The United States welcomed 661,500 new residents as of June 15 withinside the financial 12 months 2022, with India the second one biggest united states of america of delivery for naturalised American residents withinside the first sector after Mexico.
“Throughout our nation’s history, the promise of each existence and liberty, and the liberty to pursue happiness, is what has drawn hundreds of thousands from throughout the globe to name America their home,” US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director M Jaddou stated on Friday.
In Fiscal Year 2021, the USCIS welcomed 855,000 new US residents. In Fiscal Year 2022, the USCIS has welcomed 661,500 new US residents as of June 15 and made great development in lowering our naturalisation pending queues, the company stated.
The USCIS stated it might have fun Independence Day this 12 months through welcoming greater than 6,six hundred new residents in greater than one hundred forty naturalisation ceremonies among July 1 and July 8. The US celebrates its Independence Day on July 4.
According to the United States Homeland Security, 34 according to cent of naturalisations in FY 2022 Q1 consisted of folks from the pinnacle 5 nations of nationality: Mexico (24,508), India (12,928), the Philippines (11,316), Cuba (10,689), and the Dominican Republic (7,046). During this period, the United States welcomed 1,97,148 new residents.
In FY 2021 Q1, the pinnacle 5 nations of nationality (Mexico, India, Cuba, the Philippines, and China) accounted for 35 according to cent of naturalisations, it stated.
The US federal government’s financial 12 months runs from October 1 to September 30.
“At the USCIS, our notion withinside the promise of America is renewed each day as we paintings to welcome immigrants as our fellow residents,” stated Jaddou, adding “our united states of america could be more potent and greater numerous due to the selection they have got made.”
Among the pinnacle nations of delivery for folks naturalising in 2020, Mexico changed into the main united states of america (thirteen according to cent of the total), accompanied through India (7.7 according to cent), the Philippines (5.three according to cent), Cuba (5.zero according to cent), and China (4.2 according to cent).
