Usually, the reason why a permit-issuing faction is not present in any system where they can give away the permit, is because a player group has gone to a lot of trouble and effort to eradicate them. Usually, it's a player group that's claimed the permit-issuing faction as their own, and wish to create a retaliation-proof base of operations.
Usually, such a faction was once present in those systems. Attempting to expand them will be difficult, as those systems they were formely present in will be de-priorotized for expansion targetting.