Nearly 66,000 Indians took oath of American citizenship in 2022: CRS report

As many as 65,960 Indians officially became US citizens, making India the second-largest source country for new citizens in America after Mexico

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Of these, 24.5 million, about 53 percent, reported their status as naturalised citizens.

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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.