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Host country

Meaning in immigration & visas, with examples

nounCommon term

In immigration & visas, host country means: The country where a migrant, refugee, student or foreign worker lives, as opposed to their home country or country of origin.

In Turkish: ev sahibi ülke, kabul eden ülke, yaşanılan ülke

How it is used

Common in reports, academic writing and HR relocation documents. The opposite terms are home country, country of origin and country of nationality. Integration into the host country and learning its language are frequent topics.

Example sentences

  1. Newcomers often find the paperwork of their host country confusing in the first months.

  2. The programme helps students adapt to life in their host country.

Common collocations

  • host country
  • home country
  • country of origin
  • integrate into the host country
  • immigrantA person who has come to live permanently or for a long time in a country that is not their country of birth.
  • expatShort for expatriate: a person who lives outside their own country, often for work and often for a limited number of years.
  • migrantA person who moves from one place to another, inside a country or across borders, usually to find work or better living conditions.
  • relocateTo move to a new place to live or work, often because of a job and often with help from an employer.
  • refugeeA person who has left their country because of a well-founded fear of persecution and who needs international protection.

More terms: Migration Basics

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