Guest or …?

As a permanent resident for 10(?) years I appreciate being a contributing guest in Mexico.

As an analogy, I own a home. It is mine. I am not a guest in my home. Sometimes I will “grant” permission for someone to stay at my home. They are a “guest” as they have no “right” to be there, except to whatever extent that I extend the offer.

When I am in my country of citizenship, I am not a “guest” there; I have a right to be there. When I am in Mexico, because of the permission of the Mexican government, I consider myself to be a guest.

I try to be as good a guest here as I can be.