Becoming a Permanent Resident in the United States: List of Top 10 Countries with the Most Green Cards

The new green card rules may affect the countries that grant the most green cards, but the situation is more complicated than that.

new green card New rules announced by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services are causing great confusion and anxiety for green card applicants because they may not be allowed to remain in the United States until they are granted permanent residency. They must return to their home country and submit their application to the consulate there. USCIS said that so far, people coming to the U.S. temporarily have been allowed to change their status in the U.S., but that shouldn’t be the case because their intentions don’t match: They are coming to the U.S. temporarily but want to become permanent residents. Therefore, they should return to their home countries and follow due process from there with a view to becoming permanent citizens.Experts say this isn’t a change in the law, but small tweaks could have a big impact. Earlier, Donald Trump’s administration imposed travel bans, visa bans on multiple countries, but unlike previous immigration bans, this could affect any country. But the countries most affected are those that receive the most green cards.

Countries receiving the most green cards in 2023.

List of the top 10 countries with the most green cards

According to 2023 records from the Department of Homeland Security, the top 10 countries with the highest number of green cards granted are:Mexico: 180,530Cuba: 81,600India: 78,070Dominican Republic: 68,870China: 59,260Philippines: 49,200Vietnam: 36,000Afghanistan: 30,300Brazil: 28,880El Salvador: 26,210There are several types of green cards, with India dominating employment-based green cards, while Mexico remains the largest overall source of family-based green cards. Cuba and Afghanistan move up significantly in the chart due to humanitarian and asylum-related pathways.Mexico, India, the Philippines and China all have chronic backlogs of green card applications, meaning applicants must wait decades to receive a green card. Experts say the new rules, once implemented, will vary on a case-by-case basis.