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Expat and immigrants are usually completely different categories. Technically both are 'migrants' but it wouldn't be the best term. If you work for a bank in I
by jariel 7y ago
Expat and immigrants are usually completely different categories. Technically both are 'migrants' but it wouldn't be the best term.
If you work for a bank in Ireland and they ship you off to Germany (or wherever) for a 2-year stint, you're an ex-pat.
If you marry a woman from Germany, move there, and start your citizenship process and plan to live there, 'immigrant' is a good term.
In between, it's gray.
- Anthony-G 7y agoThanks for the clarification on the usage of those terms. I grew up in the 80s where emigration and the plight of Irish emigrants were hot topics. Thankfully, the economic situation had improved by the time I reached adulthood so migration was a choice but it was still many years later before I came across the term, “expat”.