According to the latest Congressional report, 65,960 Indians officially became US citizens in 2022. This made India the second-largest source country for new citizens in America after Mexico.
According to American Community Survey data from the US Census Bureau, an estimated 46 million foreign-born persons resided in the United States in 2022, approximately 14 per cent of the total US population of 333 million.
Of these, 24.5 million, about 53 per cent, reported their status as naturalised citizens.
In its latest “US Naturalisation Policy” report of April 15, the independent Congressional Research Service stated that in the fiscal year 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,” it said.
Based on the latest available data, CRS said in 2022, as many as 128,878, Mexican nationals became American citizens. They were followed by Indians (65,960), the Philippines (53,413), Cuba (46,913), the 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, 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.
However, the CRS report said that as many as 42 per cent of India-born foreign nationals living in the US are currently ineligible to become US citizens.
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.
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