Emigrant, means any citizen of India who intends to emigrate, or emigrates, or has emigrated but does not include:
(i) a dependent of an emigrant, whether such dependent accompanies that emigrant, or departs subsequently for the purpose of joining that emigrant in the country to which that emigrant has lawfully emigrated;
(ii) any person who has resided outside India at any time after attaining the age of eighteen years, for not less than three years or the spouse or child of such person. [Emigration Act, 1983 (31 of 1983), s. 2(1)(d)]
One who leaves his or her country for any reason with the intent to establish a permanent residence elsewhere, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 541.
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