Lacking the treasured permanent residence certificate, they must annually prove they have a job and apply for new temporary permits.

No domicile or permanent residence certificate (PRC) is required.

Therefore, after applying for permanent residency in the Cook Islands, a person may have to wait for a length of time before a Permanent Residence certificate is issued to him/her.

People with a "permanent residence certificate" are entitled to reside in Bermuda, but they are not citizens and their children do not become Bermudian (unless those children become status Bermudians in their own right).

By law, a maximum of 650 Cook Islands Permanent Residence certificates may be in effect at any one moment (excluding certificates issued to spouses of Cook Islanders or Cook Islands permanent residents who have been married for at least five years).