A truly serious question

[Rum-polephoreskin]

Forgot one thing, if you are retired, you can apply for Residency, which if granted, would allow you to stay as long as you want, at least until your passport needs to renew and you have to update your application.

In this case would residency be different than citizenship?
And I am retired.
I guess I knew that about cats, I was hoping things had loosened.
I'd love to have a JA cat, but regarding my current pal (seen in my avatar) it's a long story but I owe my cat and I couldn't leave him behind.
I've taken him with me on two road trips to AZ and adding in the north to south difference that's over half the width of the continent.
yada yada yada

Thanks for all your help!