[eesmith]

The argument is that by your definition temporary foreign workers in the UAE are expats, since they are not immigrants.

This report, however, does not appear to include them in their survey, suggesting a mismatch between your definition, and that used by an organization which claims to be "the largest global expat network" with "4.5 million members."

Indeed, you'll be hard pressed to find poor temporary workers from less developed described as "expats".

For example, I've noticed few people refer to the ~200K low-skilled temporary Mexican laborers in the US under the H-2A visa as "expats", even though they fit your definition.

I've further noticed that "illegal immigrant" is used even for people who intend only temporary residence in the destination country.