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Are you an expat or an immigrant?

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I guess if someone is Dark skinned you class them as an immigrant, but if your white you class yourself as an expat
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I don't see that the two are mutually exclusive.
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I am quite happy to be an immigrant. :)
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:lol: Ive been called alot worse things
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I regard myself as both an expat and an immigrant
Those of us who arrived pre MEU1/3, and pre pink slip and have a brown book are also aliens!
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I think its about time you phoned home. :)
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When I worked abroad on short term contracts I classed myself as an Expat as my point of origin was still the UK. Moving to Cyprus I class myself as an Immigrant.

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Am I an expat or an immigrant?
Yes! :P
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Yup I am an ex-pat immigrant as well as an aged Alien
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Definitely an immigrant.
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Certainly not a 'guest'.
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I was always happy to be an immigrant.
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I´d say an immigrant is someone who has settled in their new country for good whereas an expat might (or will) move on (or back). Not sure which group I belong to.
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I belong to the older alien category who became an expat immigrant.
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Aline expat immigrant Tory supporter.
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Jim B wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:54 pm When I worked abroad on short term contracts I classed myself as an Expat as my point of origin was still the UK. Moving to Cyprus I class myself as an Immigrant.

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I think your reply answers the question in a nut shell.
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I think of myself as an expat, though like many others I was also classed as an alien by virtue of possessing ‘the little brown Alien Book’. Since then I’ve assembled a collection of pink and yellow slips, and also have a Cyprus ID card. But I might move on or back in the future. Still undecided.

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Les Bean wrote: Sun Dec 15, 2019 7:40 pm
Kili01 wrote: Sun Dec 15, 2019 7:09 pm I think of myself as an expat, though like many others I was also classed as an alien by virtue of possessing ‘the little brown Alien Book’. Since then I’ve assembled a collection of pink and yellow slips, and also have a Cyprus ID card. But I might move on or back in the future. Still undecided.

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Hi, can you tell me how to get a Cyprus Id card, cos ours expired some time ago, and we now have the meu3 bits of paper which are not so easily transportable
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I think ID cards are only issued to Cypriot citizens now.
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Les Bean wrote: Sun Dec 15, 2019 8:54 pm That's what I thought but Dee says she has one as an alien/immigrant/expat
Some UK expats were issued with I D cards back in the day, why the authorities stopped them, I'm not sure, one of the forum members might give us the answer.
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