acquérir la citoyenneté (par la naissance, par naturalisation):  to acquire citizenship (through birth, through naturalization)

(s’)adapter (à):  to adapt (to)

anglophone:  English-speaking

l’asile (m.): asylum, protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee

bilingue:  bilingual

la carte de séjour:  a resident identification card (like a U.S. Green Card)

le changement:  change

le choc de deux cultures:  culture shock

le·la citoyen·ne:  citizen

la citoyenneté:  citizenship

le droit (d’asile [m.]):  right (to asylum)

émigrer:  to emigrate, move from a country or region

en voie de développement:  developing

(s’)établir (dans):  to establish (to settle) (in)

étranger·ère:  foreign; unknown

à l’étranger:  abroad

être originaire de:  to be originally from 

francophone:  French-speaking

s’habituer (à):  to get used to

hispanophone:  Spanish-speaking

immigrer:  to immigrate, move to a country or region

s’installer (dans):  to settle (in)

s’intégrer (à):  to integrate oneself (into)

un·e migrant·e:  a migrant, someone who moves temporarily or permanently to a new region or country

le multiculturalisme:  multiculturalism

multiculturel·le, multiethnique:  Multicultural

partager:  share 

une personne d’origine mexicaine, haïtienne, chinoise, canadienne:  a person who is originally from (or whose parents or grandparents are originally from) Mexico, Haiti, China, Canada…etc. 

les pratiques culturelles (f.):  cultural practices (for example, artistic, religious, food, medical, household…)

le·la réfugié·e:  refugee

renoncer à:  renounce, give up

retenir:  keep, retain

le visa visiteur / étudiant:  a visitor/student visa