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Who
is Expatriate?
An expatriate (in abbreviated form, expat) is a person
temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture
other than that of the person's upbringing or legal residence.
The word comes from the Latin ex (out of) and the Greek
and Latin patria (pat - country), and is sometimes misspelled
(either unintentionally or intentionally) as ex-patriot
or short x-pat, because of its pronunciation.
The term is often used in the context of Westerners
living in non-Western countries, although it is also
used to describe Westerners living in other Western
countries, such as Australians living in the United
Kingdom, or Britons living in Spain.
 Expatriate
can just as well be used to describe any person living
in a country other than where they hold citizenship,
but is generally not used for government officials stationed
in a foreign country.
The difference between an expatriate and an immigrant
is that immigrants (for the most part) commit themselves
to becoming a part of their country of residence, whereas
expatriates are usually only temporarily placed in the
host country and most of the time plan on returning
to their home country, so they never adopt the culture
in the host country - though some may end up never actually
returning, with the distinction then becoming more a
matter of their own viewpoint.
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