1.   Police were not interested in her Marriage certificate, her permit to leave home or her temporary residence card for Zhuhai.

2.   In practice, however, social workers say that residence cards are difficult to obtain and that government agencies demand evidence of citizenship before giving benefits.

3.   It was in Melbourne that Abu Kamal obtained a Florida residence card and purchased the Beretta semiautomatic handgun used in the shooting.

4.   Medical and unemployment benefits were conditioned on a permanent residence card and not citizenship, said Zdenek Matejka, a citizenship expert of the Czech government.

5.   Thorsten Albrecht, the landlord, said the men said they wanted to share the place to save money and all three presented legal residence cards.

6.   Police said they were being detained because they did not have temporary residence cards authorizing them to live in Canton.

7.   The second measure will give limited duration residence cards to those with temporary residence permits.