Duration of stay

This tourist's access permit permits a 3-month visit to Arstotzka.

Duration of stay is one of the information fields on entry permits and access permits used by foreign entrants. If the duration listed on a document conflicts with what the entrant says, this counts as a discrepancy that must be cleared or otherwise allowing entry will lead to a citation. The discrepancy is pointed out in the inspection mode by comparing the duration of stay on the document with the entrant's statement on the audio transcript.

Immigrants are not asked for their duration of stay. Diplomats and asylum-seekers do not carry Access Permits, and therefore are not asked for a duration of stay either.

Possible durations of stay

Entrants often give an estimate rather than state the exact duration written on their documents. They will start by saying

• I stay...
• I remain for...
• It will be...

...and then they will say one of the things listed in the middle column. Entrants may say things that conflict with the table below (e.g. a tourist may say that they will stay until they die), but this always indicates a discrepancy.

Duration of stay	Verbal estimate	Entrant type
2 days	...just 2 days ...couple days	transients
14 days	...couple weeks ...just 14 days ...only two weeks	tourists, transients
1 month	...30 days ...a few weeks ...one month	tourists, workers
2 months	...60 days ...8 weeks ...couple months ...two months	tourists, workers
3 months	...90 days ...12 weeks ...three months ...a few months	tourists, workers
6 months	...six months ...half a year	workers
1 year	...one year ...full year ...a year	workers
forever	...forever ...until I die I don't plan to leave.	immigrants