permanent resident

British  

noun

1. an immigrant who has been given official residential status, often prior to being granted citizenship

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Example Sentences

Mr Ahmed, a US permanent resident, had warned that being detained and possibly deported would tear him away from his American wife and child.

From BBC

She said Sodais had technically entered the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident, and his green card should arrive in the mail within a few months.

From Los Angeles Times

The namesake plaintiff in this case is a woman named Barbara who is a Honduran national, married to a man who is not a U.S. citizen, nor is he a legal permanent resident.

From Slate

More than 1.6 million US green card holders, roughly 12 percent of the total permanent resident population, were born in the countries listed, according to the latest immigration data available on the agency's "Eligible to Naturalize Dashboard" analyzed by AFP.

From Barron's

She is the only one of them facing deportation - her husband is a permanent resident, her daughter is a US citizen and her son has a green card application in progress.

From BBC