This is an automatically generated report on immigration from Mauritius to the United States of America using data from the US State Department and the US Department of Homeland Security.
For Fiscal Year 2021 there were 925 nonimmigrant visas issued for Mauritius, compared to a global average of 13,960 nonimmigrant visas issued per country. This represents a -39% change from the previous fiscal year.
| Visa | FY 2021 | FY2020 | % Change | FY2016 | 2021-2016 % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transiting the United States (C1/D) | 512 | 509 | 0.6% | 1,012 | -49.4% |
| Business visitor or tourist (B1/B2) | 228 | 838 | -72.8% | 2,461 | -90.7% |
| Exchange Visitor (J1) | 104 | 36 | 188.9% | 63 | 65.1% |
| Student (F1) | 53 | 31 | 71% | 81 | -34.6% |
| Employee of a designated international organization or NATO (G4) | 8 | 11 | -27.3% | 19 | -57.9% |
| Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge (H1B) | 4 | 11 | -63.6% | 28 | -85.7% |
| Intra-company transferee (L1) | 3 | 18 | -83.3% | 12 | -75% |
| Diplomat or foreign government official (A1) | 2 | 8 | -75% | 7 | -71.4% |
| Intra-company transferee (L2) | 2 | 1 | 100% | 10 | -80% |
| Student for vocational purposes (M1) | 2 | 0 | Inf% | 2 | 0% |
From 2022-07-01 to 2021-08-01 there were 23 immigrant visas issued for Mauritius compared to a global average of 2,409 immigrant visas per country over the same time period.
| Visa | Total Visas Issued |
|---|---|
| Parents of US Citizen (IR5) | 7 |
| Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (IR1) | 5 |
| Unmarried children of IR1 Visa Holders (IR2) | 4 |
| Siblings of US citizens and/or their children and spouses (F4) | 3 |
| Certain Special Immigrant (SE) | 2 |
| Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) | 1 |
| Family of Lawful Permanent Resident (FX) | 1 |
| NA | NA |
| NA | NA |
| NA | NA |
For Fiscal Year 2020, 68 people from Mauritius were granted permanent residence in the US, also known as a “green card”.
| Admission Class | Total New Residencies Granted |
|---|---|
| Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | 32 |
| Employment-based preferences | 30 |
| Family-sponsored preferences | 3 |
| Diversity | 3 |
| Refugees and asylees | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| US State | Total New Residencies Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | 12 |
| Florida | 8 |
| California | 7 |
| Massachusetts | 4 |
| Michigan | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 |
| Utah | 3 |
| Alabama | 0 |
| Alaska | 0 |
| Arizona | 0 |
| Metro Area | Total New Residencies Granted |
|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 14 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 6 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 4 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 3 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 0 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | 0 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 0 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 0 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 0 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 0 |
Moving on the refugees and asylees (asylum seekers), in FY 2020 there were new refugee arrivals and 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, were affirmative asylees, who had proactively applied for asylum, and 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, 152 people from Mauritius were determined inadmissible, meaning they were not approved to enter the US. A further were apprehended within the US on suspicion of being there illegally, of which were removed for non-criminal charges and were removed on criminal charges, with the remainder either released on still awaiting a final decision.