Rankings · 2023 Data

Top Countries by Immigration

Mexico leads with 128K applications. Rankings for all 198 countries of origin from USCIS data.

#	Country	Applications	Approval Rate	Top Visa Type
01	Mexico	128K	99%	Family Spouse
02	India	125K	99%	Employment 2nd Pref
03	China, People's Republic	59K	90%	Employment 1st Pref
04	Dominican Republic	40K	83%	Family Spouse
05	Philippines	36K	82%	Employment 3rd Pref
06	El Salvador	26K	79%	Family 2nd Pref
07	Vietnam	24K	78%	Family 4th Pref
08	Brazil	24K	78%	Family Spouse
09	Cuba	22K	77%	Family 2nd Pref
10	Colombia	21K	77%	Family Spouse
11	Jamaica	16K	75%	Family Spouse
12	Korea, South	16K	75%	Employment 2nd Pref
13	Honduras	14K	75%	Family Spouse
14	Guatemala	13K	74%	Family Spouse
15	Venezuela	13K	74%	Family Spouse
16	Nigeria	12K	74%	Family Spouse
17	Canada	11K	74%	Family Spouse
18	Ecuador	11K	74%	Family Spouse
19	Nepal	11K	74%	Diversity Visa
20	Pakistan	11K	74%	Family Spouse
21	Bangladesh	10K	73%	Family Parents
22	Haiti	9.8K	73%	Family Spouse
23	Ukraine	9.5K	73%	Diversity Visa
24	United Kingdom	9.1K	73%	Family Spouse
25	Iran	8.8K	73%	Employment 2nd Pref
26	Russia	8.0K	73%	Diversity Visa
27	Peru	7.8K	73%	Family Spouse
28	Egypt	5.9K	72%	Family Spouse
29	Albania	5.6K	72%	Diversity Visa
30	Yemen	5.5K	72%	Family Spouse
31	Ghana	5.3K	72%	Family Spouse
32	Turkey	5.1K	72%	Family Spouse
33	Taiwan	5.1K	72%	Employment 2nd Pref
34	Uzbekistan	4.7K	72%	Diversity Visa
35	Morocco	4.7K	72%	Diversity Visa
36	Kenya	4.7K	72%	Employment 3rd Pref
37	Ethiopia	4.7K	72%	Family Spouse
38	Cameroon	4.7K	72%	Diversity Visa
39	Jordan	4.6K	72%	Family Spouse
40	France	4.3K	71%	Family Spouse
41	Japan	4.2K	71%	Family Spouse
42	Thailand	4.1K	71%	Family Spouse
43	Argentina	4.0K	71%	Family Spouse
44	Germany	4.0K	71%	Family Spouse
45	South Africa	3.5K	71%	Family Spouse
46	Guyana	3.4K	71%	Family Spouse
47	Italy	3.4K	71%	Family Spouse
48	Israel	3.4K	71%	Family Spouse
49	Cambodia	3.4K	71%	Family Parents
50	Lebanon	3.4K	71%	Family Spouse

