just wondering someone i work with told me he was a resident
2007-02-12 12:34:14 · 10 answers · asked by foreverknight 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I am a "permanent resident" of the US and a Canadian citizen. This resident was not born in the US. He probably has a green card. I have one because I married an American and it was a long drawn out process. You can also get work related green cards...not sure how. I worked in the US before I was married using another type of work permit but was not considered a "permanent resident". As a permanent resident, I can't vote or serve in the military....or run for president!!!
2007-02-12 12:38:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being a Citizen means that you are a fully voting meber of The United States of America, You have all the rights given by the Constitution. Being a resident means that you just live in the U.S.A you are not a acctual citizen. Although most residents are citizen, and most citizen are residents, there are the occational few who are residents but not citizens. They are not all illigal though. Most residents who are not citizens have visas or documents alowing them to be here.
2007-02-12 13:50:31 · answer #2 · answered by Kate 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A nationalized citizen goes through the process to sever his citizenship with his country of origin and become a citizen of the United States. A resident is some one who comes over to live and/or work on a visa or green card, and does not become a citizen. They don't have the same civic rights as citizens do such as voting or joining the armed services.
2007-02-12 12:40:38 · answer #3 · answered by Χαλαρά 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a resident isn't a citizen! The resident doesn't have any rights like a citizen
2007-02-12 13:09:36 · answer #4 · answered by Dizney 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A citizen can vote. A resident can't.
2007-02-12 12:42:30 · answer #5 · answered by DAR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you are and where you are.
I may be a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Canada. Or, as in my case, Oklahoma.
You basically got a non-answer.
2007-02-12 12:49:57 · answer #6 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an enduring resident and Citizen differs from u . s . to u . s . yet in actuality the numerous element that continually eminates from the meanings are that voters have the finished rights and protections from the country state in question even as voters purely purely have permission to stay completely in stated u . s . yet no longer with each and every of the rights of a citizen.
2016-11-27 19:09:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Citizens can vote. Residents, legal or illegal, can't. Or at least, they're not supposed to!
2007-02-12 12:38:37 · answer #8 · answered by texasjewboy12 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Citizens = legal/patriotic individuals who honor and respect this land.
Residents = individuals who are only here to take and not give.
2007-02-12 13:59:20 · answer #9 · answered by ♥ Scorpio X 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rights???
2007-02-12 12:49:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