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NRI IMMIGRATION
Study Finds, India Among
High US Naturalization Rate
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According to a study, India posted the biggest increase among origin countries
with eligible immigrants for American citizens, between 2005 and 2015.
Around 80% eligible Indian immigrants have opted for American citizenship
in 2015, compared to 69% in 2005. This registered a 12% increase, according to
the Pew Research Center.
One other origin country that
showed increase for the same
is Ecuador from Africa, which
registered similar 12% point
increase between 2005 and
2015.
Pew said, “By 2015, eligible
immigrants from India had one
of the higher naturalization
rates (80 per cent) due to a
12- percentage-point increase
in its naturalization rate since
2005. Only eligible immigrants
from Ecuador (68 per cent
in 2015) had as large an
increase,”
“This is a bigger increase
than for US immigrants
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overall, among whom
naturalization rates jumped
from 62 percent in 2005 to
67 percent in 2015,” the
research center added.
During the same period,
the number naturalized
immigrants in the US have
showed a 37% increase, i.e
14.4 million in 2005 to 19.8
million in 2015. In the year
2015, with 86% and 85%
respectively, Vietnam and
Iran reported the highest
naturalization rates of any
group. Eligible immigrants
from China,Honduras and
Cuba declined from 2005 to
2015, as per the data from
the Pew Research Center.
On the other hand, the United
States denied naturalization
applications to nearly one
million immigrants between
2005 and 2015.
To gain eligibility for the US
citizenship, the immigrant
must be 18 years old lived in
the US for at least five years
as lawful permanent resident
or lived in the US for three
years for those married to a
US citizenship
And must be in a good
standing with the law