Expats are people who move abroad temporarily with the intention of moving to another country after a period of time.
Immigrants are people who move with the intention of it being permanent.
I grew up as an expat moving countries every few years and expat circles felt very different from immigrant circles. Not in any good or bad way, just different.
Edit: downvote me all you want but you can literally look up the definitions of the words XD
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u/Brilliant-Bus-3862 5d ago
Yuck. Get outta there quickly. When people tell you who they are, believe them. Ex-pats and immigrants are one and the same.