foreign national
Citizen of elsewhere
A foreign national is a person who holds citizenship in a country other than the one where they currently are.
The term appears frequently in legal, immigration, and diplomatic contexts: Foreign nationals must register with authorities within 30 days of arrival.
It's more formal than "foreigner" and carries less baggage than "alien," making it the preferred term in official documents and policy discussions.
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- migrant workerPerson relocating for employment
- passport controlBorder document verification point
- residencyState of dwelling somewhere
asylum · naturalization · assimilation · treaty · deportation · travel ban · illegal alien · visa overstay · ethnic identity · consulate · diaspora · acculturation · citizenship · refugee · remittance · green card · skilled labor · labor market
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- taxpayersindividual, dependent, head of household, resident, nonresident
- foreignersimmigrant, immigrants, migrant, expats, non-native
- border controlvisa requirements, passport control, guard, border crossing, border security
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- citizenshipcitizen, citizenship laws, citizenship law, citizenship test, citizenship ceremony
foreign nationalcitizen
Legal national member
national · naturalized citizen · countryman · fellow citizen · legal resident
foreign nationalnative
Originating from a place
local · native-born · insider · local resident · countryman
foreign, national, foreigner, foreignness, nation, nations, nationals, nationally, nationalism