Form I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker,,,,,,,,,
Receipts by Beneficiary Country of Birth and Employment-Based Preference,,,,,,,,,
Fiscal Year 2023 (Q3),,,,,,,,,
Beneficiary Country of Birth,First Preference (EB1),,,Second Preference (EB2),,Third Preference (EB3),,,
,Alien of Extraordinary Ability (E11),Outstanding Professor or Researcher (E12),Multi-national Executive or Manager (E13),Professionals with Advanced Degrees (E21),National Interest Waiver (NIW),Skilled Worker (E31),Professionals with Baccalaureate Degrees (E32),Needed Unskilled Workers (EW3),Total
Total,"4,279","1,404","4,010","14,246","10,525","8,686","5,947","2,970","52,067"
INDIA,770,479,"1,795","9,697",579,731,"2,441",5,"16,497"
CHINA,"1,702",589,233,"2,418","1,412",270,668,17,"7,309"
PHILIPPINES,11, - ,30,54,24,"4,023",413,231,"4,786"
BRAZIL,163,22,236,103,"1,557",169,144,320,"2,714"
"KOREA, SOUTH",49,23,93,166,454,293,248,136,"1,462"
NIGERIA,63,4,17,46,734,368,49,18,"1,299"
IRAN,63,7,11,57,959,107,30,17,"1,251"
MEXICO,39,6,160,124,146,87,229,401,"1,192"
PAKISTAN,17,10,19,91,678,77,81,72,"1,045"
COLOMBIA,74,4,40,28,651,26,47,148,"1,018"
NEPAL,13,1,1,64,121,325,118,202,845
BANGLADESH,14,4,7,51,474,20,28,171,769
VIETNAM,5,1,10,31,81,42,57,501,728
CANADA,66,17,143,122,93,110,126,5,682
VENEZUELA,80,3,36,31,354,37,66,74,681
TAIWAN,20,13,23,150,121,59,124,13,523
KENYA,9, - ,6,12,30,438,13,9,517
UNITED KINGDOM,72,17,194,64,69,36,59,3,514
RUSSIA,201,9,28,43,142,22,37,7,489
GHANA,4, - ,8,16,82,230,11,7,358
FRANCE,31,12,100,76,53,36,45,2,355
TURKEY,39,15,32,47,108,25,45,22,333
ARGENTINA,61,4,54,20,92,25,23,14,293
GERMANY,32,21,54,35,48,24,22,2,238
JORDAN,1,2,2,14,31,162,9,3,224
THAILAND,5,1,4,9,17,103,12,62,213
ITALY,19,16,38,34,50,25,23,3,208
JAMAICA,3,1,1,3,16,113,67,2,206
SPAIN,24,8,51,22,45,12,33,6,201
EGYPT,9,10,11,24,89,32,22,1,198
UKRAINE,52,1,17,27,39,24,21,15,196
SOUTH AFRICA,16,3,63,16,21,31,13,23,186
PERU,18,1,13,19,89,8,13,24,185
JAPAN,17,10,25,23,32,26,39,3,175
LEBANON,16,3,7,21,39,36,17,10,149
KAZAKHSTAN,57, - ,3,9,66,2,8,3,148
POLAND,12,6,20,14,20,19,16,33,140
ISRAEL,22,4,38,19,23,13,14, - ,133
AUSTRALIA,18,4,28,23,8,28,21,2,132
ECUADOR,5,1,9,8,80,3,6,11,123
CHILE,12,2,15,17,41,9,15,3,114
SAUDI ARABIA,4, - ,3,14,28,42,15,4,110
SRI LANKA,3,2,7,23,47,3,14,10,109
UZBEKISTAN,42, - ,2,6,42,2,6,9,109
ZIMBABWE,2,2,5,6,8,50,9,21,103
IRELAND,6,3,30,10,8,9,35, - ,101
ETHIOPIA,7,3,1,8,29,8,10,23,89
ROMANIA,9,4,17,13,3,17,14,9,86
MONGOLIA,8, - , - ,4,23,5,8,37,85
HONG KONG,7,4,11,8,13,14,21,3,81
MALAYSIA,2, - ,13,11,8,10,31,2,77
GREECE,6,7,11,11,22,1,11,1,70
EL SALVADOR,5, - ,1,1,10,6,6,38,67
INDONESIA,1,1,6,18,10,10,19,1,66
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,5, - ,7,4,24,4,6,15,65
SOVIET UNION,32, - ,2,2,24,3,1, - ,64
CAMBODIA,1, - ,1, - ,1,3,1,54,61
COSTA RICA, - ,1,15,9,14,3,12,5,59
NETHERLANDS,5,6,21,13,7, - ,4,2,58
