Immigrate is most commonly used with to for the destination and from for the country of origin. Other prepositions usually add separate details such as time, place, or company.
Use immigrate to for the destination country or region and immigrate from for the place of origin. In, with, and into can appear in broader sentence structures, but they are not the main fixed complements of immigrate.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
To introduces the place where someone moves permanently.
From introduces the country or region someone leaves.
With adds information about company or belongings.
In usually introduces a year, period, or context rather than a direct complement.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Use to for the country or place someone moves to.
✕ They immigrated in Canada. ✓ They immigrated to Canada.Immigrate focuses on arrival in a new place; emigrate focuses on leaving a place.
✕ She immigrated from France to leave the country. ✓ She emigrated from France and immigrated to Spain.Into is possible in some contexts, but to is more natural for countries and cities.
✕ They immigrated into Germany. ✓ They immigrated to Germany.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Use immigrate to for the destination country or region.
Yes. Immigrate from names the place a person leaves.
Not always. Into can describe movement into an area, but to is usually more natural for countries and cities.
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