Indians 2nd Largest Populace Getting Citizenship of US

Washington: After Mexico, India is the second-largest source country for new citizens in America, according to a latest Congressional report.

As many as 65,960 Indians officially became US citizens.

According to the report,  around 46 million foreign-born persons resided in the United States in 2022, approximately 14 per cent of the total US population. Of these, 24.5 million, about 53 per cent were naturalized citizens of the US.

In its latest “US Naturalisation Policy” report of April 15, the independent Congressional Research Service in 2022 a total of 969,380 individuals became naturalised US citizens.

“Individuals born in Mexico represented the largest number of naturalisations, followed by persons from India, Philippines, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic,” the report said.

According to the CRS, in 2022, as many as 128,878, Mexicans became American citizens. They were followed by Indians (65,960), the Philippines (53,413), Cuba (46,913), Dominican Republic (34,525), Vietnam (33,246) and China (27.038).

According to CRS as of 2023, 2,831,330 foreign born American nationals were from India, which is the second largest number after Mexico’s 10,638,429. Mexico and India are followed by China with 2,225,447 foreign-born American nationals.

As of 2023, as many as 290,000 India-born foreign nationals who were on Green Card or Legal Permanent Residency (LPR) were potentially eligible for naturalisation.