Meanings of granted residence in English

The tribunal ruled she should not be deported and should instead be granted residence.

It turned down a refugee claim, but granted residence visas, to a family from Tuvalu.

A convicted drug smuggler who was facing deportation has been granted residence in New Zealand.

They were turned down for refugee status but have been granted residence because of their exceptional humanitarian circumstances.

Mimoun Khachab, a Moroccan with a long-term Spanish residence permit, asked in 2012 that his wife too be granted residence.

A trans woman from the UK has been granted residence on humanitarian grounds after suffering years of abuse and violence in Britain.

Deported for drink-driving, not double murders The murders occurred months before the mechanic was granted residence in New Zealand as a skilled migrant.

National's Justice spokesperson, Mark Mitchell, said the Government must reveal why it granted residence to a convicted drug smuggler who had been facing deportation.

A transsexual woman from the UK has been granted residence in New Zealand on humanitarian grounds after suffering years of abuse and violence in Britain.

Lilian Turner, 95, who faced deportation to Britain, where she had not lived since after the end of World War II, has been granted residence.

Buenos Aires - Argentina and Bolivia yesterday signed an immigration pact allowing 700,000 Bolivians living illegally in Argentina to be granted residence.

Photo: AFP Under the scheme, up to 1,100 Samoan citizens may be granted residence in New Zealand every year if they meet certain conditions.

The National Party is accusing the Immigration Minister of a "Sroubek 2.0" after revelations he granted residence to a man with multiple drink-driving convictions.