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,3,3,3,17,8,7,13,2,56
HONDURAS,2, - ,6,5,15,3,11,7,49
BELARUS,16, - ,6,4,10,5,6,2,49
SINGAPORE,5, - ,6,11,9,1,13,2,47
ARMENIA,19, - ,1,4,7,4,9,3,47
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,4,2,2,6,12,14,5,2,47
UNKNOWN,11, - ,2,4,17,3,3,6,46
KYRGYZSTAN,21, - , - ,1,17,1,5,1,46
CAMEROON,2, - , - ,6,18,13,3,1,43
SWEDEN,9, - ,11,2,7,9,4, - ,42
ALBANIA,3, - ,2,3,4,4,3,21,40
HUNGARY,5, - ,7,4,4,4,10,6,40
BELGIUM,4,3,11,5,10,3,3, - ,39
PORTUGAL,2, - ,9,4,10,5,8, - ,38
NIGER, - , - ,1,6,10,13,6, - ,36
MOROCCO,5, - ,3,11,3,4,8,2,36
UGANDA,5,2,2,4,7,11,3,2,36
GUATEMALA,3, - ,7,2,8,5,4,6,35
GEORGIA,21, - ,1, - ,5,1,6, - ,34
BULGARIA,4,1,8,4,6,3,7,1,34
HAITI, - , - , - ,1,3,24,1,1,30
KUWAIT,2, - , - ,6,9,6,4,2,29
SWITZERLAND,5,3,3,6,3,3,5, - ,28
NEW ZEALAND,3,1,11,2,1,3,6, - ,27
IRAQ,2, - ,2,5,15,2, - ,1,27
AZERBAIJAN,7,1, - ,2,12, - ,5, - ,27
"BAHAMAS, THE",2, - ,1,3,1,11,6,2,26
SERBIA,3,1,3,4,6,1,2,6,26
AUSTRIA,1,3,5,6,4,2,4, - ,25
SYRIA,3,1,1,4,5,2,6,2,24
TUNISIA, - ,4,2,5,9, - ,3,1,24
LIBYA, - , - ,3,2,12,3,2,1,23
ZAMBIA,1, - , - ,1,1,13,3,3,22
ALGERIA,2,3,3,1,7,2, - ,3,21
BOLIVIA,1, - ,1,1,14,1, - ,2,20
URUGUAY,4, - ,3,3,5,2,1,2,20
FINLAND, - ,1,11,3,1, - ,4, - ,20
MOLDOVA,5, - ,2,3,4,2,1,3,20
BURMA, - , - ,1,5, - ,4,4,5,19
TANZANIA,2, - ,2,3,4,3,2,2,18
DENMARK,3,2,6,1,3,2, - , - ,17
TAJIKISTAN,7, - ,1,1,4, - ,1,2,16
PANAMA, - , - ,4, - ,7,1,1,2,15
LITHUANIA,2, - ,3,2,2,1,3,2,15
RWANDA, - , - , - ,2,10, - ,2, - ,14
SLOVAKIA, - ,1,1,3,3, - ,5, - ,13
TURKMENISTAN,1, - , - ,2,5,1, - ,4,13
CROATIA,3,1,1,3,1,1,2,1,13
CZECHIA,2, - ,3,1,5, - ,2, - ,13
LATVIA,3, - ,3,1,5, - , - ,1,13
NORWAY,1, - ,2, - ,4,3,2, - ,12
YEMEN, - , - , - ,1,10, - , - ,1,12
NICARAGUA,2, - ,1,1,2,2,1,3,12
OMAN, - , - , - ,4,4,2,1, - ,11
NORTH MACEDONIA, - , - , - ,1,2,1,2,4,10
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,1,1,1,1,2, - ,2,2,10
CONGO (KINSHASA),1, - , - ,1,4,3,1, - ,10
PARAGUAY,1, - , - ,1,4,1,2,1,10
CÔTE D'IVOIRE, - , - , - ,2,3,1,4, - ,10
KOSOVO,1, - , - ,1,2,2, - ,4,10
AFGHANISTAN,1, - , - ,4,2,1,1, - ,9
SUDAN,1, - , - ,1,5, - ,1, - ,8
SAINT LUCIA, - , - , - ,1, - ,4,3, - ,8
GUYANA, - , - , - ,2,1,5, - , - ,8
FRENCH POLYNESIA,1, - ,2,3, - ,2, - , - ,8
"GAMBIA, THE",2, - , - , - ,1,3, - ,2,8
SENEGAL,1, - , - , - ,3,1,2, - ,7
MALAWI, - , - ,1, - ,1,3,1, - ,6
BELIZE, - , - , - , - ,1,4, - ,1,6
CUBA,1, - ,2, - ,3, - , - , - ,6
ESTONIA,1,1, - ,1,1,2, - , - ,6
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, - , - ,1,2, - ,1,1, - ,5
ANGOLA,1, - , - , - ,1,1,2, - ,5
BARBADOS, - , - , - , - ,1,2,2, - ,5
MACAU, - , - , - ,2,1,1,1, - ,5
BENIN, - , - ,1,2, - ,1,1, - ,5
SLOVENIA,1, - ,1,1,1, - ,1, - ,5
BAHRAIN, - , - , - ,3, - ,1, - , - ,4
DOMINICA, - , - , - , - ,1,2,1, - ,4
SIERRA LEONE, - , - ,1,1,2, - , - , - ,4
BURUNDI, - , - , - ,1,1, - ,2, - ,4
