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

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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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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