Driven by strong naturalization pipelines in North America and Oceania, foreign nationality grants among this group surged by 41% over the prior five-year window. The shift highlights how established diaspora networks are securing permanent integration abroad, even as fresh cross-border inflows begin to decelerate. This trend keeps the community ahead of other major origin countries like Mexico and Syria in advanced economies. Canada saw an extraordinary surge, granting citizenship to 2.61 lakh Indian nationals between 2020 and 2024, which represents a 150% jump compared to the preceding five-year span.
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Naturalization rates surged significantly over the five-year period even as new immigrati…: Naturalization rates surged significantly over the five-year period even as new immigration flows from India experienced a sharp slowdown.
Canada, the United States, and Australia have cemented their roles as the primary destina…: Canada, the United States, and Australia have cemented their roles as the primary destinations for Indians seeking foreign nationality.
Immigrants now comprise 16% of total employment across the 38 advanced member nations of…: Immigrants now comprise 16% of total employment across the 38 advanced member nations of the OECD.
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9.25 lakh Indians acquired citizenship in rich nations in 5 years, up 41%: OECD
Indians continue to top the list of people acquiring citizenship in advanced economies, with around 9.25 lakh Indian citizens acquiring the nationality of an OECD member country between 2020 and 2024, according to the ‘International Migration Outlook – 2026’ report released on Thursday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).The figure marks a sharp increase of 41% from just over 6.5 lakh Indians who acquired citizenship of OECD member countries during 2015–2019. India remains the largest country of former nationality among those acquiring citizenship in OECD member countries, ahead of Syria and Mexico, whose nationals accounted for around 5.9 lakh citizenships in these countries each during the five-year period 2020–2024. Interestingly, while China was the sixth largest source country whose nationals acquired OECD member country citizenship, the numbers fell by nearly 12% to 3.4 lakh in 2020-2024 as compared to the previous five-year period.OECD comprises 38 member countries – notably US, UK, European nations, Australia, Canada, Japan and South Korea.According to additional data shared…
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