The U.S. naturalized 967,400 adult immigrants this year, the most since 2008. The record high comes as the government works to reduce a backlog of applications that was worsened by the pandemic.
The 2022 fiscal year's tally of people who were administered the oath of allegiance includes data from October 2021 through September 2022. However, it does not include children who were able to derive citizenship through their parents. In total, 1,023,200 adults and children became U.S. citizens in 2022.to become a U.S. citizen after they have lived in the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident for at least five years. Spouses of U.S. citizens can gain citizenship after three years.
There is also a path toward citizenship for those who have served in theEvery year, the U.S. grants green cards to hundreds of thousands of foreign workers and their family members. In 2022, the USCIS issued a total of 275,000 employment-based visas, which is nearly double the number of employment-based visas issued in 2019.have made up a significant portion of these visas. But recently, the number of visas issued to people from India has outpaced those given to workers from China.
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