MAURITIUS, - , - , - ,1,2, - ,1, - ,4
BURKINA FASO, - , - , - ,2,1, - , - ,1,4
QATAR, - ,1, - , - , - ,2, - , - ,3
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE), - , - , - ,1, - ,1, - ,1,3
"PALESTINE, STATE OF", - , - , - ,1, - , - ,2, - ,3
CYPRUS,1, - , - , - ,1, - ,1, - ,3
FIJI,1, - , - , - , - ,1, - ,1,3
NAMIBIA, - , - , - , - ,2,1, - , - ,3
BHUTAN, - , - , - , - , - ,2, - ,1,3
GRENADA, - , - , - ,1, - ,2, - , - ,3
ERITREA, - , - , - ,2,1, - , - , - ,3
MALTA, - , - ,1,2, - , - , - , - ,3
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, - , - , - , - ,1,2, - , - ,3
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, - , - , - , - ,2,1, - , - ,3
CURAÇAO, - , - ,1, - ,1,1, - , - ,3
TOGO, - , - , - ,1, - , - ,1, - ,2
MONTENEGRO, - , - , - ,1, - , - ,1, - ,2
LESOTHO, - , - , - , - , - ,1,1, - ,2
MADAGASCAR, - , - , - ,1,1, - , - , - ,2
BOTSWANA, - , - , - , - ,2, - , - , - ,2
ESWATINI, - , - , - , - ,1,1, - , - ,2
PAPUA NEW GUINEA,1, - , - , - , - , - ,1, - ,2
BERMUDA, - , - , - ,1,1, - , - , - ,2
ARUBA,1, - , - , - , - , - ,1, - ,2
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, - ,1, - , - ,1, - , - , - ,2
GUINEA, - , - ,1, - , - , - ,1, - ,2
SOMALIA, - , - , - , - ,1,1, - , - ,2
LIBERIA, - , - , - , - , - ,1, - , - ,1
ICELAND, - , - , - ,1, - , - , - , - ,1
MOZAMBIQUE, - , - , - , - ,1, - , - , - ,1
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, - , - , - , - , - , - ,1, - ,1
LUXEMBOURG, - , - ,1, - , - , - , - , - ,1
CABO VERDE, - , - , - , - ,1, - , - , - ,1
YUGOSLAVIA, - , - , - , - ,1, - , - , - ,1
CHAD, - , - , - , - ,1, - , - , - ,1
LAOS, - , - , - , - ,1, - , - , - ,1
CAYMAN ISLANDS, - , - ,1, - , - , - , - , - ,1
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, - , - , - , - , - , - ,1, - ,1
MALI, - , - , - , - ,1, - , - , - ,1
MONACO, - , - , - , - , - , - , - ,1,1
PALAU, - , - , - , - , - ,1, - , - ,1
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, - , - , - , - ,1, - , - , - ,1
"VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH",1, - , - , - , - , - , - , - ,1
Notes:,,,,,,,,,
1) Petitions received in one reporting period may be approved or denied in subsequent reporting periods.,,,,,,,,,
2) This report reflects the most up to date data available at the time the database is queried.,,,,,,,,,
3) Counts may differ from previous periods due to system updates and post-adjudicative outcomes.,,,,,,,,,
"4) Since petitioners are able to files more than one petition, this report includes all filed petitions; therefore, it could contain multiple petitions for a single individual. ",,,,,,,,,
"5) For a complete list of USCIS forms and descriptions, visit: https://www.uscis.gov/forms",,,,,,,,,
Source:,,,,,,,,,
"Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Performance and Quality",,,,,,,,,
"CLAIM3 and ELIS, queried 09/2023, TRK 12284",,,,,,,,,