Have a look at the term "residence permit" in the EMN Asylum and Migration Glossary
The European Migration Network (EMN) Glossary is an essential resource, which offers an EU-wide multidisciplinary vocabulary of approximately 500 terms and concepts related to asylum and migration. Let's focus today on the term "residence permit" to make sure we have a common understanding and use of the term!
The term "residence permit" which is used in the recent EMN Inform on "Digitalisation of identity documents and residence permits issued to third-country nationals", is defined as:
"Any authorisation issued by the authorities of an EU Member State allowing a third-country national to stay legally on its territory.".
If you are interested in other terms, please check out the online version here.