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Indians
among top three foreign nationals with US green card
Friday April 01, 2011 09:10:42 AM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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Washington:
Mexico, China and India topped the list of the countries whose
nationals were among over a million foreigners who became permanent
legal residents of the United States in fiscal year 2010 ended in
September.
While Mexico topped the list as the country of birth with 13 percent
of the 1,042,625 new legal permanent residents or green card
holders, China and India accounted for seven percent each, the
department of homeland security said Thursday.
Most of the 1,042,625 new legal permanent residents (54 percent)
already lived in the United States when they were granted their
green cards, according to DHS data.
Nearly two-thirds of the new recipients obtained the legal residency
status based on family ties to a US citizen or legal US permanent
resident.
Under the Immigration Act of 1990, the department places an annual
limit on the number of new applicants of between 416,000 and 675,000
for family-sponsored preference, employment-based preference and
diversity immigrants.
The number of family-sponsored applicants are limited to 226,000 to
480,000 per year.
Despite the number of green cards issued each year, some 10.8
million undocumented foreigners still live in the United States,
according to DHS figures.
(Arun Kumar can
be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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