters.

 

[ZeletDude]

Yup was born in the USA so I'm a citizen