Originally Posted by GUWonder
Do you want to expand the discussion of "immgration" to things like the UK's "indefinite leave to remain/enter" and "settled status"?
Let me google those terms first and find out more about them. We've dragged this thread pretty far away from the OPs original intent.
I find the whole subject of immigration, what moves people to migrate (especially beyond the most basic reasons of survival or economics), what countries do to either enable or bar immigration, and how people manage that bureaucracy fascinating.
In some sense, it ties in to the travel bug, but at the extreme end.