An immigrant is a person who had migrated from one country to another country. The word immigrant is used when talking about the country moved to. Emigrant is used when talking about the country moved from. Someone is an emigrant when they leave their country of origin and an immigrant when they arrive in their new country.

Use emigrant when talking about someone who has left their country of origin and immigrant when talking about someone who has moved to a new country.

An immigrant is a person who leaves one country to live in another, usually for economic reasons. An emigrant would be someone who leaves their home country and settles elsewhere, usually permanently.

The word immigrant is used when talking about the country moved to. Emigrant is used when talking about the country moved from.

An immigrant is a person who leaves their home country and moves to another country to find work or start a new life. The term emigrant is used like an opposite of immigrant, and is used when talking about a person who leaves their home country and moves to another country.

Informally, an immigrant is someone who crosses national boundaries and becomes a resident in another country. In practice only legal immigrants are considered here, even though the term may also include refugees and asylum seekers.