noncitizens
Residents without passports
Noncitizens are people who are not citizens of a particular country—immigrants, tourists, refugees, visa holders, undocumented residents.
The term is neutral and administrative, often appearing in legal and policy contexts: Noncitizens may be eligible for certain benefits.
It encompasses anyone from temporary visitors to permanent residents who haven't naturalized.
Those settling abroad
- aliensBeings from other worlds
- foreign nationalsPeople of another citizenship
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- residentsPeople living somewhere
deportation · naturalization · green card · asylum seekers · refugees · stateless · documentation · work permits
People living outside homeland
- migrantsPeople who move elsewhere
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- foreign-bornNative to elsewhere
- transnationalCrossing country lines
dual nationality · remittances · host country · home country · integration · assimilation · language barriers · braceros
Travelers seeing sights
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- workersPeople doing jobs
- diplomatsForeign government representatives
- asyleesThose granted protective status
parolees · business travelers · H-1B · F-1 · guest workers · seasonal workers · au pairs · investors
Failure to meet criteria
- public benefitsGovernment aid for citizens
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- disenfranchisementRemoval of voting rights
- travel restrictionsLimits on crossing borders
property ownership · taxation · due process · civil liberties · constitutional protections · federal employment · security clearance · military service
immigrants
Those settling abroad
- aliensBeings from other worlds
- foreign nationalsPeople of another citizenship
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
residents · deportation · naturalization · green card · asylum seekers · refugees · stateless · documentation · work permits · overstays
expatriates
People living outside homeland
- migrantsPeople who move elsewhere
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- foreign-bornNative to elsewhere
transnational · dual nationality · remittances · host country · home country · integration · assimilation · language barriers · braceros · foreign residents
tourists
Travelers seeing sights
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- workersPeople doing jobs
- diplomatsForeign government representatives
asylees · parolees · business travelers · H-1B · F-1 · guest workers · seasonal workers · au pairs · investors · fiancees
ineligibility
Failure to meet criteria
- public benefitsGovernment aid for citizens
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- disenfranchisementRemoval of voting rights
travel restrictions · property ownership · taxation · due process · civil liberties · constitutional protections · federal employment · security clearance · military service · professional licensing
- nonmembersoutsiders, strangers, foreigners, aliens, excluded
- migrantsmigrants, arctic tern, monarch butterfly, caribou, humpback whale
noncitizenscitizens
Members of a nation
nationals · naturalized citizens · countrymen · compatriots · passport holders