Indians are the largest non-migrant resident community in the US

In 2016, one in every four non-resident overseas national was an Indian. A report states that about 60% of non-migrant residents belonged to Asian countries. China accounted for almost 15%.

2016 had 2.3 million non-migrant residents consisting mainly of students, workers, exchange visitors, diplomats and others. 2015 had 2 million such residents which were 15% less than in 2016. This was confirmed by a report compiled by the Dept. of Homeland Security.

As per the report, the temporary migrants were in the US for:

• Tourism
• Education
• Work
• To participate in exchange programs
• To represent a foreign Govt. or global organization
• Dependent family members of the primary non-immigrant

There were 580,000 non-migrant resident Indians in the US in 2016. 440,000 of these were foreign which also included H1B Visa holders. 140,000 non-migrant resident Indians in the US were international students.

China came second with 340,000 non-migrant residents in the US. As per the report, 260,000 of them were students while 40,000 were temporary workers.

75% of all Indian citizens in the US were temporary workers. They made up almost 40% of all the temporary worker population in the US.

On the other hand, 75% of all Chinese nationals were international students in the US. Chinese students formed 30% of all the international students in the US.

China also made up for 15% of exchange visitors while India accounted for 4%.

The other countries with large non-migrant residents were Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.

Similar to India, Mexico had 85% nationals as temporary workers in the US and 10% as students.

Canada and Japan had about 65 to 70% of temporary workers in theUS and about 20 to 25% of students.

Just like China, Saudi Arabia and South Korea had more international students in the US than temporary workers.

As per the latest CRS report, the Dept. of State issued 9 million non-immigrants visas in the 2018 fiscal year. In contrast, it had issued 10.9 million visas in 2015. The Dept. issued 6.8 million Tourist and Business Visas which made up 3/4^th of all non-immigrant visas issued by the US in 2018.

As per the report, other noteworthy groups were temporary workers who received 924,000 visas or 10.2% of the total. International students got 399,000 or 4.4% of the total non-immigrant visas. Exchange visitors got 382,000 or 4.2% of the total visas.

Continent-wise, Asia received the most number of non-immigrant visas in 2018 at 43%. On second place was North America with 21% followed by South America with 18%. Europe and Africa accounted for 12% and 5% respectively, as per LiveMint.

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