nonimmigrant
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- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˈɪmɪɡrənt/
- Formal
:
no inmigrante
- Many nonimmigrant workers come to the United States for seasonal jobs without planning to stay long-term.
- nonimmigrant visa
- nonimmigrant students
Examples
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The application for change of nonimmigrant status is filed on INS Form I-506.
Academic text (1990) -
Although Chapter 16 directly affects the immigration laws of the parties, it affects only nonimmigrant or temporary entries.
Academic text (1996) -
Our study adds to this research by finding similar results in a nonimmigrant Latin American sample.
Academic text (2012) -
For nonimmigrant children, the books contain information about what it means to be an immigrant.
Academic text (2004) -
The bill contains many more changes to the overall immigrant and nonimmigrant structures than the Kennedy-Simpson bill does.
Academic text (1990) -
A CIMS allows an employer to continuously monitor the immigration status of each of its nonimmigrant employees.
Academic text (1993) -
Another source also confirmed that the United States consulate in Ireland was "issuing nonimmigrant visas left and right."
Academic text (2002) -
T-nonimmigrant status allows eligible aliens to remain in the United States temporarily and grants specific non-immigrant benefits.
Academic text (2003) -
The extension application is made by filing INS Form I-539, Application for Extension of Nonimmigrant Stay.
Academic text (1990) -
The strength of this approach is that it examines the relationship between US cultural influence and suicidal behavior in a nonimmigrant Latino population.
Academic text (2012)
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonimmigrant is made from non- meaning 'not' and immigrant (from immigrate, 'to move into a country to live'), which shares the same root as migrate meaning 'move'. So a nonimmigrant visa or status is for someone who is 'not' coming to live permanently but only staying temporarily.