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Immigrant. That’s the term. I’m also an immigrant. There’s no shame on using the term.
by tkiolp4 1y ago
Immigrant. That’s the term. I’m also an immigrant. There’s no shame on using the term.
- dnissley 1y agoExpat has a more specific connotation than immigrant. It is not a synonym.
- Bnjoroge 1y agoHe's looking to gain permanent residency, that's an immigrant. Nothing different lmao
- PenguinCoder 1y agoNo, it is not the same. One can be an immigrant and not a expatriate.
- Bnjoroge 1y agoit is lmao, you are just quibbling over technicalities. He is an immigrant because he is looking to stay in that country permanently and not temporarily.
- camhayes 1y agoNot permanently
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago> quibbling over technicalities That is this entire thread, including the OP, with whom you seem to agree. Why have you not complained to tkiolp4 that they are just quibbling over technicalities? To be frank, I rather suspect it's because "quibbling over technicalities" is something that does not concern you, except as it can be a convenient excuse to dismiss an argument you don't want to engage with intellectually.
- camhayes 1y agoNot permanent residency
- nicbou 1y agoDepending on the circle, the connotation can be fairly negative. It's a term I have stopped using because it tends to separate people along ethnic or economic lines, even when they're in a country for exactly the same reasons.
- tempmigrant 1y agoIn English, immigrant means “a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country,” while expatriate means “a person who lives outside their native country.” You might dislike how rich British bankers in Hong Kong are called expats, while poor Eritrean refugees in Britain are called immigrants. But technically, those usages are accurate. Still, expatriate often carries the connotation of a higher-status person living in a lower- or similar-status country—like a British banker in Hong Kong. It doesn’t quite fit when someone of middle status moves laterally—say, an American recent graduate relocating to Europe. Migrant is denotatively correct, but the connotation doesn't quite match because in practice it used for low status or irregular immigrants. In many such cases, it may be best to avoid using any of these terms at all. Temporary residence might be the term we’re looking for and it likely reflects the legal status as well.
- Bnjoroge 1y agoHe's looking to gain residency, he's looking to immigrate. Stop quibbling over terminology
- tempmigrant 1y agoKeep arguing with the dictionary.
- Bnjoroge 1y agono one's arguing lmao.