Published on : February 13, 2023
Among the most popular countries for Indians to travel overseas for visit, work, study, or migrate are -
Let’s see how many Indians got visas in 2022 for these countries under the popular visa categories.
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How many Indians got US visas in 2022? Data available only for January-November 2022. |
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Visa Category |
Visas Issued |
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B1: Temporary business visitor |
476 |
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B1/B2: Temporary visitor for business & tourism |
348,807 |
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B2: Temporary visitor for tourism |
129 |
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F1: Student visa |
103,611 |
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F2: Dependents of F1 visa holder |
2,871 |
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H-1B: Specialty occupations and fashion models |
175,541 |
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H4: Dependents of H-1B visa holder |
126,485 |
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L1: Intracompany transferees at managerial or executive positions |
22,320 |
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L2: Intracompany transferees |
26,388 |
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How many Indians got US Green Cards between January- June 2022? |
40,664 |
Reforms in the US immigration systems are expected in 2023-2024. One such reform can allow all spouses of H-1B visa holders to work, and not just those who are in the process of applying for permanent residency or awaiting grant of US Green Card.
A change in the USCIS regulation can bring spouses of H-1B visa holders at par with the spouses of L-1 intra-company transferees that for whom work authorization is “incident to status” of the L-1 visa holder.
As of now, only data until November 2022 is available under the Monthly Updates by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
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How many Indians got Canada visas in 2022? Data available only for January-November 2022. |
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Visa Category |
Visas issued |
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Canada PR |
117,311 |
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Canada Study Permit |
331,218 |
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Canada visitor visa |
303,965 |
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How many Indians got Canadian citizenship in 2022? |
55,558 |
Canada will be welcoming 465,000 new permanent residents in 2023. Many of these will be economic immigrants that can make a positive contribution to the Canadian labour market. Express Entry and the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) are among the most popular ways to get Canadian permanent residence.
The Indian-born population is the second-largest migrant community in Australia, taking the second place after the United Kingdom at the top. There were an estimated 721,050 Indian-born people living in Australia at the end of June 2020.
As per the 2021 – 22 Migration Program Report of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) of the Australian Government, India was the largest source country of migrants in 2021-22. The program year runs from July to June.
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How many Indians got Australia visas in 2021-2022? |
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Visa Category |
Number of visas issued to Indians |
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Australia visitor visa |
200,325 |
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Australia Student (subclass 500) visa |
42,627 |
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24,324 |
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How many Indians got Australian citizenship in 2021-2022? |
30,160 |
195,000 will get Australia PR visas in 2023. Of these, 142,400 will get permanent residence through the Skilled Migration Program.
As per Statista - a leading provider of market and consumer data - in 2020/21 there were around 896,000 Indian nationals living in the UK.
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How many Indians got UK visas in the year ending September 2022? |
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Visa Category |
Number of visas issued to Indians |
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UK Standard Visitor visa |
3,77,099 |
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UK Student visa |
127,731 |
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UK Worker Visas |
56,042 |
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How many Indians got British citizenship in the year ending September 2022? |
16,420 |
According to a media release by the think tank Social Market Foundation (SMF), “The post-pandemic immigration rate of 1.1 million arrivals a year could be the start of a trend towards historically high migration levels in the coming decades ……… Britain’s ageing population and skills shortages will mean the country has an ongoing demand for migrant workers.”
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