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Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 11:33 pm
by Dominic
ARE YOU a Brit living abroad but apoplectic with rage about foreigners living in the UK? Here’s how to convince yourself there’s a difference.
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Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:39 am
by WHL
I guess if someone is Dark skinned you class them as an immigrant, but if your white you class yourself as an expat
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:54 am
by Aargent
I don't see that the two are mutually exclusive.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 11:18 am
by Dominic
I am quite happy to be an immigrant.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 11:45 am
by WHL
Ive been called alot worse things
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 11:57 am
by AlanGW
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!
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:01 pm
by Dominic
I think its about time you phoned home.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:54 pm
by Jim B
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.
Jim
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 2:10 pm
by Devil
Am I an expat or an immigrant?
Yes!
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:56 pm
by Jamboal
Definitely an immigrant.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:25 pm
by galexinda
Certainly not a 'guest'.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:54 pm
by PhotoLady
I was always happy to be an immigrant.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 7:18 am
by jeba
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.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 7:48 am
by LouiseCastricum
I belong to the older alien category who became an expat immigrant.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:07 am
by bromerzz
Aline expat immigrant Tory supporter.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:43 am
by WHL
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.
Jim
I think your reply answers the question in a nut shell.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 7:09 pm
by Kili01
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.
Dee
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 8:41 pm
by WHL
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.
Dee
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
Cheers
I think ID cards are only issued to Cypriot citizens now.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:17 pm
by WHL
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.
Re: Are you an expat or an immigrant?
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:20 pm
by trevnhil
I don't know why they stopped issuing them. I have one and it is accepted everywhere I need ID