immigration
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
Other meanings
The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.
“It took ages to get through immigration last time.”
Related words
- antiimmigration
- anti-immigration
- proimmigration
- pro-immigration
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “immigration” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.