This is an automatically generated report on immigration from India to the United States of America using data from the US State Department and the US Department of Homeland Security.

Visa Statistics from the US State Department

Nonimmigrant Visas

For Fiscal Year 2021 there were 276,506 nonimmigrant visas issued for India, compared to a global average of 13,960 nonimmigrant visas issued per country. This represents a -45% change from the previous fiscal year.

Most common nonimmigrant visas:

Visa FY 2021 FY2020 % Change FY2016 2021-2016 % Change
Student (F1) 80,451 15,323 425% 62,537 28.6%
Business visitor or tourist (B1/B2) 63,406 277,630 -77.2% 563,202 -88.7%
Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge (H1B) 46,006 94,558 -51.3% 126,692 -63.7%
Spouse or Child of Alien Classified H1B/B1/C or H2A/B or H–3 (H4) 45,211 57,545 -21.4% 110,003 -58.9%
Transiting the United States (C1/D) 16,182 18,869 -14.2% 32,956 -50.9%
Intra-company transferee (L2) 7,007 11,739 -40.3% 28,470 -75.4%
Intra-company transferee (L1) 4,893 9,716 -49.6% 23,511 -79.2%
Exchange Visitor (J1) 4,402 4,857 -9.4% 8,373 -47.4%
Dependents of F1 visa holder (F2) 2,015 1,394 44.5% 2,720 -25.9%
Exchange Visitor (J2) 1,754 1,434 22.3% 2,222 -21.1%

Immigrant Visas

From 2022-07-01 to 2021-08-01 there were 23,143 immigrant visas issued for India compared to a global average of 2,409 immigrant visas per country over the same time period.

Most common immigrant visas:

Visa Total Visas Issued
Parents of US Citizen (IR5) 7,592
Siblings of US citizens and/or their children and spouses (F4) 4,950
Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (IR1) 2,865
Married children of US citizens and their spouses and their children (F3) 1,801
Professionals and Other Workers (E3) 1,284
Returning Resident (SB1) 835
Family of Lawful Permanent Resident (FX) 620
Priority Workers (E1) 535
Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (CR1) 529
Unmarried children of IR1 Visa Holders (IR2) 469

Immigration Statistics from the US Department of Homeland Security

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Moving on the refugees and asylees (asylum seekers), in FY 2020 there were 3 new refugee arrivals and NA new asylees. The primary difference between refugees and asylees is that refugees are not currently in the US while asylees are either already in the US or at a point of entry. Among asylees, 158 were affirmative asylees, who had proactively applied for asylum, and 1,179 were defensive asylees, meaning they are currently in removal proceedings in an immigration court.

Sometimes immigrants, legal or otherwise, must be removed from their host country. In FY 2020, 18,655 people from India were determined inadmissible, meaning they were not approved to enter the US. A further 1,717 were apprehended within the US on suspicion of being there illegally, of which 1985 were removed for non-criminal charges and 546 were removed on criminal charges, with the remainder either released on still awaiting a final decision.