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nonimmigrant

nonimmigrant noun: a person who is not an immigrant.

Noun

nonimmigrant (plural nonimmigrants)

  1. A person who is not an immigrant.
    • 14 June 2018, 115th Congress 2D session
      Beginning on the date that is 5 years after an alien becomes a contingent nonimmigrant, if that alien retains status as a contingent nonimmigrant, then in applying section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(a)) to the alien - (1) such...
    • The administration’s actions, White wrote, “uniformly wreaked havoc not only on the lives of Plaintiffs here but on similarly situated F-1 nonimmigrants across the United States and continues do so.”2025 May 22, Devan Cole, “Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending legal status for foreign students attending US schools”, in CNN

Forms of nonimmigrant

pluralnonimmigrants

Origin of nonimmigrant

From non- + immigrant.

Questions about nonimmigrant

What does nonimmigrant mean?
Nonimmigrant means a person who is not an immigrant.
What part of speech is nonimmigrant?
Nonimmigrant is a noun.
What is the plural of nonimmigrant?
The plural of nonimmigrant is nonimmigrants.

Words near nonimmigrant in the dictionary

  1. nonimmanent
  2. nonimmediate
  3. nonimmersed
  4. nonimmersion
  5. nonimmersive
  6. nonimmigrant
  7. nonimmigrants
  8. nonimmigration
  9. nonimmobilized
  10. nonimmune
  11. nonimmunised

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