Interesting....

Maybe it's just me, but I always thought an ex-pat of any color/gender was one who was living a retired, non-employed life outside their home country; and that an immigrant was anyone of any color/gender was one who was working for income in another country outside their home country.

Does not the BOI make VISA distinctions in this regard? Or are VISAs issued along "color lines" only?

nwlivewire

 

..........I must be an alien. Don't think I'm an immigrant. I have silver skin, big dark eyes in a big head. I can see through objects and read minds, so be careful.

 

NAH! You don't scare me I have a Teenage Daughter

Back to the Plot, BI still seem to be amused by the word FOREIGNER, Manila us that word a lot when they change rules.

JP

 

Load of nonsensse. Most see an expat as someone living abroad as their residence generally retired, and NOT eligible for immigrant status. Expat is actually to many lower status then an Immigrant. An expat can never belong to the new country and have equal rights that an immigrant can attain through gaining citizenship and full rights.

So to me the article is backwards. Expat is a term to disqualify people often white from developed countries from gaining full legal status and equal rights. They get to be an expat with many cutbacks and negatives.

Generally an immigrant can become a citizen. If in the Philippines that would mean allowed to own a firearm, allowed to work, own land, own a business, and not have certain negative laws directed at foreigners used against them. An expat however gets so many potential losses.

 

In larger cities an expat is generally someone employed with a working visa in a foreign country. For the most part, their lifestyle equates to the upper echelon. I worked as an expat most of my career and was never considered an immigrant.

 

Dear PatO:

Where did your work take you?

nwlivewire

 

For work, I lived in Belgium, England, Austria, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Philippines, and spent considerable work time in Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, India, if I remember all of it correctly.
While that may look exotic to some, it took its toll on marriages and long and too many flights. Nevertheless, I enjoyed traveling and working outside of the U.S. than travelling and working all around the U.S. Some regrets but not many.

 

WOW!

While there are many big pluses and a few big minuses, you have indeed, experienced a world-wide range of travel and cultural immersion.

That's awesome!

V/R,
nwlivewire