Thank you for your thoughts. I guess specifically I wanted to address cases where a person hasn't necessarily left their home country, but some transnational aspect of life has appeared anyway. The point of my question is the inverse of expatriates.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/284/… - that is, embracing specifically the topics of immigration

I'd like to follow up on my observation from two years ago. Apparently, Travel.stackexchange.com ALSO sucks now, for the same reason. I just scrolled through a page of 30 travel questions, and all but 19 of them concerned visa applications, including multiple people asking how to make the best of their situation after having violated the immigration rules of their host countries. I think it is a sign that people are transnational now, and governments have really not caught up with this trend, except for the occasional minor panic about a "migrant crisis".

(*) where the asker's situation is identical to mine, and I know for a fact that the law underlying the question has not changed (in my country, the immigration law is redesigned with every new government change)

Dan that's a very good question. If I could get to the heart of it, I am here because I have learned a lot in the years since I left my home country, and I would like a chance to help others by answering questions. But, I am unqualified qualified to answer 100% of immigration questions; and I can only offer helpful advice in a narrow 0.1% (*). I think that immigration questions - unless our site is full of immigration lawyers willing to give advice for free - are going to attract low quality answers based on guesswork.

Hi jmort253, you need to register in a state that believes you are still a resident somehow. vote.usa.gov

Why does the community need to be large? I think it would be more important to be focused; this would in turn lead to better quality content.

I've been a transnational for more than ten years now. I would rather answer questions for others. BUT: I am not an immigration lawyer.