i got curious about the immigration stuff and started reading about our laws on that. apparently there’s a limit of ~1.3k residence permits a year, but americans aren’t counted towards that limit(?)
there’s no english version of this page but i’ll try to find something on our country’s official website
https://et.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamisluba_Eestis
okay why tf are they using the word ”alien” for people that don’t live here?? that sounds kinda racist (or maybe that’s just me idk lol)
@iamd3ad_un1corn alien is the correct legal term, especially for someone without an legal residence.
About the the Russians. in Sweden we had a lot of Russians coming from the Baltics, specifically because they didn't meet language requirements. and wanted permanent residency in the EU.
@ekg sounds like a very outdated legal term then.. idk i guess it just feels a bit dehumanising to me? autism moment you know hehe
@iamd3ad_un1corn Alien is sometimes used for extraterrestrial aliens, which of course is a very different thing.
Alien is apparently Latin, which means that modernised legal language should be avoiding the term. Not because it's dehumanising, but because it's considered anachronistic to write law in Latin.
