The United States welcomed 661,500 new citizens in the fiscal year 2022, with India the second largest country of birth for naturalised American citizens in the first quarter after Mexico.

FREMONT, CA: The USCIS welcomed 855,000 new US citizens during the fiscal year 2021. By June 15 of the Fiscal Year 2022, the USCIS had welcomed 661,500 new citizens and had made substantial headway in lowering the wait times for naturalisation. The USCIS announced that between July 1 and July 8, more than 140 naturalisation ceremonies would welcome more than 6,600 new citizens in celebration of Independence Day. US Homeland Security reports that 34 per cent of new citizens in the first quarter of FY 2022 were from the top five nationality groups: Mexico (24,508), India (12,928), and the Philippines (11,316), Cuba (10,689), and the Dominican Republic (7,046). The US admitted 1,97,148 new citizens during this time. The top five nationalities in FY 2021 Q1 (Mexico, India, Cuba, the Philippines, and China) accounted for 35 percent of naturalizations, according to the report. The fiscal year of the US federal government spans from October 1 to September 30. The USCIS's Jaddou stated that while they work to welcome immigrants as their fellow citizens, they believe that America's promise is reinforced daily, adding that the nation will be stronger and more diversified because of the choice they have made.

Mexico topped the list of top countries of birth for those who became naturalised in 2020 (13 percent of the total), followed by India (7.7 percent), the Philippines (5.3 percent), Cuba (5.0 percent), and China (5.0 percent). The US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director remarked that throughout the nation’s history, the promise of both life and liberty and the freedom to pursue happiness had drawn millions of people from across the globe to build a home in America.