Expat vs Immigrant Debate
The cluster revolves around discussions debating the differences between 'expat' and 'immigrant', including semantic distinctions, temporary vs permanent moves, and biases in terminology based on nationality or perspective.
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What you describe sounds like an immigrant, not an expat.
Off topic but are expat and immigrant the same concept?
What makes you an expat and not an immigrant to your host country?
Love it when it's an "expat" when from the US or the UK, but an immigrant for all other countries.
Aren't you immigrants? I thought expats were temporarily immigrants, but you don't sound as planning to go back to the USA.
It’s an expat from and an immigrant to. In the case of the us, these government works hard to keep track of their expats for tax reasons. You can state your point of view with the use of either term.
They are not immigrants, they are expatriates.
Immigrant is the English word that denotes someone moving permanently to a new country. Emigrant means someone going to another country permanently. That is to say, moving to Canada from the US one would be considered an immigrant in Canada and an emigrant in the US. An EXPATRIATE(expat for short) is someone working or living in a country not of their origin, and still consider themselves to be whatever nationality they are from. Typically used in the UK or anywhere else that speaks English.
You are an immigrant, not an expat.
they are not immigrants, they are expats /s