US Permanent Residence > Permanent Residence > Where to apply for residence
Effective May 1st, 2003, Section 11 of the Immigration And Refugee Protection Act specifies that all applicants seeking Permanent Residence status must submit their applications to the visa office responsible for either the country where the applicant is residing, if the applicant has been lawfully admitted to that country for at least one year, or the applicant’s country of nationality, or if the applicant is stateless, their country of habitual residence other than a country where the applicant is residing without having been lawfully admitted.
Further reading
Fairness needed for processing – Guidy Mamann, March 24th, 2008
