Permanent residency can be described as a pathway to acquiring citizenship of a country. This process is generally defined under the statues of acquiring citizenship through naturalization process in a country. The PRs are regarded almost at par with citizens of a country with exception to rights under some statutes and gain employment in certain areas. There are certain stipulations attached for achievement of this status as:

• Fulfilling certain pre conditioned residence period in the country during provisional period.
• Not remaining absent from country beyond the permitted period.

Some countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore etc are offering permanent visa under 2 streams i.e. under

• Direct 1 step, or
• Indirect 2 step process