How Many Immigration Applications Are Filed Each Year?[image: Lawful permanent resident flow]
Each year, the USCIS receives and processes about 6 million immigration applications from individuals and employers. Most applicants request one of the following: permission to permanently live in the U.S., permission to temporarily work in the U.S. or naturalization as a U.S. citizen. Green card applications Lawful permanent residents (LPRs or "green card holders") have permission to permanently live and work anywhere in the U.S., and they can attend public schools and own property. The *Arizona Republic* reported that in November 2012, more than 4.4 million applicants were still waiting for green cards. Of those, 1.3 million were in Mexico. Counting applicants already living in the U.S., experts estimated up to 5.5 million green card applications were pending at the close of 2012. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in 2013, the U.S. issued green cards to nearly 1 million applicants. Most of the approved applicants lived in the U.S. when they applied (54 percent) and were allowed to permanently live in the U.S. based on a family relationship with a U.S. citizen or another green card holder (66 percent). The leading countries of birth for new green card holders were Mexico (14 percent), China (7.2 percent) and India (6.9 percent). Since the year 1820, the U.S. granted slightly more than 1 million applicants permanent residence during each year of the following periods: - 1905-1907 - 1910 - 1913-1914 - 1989-1991 - 2001-2002 - 2005-2012 During every other year, less than 1 million applicants were welcomed as lawful permanent residents. In 1999, the U.S. approved approximately 645,000 permanent resident applications. That year rivaled turn of the century rates. For example, nearly 670,000 applicants were granted permanent residence in 1881, and about 649,000 applicants were granted permanent residence in 1902. [image: Lawful permanent resident flow by category of admission] Temporary worker applications Employment-based visas allow foreign workers to live in the U.S., and the employer usually files the application. One employment-based visa is the H-1B, which allows foreign workers in "specialty occupations" (math, engineering, law, architecture, advertising, etc.) to temporarily work in the U.S. In 2013, approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions were filed, and 134,000 were filed in 2012. One immigration expert estimated the USCIS will receive at least 160,000 applications in 2014 for the 85,000 available H-1B visas. An employer can help a foreign worker live permanently in the U.S. by filing an EB-2 visa application on the worker's behalf. The EB-2 is granted to professionals with advanced degrees (or general degrees with at least five years working with increasing responsibility), as well as to professionals with exceptional ability in science, art or business. [image: Persons naturalized between 1907 and 2013] Before an employer can apply to the USCIS for any visa on a worker's behalf, the employer must submit their own Labor Certification Application (LCA) to the U.S. Department of Labor. Employers who have filed the most LCA to date in 2014 include the following: - Infosys—32,379 applications, with an average salary of $76,494 - Tata Consultancy Services—8,785 applications, with an average salary of $66,113 - Wipro—6,733 applications, with an average salary of $69,953 - Deloitte Consulting—6,165 applications, with an average salary of $98,980 - IBM—5,839 applications, with an average salary of $87,789 Naturalization applications Individuals who are not U.S. citizens by birth can obtain nearly all the same benefits and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship through the process of naturalization. Nearly 780,000 natives of other countries were naturalized as U.S. citizens in 2013. Asylum applications are also among the 6 million applications processed annually by USCIS. In 2001, the U.S. approved about 39,000 asylum applications. Asylum application approvals have consistently decreased since then, with a low of around 21,000 in 2010. The U.S. approved about 29,000 asylum applications in 2012. [image: Persons naturalized by region and country of birth] On Monday, June 27, 2016 at 2:07:54 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/17/obama-admin-pace-issue-one-million-green-cards-migrants-majority-muslim-countries/ > > > Chart: Obama Admin. On Pace to Issue One Million Green Cards to Migrants > from Majority-Muslim Countries > > > > > > [image: Description: Refugees from Syria arrive at the Friedland shelter > near Goettingen, central Germany, on April 4, 2016, after arriving from > Turkey at the airport in Hanover. The first Syrians arrived in Germany from > Istanbul under a controversial EU-Turkey migrant pact. / AFP / dpa / Swen > Pfoertner / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read] > > SWEN PFOERTNER/AFP/Getty Images > > by CAROLINE MAY <http://www.breitbart.com/author/caroline-may/>17 Jun 2016 > 198 > <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/17/obama-admin-pace-issue-one-million-green-cards-migrants-majority-muslim-countries/#disqus_thread> > The Obama Administration is on pace to issue more than a million green > cards to migrants from majority-Muslim countries, according to an analysis > of Department of Homeland Security data. > > A chart released by the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the > National Interest Friday details the surge in immigration to the U.S. from > majority-Muslim countries since President Barack Obama took office in 2009. > > Specifically, in the first six fiscal years of Obama’s presidency (FY2009 > – FY2014), his administration issued 832,014 green cards to migrants > majority-Muslim countries, the most of which were issued to migrants from > Pakistan (102,000), Iraq (102,000), Bangladesh (90,000), Iran (85,000), > Egypt (56,000), and Somalia (37,000). > > The total 832,014 new permanent residents do not include migrants on > temporary, nonimmigrant visas — which allow foreign nationals to come to > the U.S. temporarily for work, study, tourism and the like. As the > subcommittee notes, the number also does not include those migrants who > overstayed the terms of their visas. > > [image: Description: Obama Admin On Track To Issue 1M GCs (1)] > <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/17/obama-admin-pace-issue-one-million-green-cards-migrants-majority-muslim-countries/attachment/obama-admin-on-track-to-issue-1m-gcs-1/> > > Regardless, as the subcommittee explained in its analysis, the U.S. is > playing host to immigrants from majority Muslim countries at an increasing > pace. > > Between FY 2013 and FY 2014, the number of green cards issued to migrants > from Muslim-majority countries increased dramatically – from 117,423 in FY > 2013, to 148,810 in FY 2014, a nearly 27 percent increase. Throughout the > Obama Administration’s tenure, the United States has issued green cards to > an average of 138,669 migrants from Muslim-majority countries per year, > meaning that it is nearly certain the United States will have issued green > cards to at least 1.1 million migrants from Muslim-majority countries on > the President’s watch. It has also been reported that migration from > Muslim-majority countries represents the fastest growing class of migrants. > > Green cards, or Lawful Permanent Residency, puts immigrants on the path to > citizenship and allows for lifetime residency, federal benefits, and work > authorization. Included in the totals are refugees, who are required to > apply for a green card after one year of residency in the U.S. Unlike other > types of immigrants, refugees are immediately eligible for welfare benefits > including Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), food stamps, and > Medicaid. > > A report > <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/10/more-than-90-percent-of-middle-eastern-refugees-on-food-stamps/> > from > the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) indicated that in FY 2013, 91.4 > percent of Middle Eastern refugees (accepted to the U.S. between 2008-2013) > received food stamps, 73.1 percent were on Medicaid or Refugee Medical > Assistance and 68.3 percent were on cash welfare. > > Green Card Totals, FY09-FY14: > > Pakistan (102K), Iraq (102K), Bangladesh (90K), Iran (85K), Egypt (56K), > Somalia (37K), Uzbekistan (30K), Turkey (26K), Morocco (25K), Jordan (25K), > Albania (24K), Afghanistan (21K), Lebanon (20K), Yemen (20K), Syria (18K), > Indonesia (17K), Sudan (15K), Sierra Leone (12K), Guinea (9K), Senegal > (8K), Saudi Arabia (9K), Algeria (8K), Kazakhstan (8K), Kuwait (6K), Gambia > (6K), United Arab Emirates (5K), Azerbaijan (4K), Mali (4K), Burkina Faso > (3K), Kyrgyzstan (3K), Kosovo (3K), Mauritania (3K), Tunisia (2K), > Tajikistan (2K), Libya (2K), Turkmenistan (1K), Qatar (1K), Chad (1K) > > > > > > > > [image: Description: > https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/2016/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange_184x116-v1.png] > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > > > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmOWFkdXRmBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjcwNDc5MjQ-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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