Show all 198 countries

#	Country	Applications	Approval Rate
51	Nicaragua	3.2K	71%
52	Poland	3.1K	71%
53	Algeria	3.1K	71%
54	Armenia	2.9K	71%
55	Australia	2.8K	71%
56	Spain	2.7K	71%
57	Saudi Arabia	2.5K	71%
58	Trinidad and Tobago	2.4K	71%
59	Hong Kong	2.3K	71%
60	Sri Lanka	2.3K	71%
61	Congo, Democratic Republic	2.2K	71%
62	Sierra Leone	2.2K	71%
63	Syria	2.2K	71%
64	Georgia	2.2K	71%
65	Costa Rica	2.1K	71%
66	Afghanistan	2.1K	71%
67	Belarus	2.0K	71%
68	Togo	1.8K	71%
69	Romania	1.8K	71%
70	Iraq	1.7K	71%
71	Chile	1.7K	71%
72	United Arab Emirates	1.7K	71%
73	Indonesia	1.6K	71%
74	Bolivia	1.6K	71%
75	Kazakhstan	1.5K	71%
76	Burma	1.4K	70%
77	Kyrgyzstan	1.4K	70%
78	Ireland	1.3K	70%
79	Cote d'Ivoire	1.3K	70%
80	Liberia	1.3K	70%
81	Zimbabwe	1.3K	70%
82	Malaysia	1.2K	70%
83	Moldova	1.2K	70%
84	Senegal	1.1K	70%
85	Bulgaria	1.1K	70%
86	Fiji	1.1K	70%
87	Cabo Verde	1.1K	70%
88	Sudan	998	70%
89	Guinea	978	70%
90	Azerbaijan	973	70%
91	Kuwait	969	70%
92	Netherlands	966	70%
93	Singapore	964	70%
94	Uganda	956	70%
95	All other countries	954	70%
96	North Macedonia	947	70%
97	Panama	933	70%
98	Mongolia	930	70%
99	Rwanda	908	70%
100	Greece	907	70%
101	Tajikistan	873	70%
102	Turkmenistan	830	70%
103	Gambia	828	70%
104	Hungary	818	70%
105	Somalia	781	70%
106	Soviet Union (former)	763	70%
107	Bahamas	761	70%
108	Sweden	744	70%
109	Portugal	731	70%
110	Uruguay	686	70%
111	Benin	685	70%
112	Kosovo	682	70%
113	New Zealand	642	70%
114	Saint Lucia	621	70%
115	Serbia	612	70%
116	Libya	611	70%
117	Switzerland	610	70%
118	Laos	603	70%
119	Eritrea	570	70%
120	Belize	564	70%
121	Tunisia	544	70%
122	Belgium	543	70%
123	Burkina Faso	529	70%
124	Serbia and Montenegro (former)	515	70%
125	Lithuania	496	70%
126	Tanzania	494	70%
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	476	70%
128	Czechia	465	70%
129	Dominica	445	70%
130	Grenada	445	70%
131	Qatar	387	70%
132	Paraguay	363	70%
133	Mali	362	70%
134	Denmark	356	70%
135	Angola	354	70%
136	Austria	327	70%
137	Zambia	326	70%
138	Slovakia	316	70%
139	Congo, Republic	311	70%
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	310	70%
141	Barbados	303	70%
142	Montenegro	299	70%
143	Finland	282	70%
144	Antigua and Barbuda	269	70%
145	Norway	263	70%
146	Croatia	252	70%
147	Latvia	247	70%
148	Burundi	233	70%
149	United States	228	70%
150	Tonga	210	70%
151	Oman	189	70%
152	Niger	177	70%
153	Malawi	159	70%
154	Mauritania	152	70%
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	138	70%
156	Bahrain	136	70%
157	Bhutan	133	70%
158	Samoa	128	70%
159	Estonia	108	70%
160	Djibouti	104	70%
161	Gabon	99	70%
162	Suriname	95	70%
163	Chad	86	70%
164	Cyprus	84	70%
165	Mauritius	82	70%
166	Slovenia	81	70%
167	South Sudan	74	70%
168	Madagascar	70	70%
169	Iceland	63	70%
170	Czechoslovakia (former)	56	70%
171	Macau	56	70%
172	Botswana	47	70%
173	Bermuda	45	70%
174	French Polynesia	41	70%
175	Mozambique	37	70%
176	Turks and Caicos Islands	37	70%
177	Sint Maarten	30	70%
178	Equatorial Guinea	29	70%
179	Guinea-Bissau	29	70%
180	Namibia	29	70%
181	Cayman Islands	28	70%
182	Virgin Islands, British	24	70%
183	Aruba	22	70%
184	Curacao	18	70%
185	Korea, North	18	70%
186	Papua New Guinea	18	70%
187	Luxembourg	15	70%
188	Brunei	12	70%
189	Malta	10	70%
190	Central African Republic	9	70%
191	Micronesia, Federated States	9	70%
192	Netherlands Antilles (former)	9	70%
193	Eswatini	8	70%
194	Marshall Islands	8	70%
195	Lesotho	7	70%
196	Montserrat	7	70%
197	Anguilla	3	70%
198	New Caledonia	3	70%

Frequently Asked Questions

All data comes from USCIS quarterly case status reports and the DHS Yearbook of Immigration Statistics. We process applications across all visa categories and countries of origin.

Applications include all immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions filed with USCIS, including green cards (I-485), naturalization (N-400), family petitions (I-130), work visas (I-129), asylum (I-589), and refugee admissions (I-590).

Approval rates vary by country due to the mix of visa types applied for. Countries with mostly family-sponsored and employment-based applications tend to have higher approval rates than those with more asylum or humanitarian applications.