• DarkThoughts
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    72 months ago

    “obtaining immigration” - Can you say that in English? Sounds really wrong to me but I’m not a native speaker.

    • teft
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      172 months ago

      Obtain legal immigration status is how i would phrase it.

      • @friend_of_satan
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        52 months ago

        Attain.

        If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.

        • @Entropywins
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          22 months ago

          They would obtain a green card or whatever physical paperwork while attaining citizenship.

    • TheLowestStone
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      142 months ago

      You can say it but it won’t mean anything. Also “is absolutely mute” should be “are absolutely moot” and the semicolon is used incorrecty.

    • pelya
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      32 months ago

      Nope. Immigration is a process or an action, synonymous to ‘movement’, you cannot obtain it. You obtain a visa or a permit to perform immogration.