This is just playing with grammar. You can live somewhere permanently (in the grammar sense) while on a temporary permit (in the legal sense) and most people wh

This is just playing with grammar. You can live somewhere permanently (in the grammar sense) while on a temporary permit (in the legal sense) and most people who emigrate go through various stages of (legal) temporary permits before being granted permanent residence (eg often requires 5 years of uninterrupted "temporary" residency) or citizenship (often 10-15 years).