<p>I moved to the states in 1999 with my parents and my brother...</p>
<p>so what generation immigrant am i, and does this benefit me at all?</p>
<p>You are an immigrant. Your children will be first generation. And yes, it helps because you will be trying to succeed in a culture that is not your own.</p>
<p>The term is ambiguous. </p>
<p>Apparently, according to Webster's New World Dictionary, 2nd Ed.:</p>
<p>First-Generation (adj.)</p>
<p>1 - designating a naturalized, foreign-born citizen of a country</p>
<p>2 - designating a native-born citizen of a country whose parents had immigrated into that country</p>
<p>So both usages are technically correct (don't worry yourself w/ pointless squabbles over semantics anyway)</p>
<p>Here is a long thread I found elsewhere dealing w/ the subject:</p>
<p>P.I.T.E</a>. - First Generation vs. Second Generation</p>
<p>so i AM a a first gen. immigrant?</p>
<p>^ let me add more to that...</p>
<p>i'm considered to be first gen if im naturalized?</p>
<p>If you are naturalized than you are first generation. If not you are considered an immigrant.</p>