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Posted on July 20 2022

Citizenship demand for US, Canada and UK is high among Indians

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By  Editor
Updated January 13 2024

Highlights

  • 163,370 Indians renounced US citizenship and became citizens of other countries in 2021
  • In 2019, 144,017 Indians abandoned their US citizenship
  • According to the data provided by Indian Home Ministry, Indians in 103 countries abandoned their citizenship

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Indians want citizenship for the US, the UK, and Canada

The United States is a main country to which Indians want to migrate and later transfer their citizenship to other countries. In 2021, the number of Indians who abandoned their US citizenship was 163,370. These Indians moved to other countries. This number was revealed by the latest government data.

The abandonment of US citizenship came down during the COVID period and 85,256 Indians relinquished their citizenship. In 2019, the number of people who left their US citizenship was 144,017.

Number of Indians who migrated to different countries

Most Indians transferred their citizenship to the United States, Australia, Canada, and the UK. The table below will reveal the number of Indians who migrated to these countries:

Country Number of Indians who migrated
United States 78,284
Australia 23,533
Canada 21,597
United Kingdom 14,637

 

Abandonment of citizenship

Union Minister of the State for Home in India, Nityanand Rai, has provided the data in the Lok Sabha. According to this data, Indians in 103 countries have abandoned their citizenship. Some of these countries are listed below:

Argentina Armenia
Australia Austria
Azerbaijan Bahrain
Bangladesh Belgium
Brazil Brunei
Canada China
Colombia United Kingdom
Finland France
Germany Indonesia
Iran Iraq
Malaysia Maldives
Netherlands New Zealand
Pakistan Ireland
Russia Saudi Arabia
Singapore Slovakia
Sri Lanka Thailand
United Arab Emirates USA
Venezuela  

 

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