Indicator in all countries

Valid Residence permits

• Austria
• Bulgaria

  Such data is not available for 2011.

• Cyprus

  In 2011, a total of 70,437 permits to third country nationals were in force.

• Denmark

  In 2010, 59,019 valid residence permits were issued.

• Finland
• France

  In 2010 (the latest available data) 195 337 first residence permits were issued.

• Germany
• Greece

  According to Eurostat, all valid permits on 28.11.2012 were 549,602.

• Hungary

  220.000 (30.06.2011)

• Ireland

  According to estimetes from the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service there were approximately 115,000 non-EEA (European Economic Area) registered with permission to reside in Ireland at the end of  2013. 

• Italy

  3.587.653 (year 2011).

• Poland

  According to Poland's Office for Foreigners there were about 100 298 residence-card holders as of 31 December 2011.

• Portugal

  By the end of 2011 the total number of valid residence permits was 434,708, according the Portuguese Report of Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum - 2011 published on June 2012. 

• Romania

  45929 short term permits

  10829 long term permits

  at the end of 2012

   

• Slovenia

  On 31 December 2011 there were 100.910 migrants with valid residence permit.

• Spain

  5,363,368 people in september 2012

• Sweden

  In 2012, the  Swedish Migration Board and the Migration Courts issued 111090 valid residence permits.