Form I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker,,,,,,,,, Receipts by Beneficiary Country of Birth and Employment-Based Preference,,,,,,,,, Fiscal Year 2023 (Q2),,,,,,,,, ,,,, Employment Based Preference Category ,,,,, ,,First Preference (EB1),, Second Preference (EB2),,,Third Preference (EB3),, Beneficiary Country of Birth,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,"3,331","1,223","3,219","13,668","7,889","6,099","5,465","2,622","43,513" INDIA,562,398,"1,615","10,028",409,940,"2,891",5,"16,848" CHINA,"1,435",500,165,"1,737","1,059",95,626,19,"5,636" PHILIPPINES,8,1,22,34,20,"2,551",277,201,"3,114" BRAZIL,130,18,156,114,"1,076",118,101,325,"2,038" "KOREA, SOUTH",58,34,75,147,398,199,174,120,"1,205" MEXICO,36,6,116,109,103,48,193,441,"1,052" IRAN,47,9,7,59,825,71,17,10,"1,044" NIGERIA,30,6,10,53,450,246,37,29,860 PAKISTAN,14,3,20,91,513,47,50,75,813 NEPAL,16,2,2,52,97,217,110,220,716 COLOMBIA,50,3,33,33,418,19,47,109,712 BANGLADESH,13,6,5,27,416,9,19,149,644 VIETNAM,6,1,6,45,53,33,39,339,522 CANADA,59,20,94,114,77,61,72,1,498 VENEZUELA,62,1,22,23,243,23,38,56,468 UNITED KINGDOM,55,19,138,62,40,34,44,4,396 TAIWAN,16,11,26,122,97,23,57,8,360 KENYA,14, - ,3,9,18,299,10,6,359 RUSSIA,122,5,21,46,116,10,30,4,354 GHANA,3,4,1,12,65,155,7,10,257 FRANCE,30,5,52,67,47,19,25,5,250 TURKEY,23,10,30,29,68,26,38,8,232 GERMANY,25,23,50,34,40,20,26,4,222 ARGENTINA,38,3,45,20,59,15,22,11,212 ITALY,15,13,30,24,49,21,19,7,178 SOUTH AFRICA,12,3,38,14,24,36,9,36,172 EGYPT,9,5,17,21,72,15,16,8,163 SPAIN,19,8,33,27,36,12,23,3,161 THAILAND,7, - ,3,12,20,71,6,40,159 JAPAN,9,13,15,23,24,30,35,5,154 JAMAICA,5,1,1,9,10,82,33,11,152 KAZAKHSTAN,43,1,6,3,63,6,7,1,130 JORDAN,1,2,6,18,20,71,5,6,129 UKRAINE,27,4,13,22,17,14,16,14,127 PERU,8,1,9,15,63,5,4,6,111 ISRAEL,17,5,22,17,18,12,11,1,103 ZIMBABWE,3, - ,4,5,5,60,4,21,102 ECUADOR,4,2,7,9,47,6,6,14,95 CHILE,8,2,11,11,48,5,5,2,92 POLAND,9,6,16,9,14,8,9,15,86 SOVIET UNION,53, - ,3,4,15, - ,3,1,79 NIGER,3, - , - ,12,18,37,5,3,78 SRI LANKA,5,2,6,14,38,3,4,5,77 MALAYSIA,2,3,6,10,17,8,27,1,74 AUSTRALIA,3,6,22,4,9,20,9,1,74 LEBANON,2,1,8,12,15,23,9,4,74 SAUDI ARABIA,4, - ,3,13,28,9,12,3,72 UZBEKISTAN,24, - ,3,2,26,4,1,6,66 IRELAND,5,3,17,7,6,8,17,2,65 ETHIOPIA,2,1, - ,13,23,6,9,9,63 ROMANIA,3,3,10,18,6,11,6,3,60 HONG KONG,3,3,3,19,15,3,10,3,59 SINGAPORE,4,1,3,22,7,4,17, - ,58 INDONESIA,2,3,4,7,8,6,19,9,58 GREECE,8,6,3,6,17,1,7,4,52 NETHERLANDS,7,3,11,10,10,5,4, - ,50 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,6, - ,5,6,25,1,4,3,50 MONGOLIA,2, - , - ,4,17,2,5,17,47 COSTA RICA,1, - ,15,5,12,5,3,6,47 NORTH MACEDONIA,1, - ,1,1, - ,5,2,32,42 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,1, - ,4,16,8,7,3,3,42 HONDURAS,4,1,4,1,19,4,2,6,41 CAMBODIA, - , - , - , - ,1,1,1,36,39 EL SALVADOR,4, - ,5,2,9,6,4,7,37 CAMEROON,2, - , - ,2,11,13,2,6,36 SWEDEN,6, - ,10,5,2,6,4,1,34 ARMENIA,11, - ,3,3,3,5,5,2,32 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,1,2,2,3,7,12,3,2,32 NEW ZEALAND,3,3,9,6,6,1,2,1,31 ALBANIA,1,1, - ,3,3,2,5,16,31 MOROCCO,2, - ,3,7,8, - ,6,5,31 BELARUS,8,1,8,1,8,1,4, - ,31 KUWAIT,2, - ,2,6,1,10,6,3,30 SWITZERLAND,6,1,9,2,5,1,3,1,28 UNKNOWN,4,1,5,3,7,4,2,2,28 UGANDA,1, - , - ,4,8,13, - ,1,27 PORTUGAL,3, - ,7,7,7, - ,1,1,26 BOLIVIA,2, - ,1,2,16,1,2,1,25 GEORGIA,12,1,1,2,7, - , - ,1,24 GUATEMALA,1, - ,3,3,5, - ,5,6,23 HUNGARY,1,1,5,4,4,2,2,3,22 IRAQ,2,1, - ,1,13,2,1,2,22 KYRGYZSTAN,5, - , - ,1,15, - , - , - ,21 BELGIUM,5, - ,5,3,4,2,1, - ,20 DENMARK,2,1,7,4,5, - , - , - ,19 AUSTRIA,1, - ,6,3,3,2,3, - ,18 SYRIA,2, - , - ,4,8,3, - ,1,18 SLOVAKIA, - ,2,1,3,3,3,5, - ,17 TUNISIA,1,1,2, - ,9, - ,2,2,17 "BAHAMAS, THE", - , - ,2,2,4,7,2, - ,17 BULGARIA,3,1,1,3,5,1,1,2,17 LIBYA,1,1, - ,4,9,1,1, - ,17 ALGERIA,1,2,5,1,3, - ,1,3,16 SUDAN, - ,1,1,4,8, - ,1, - ,15 TAJIKISTAN,5, - , - ,1,5, - ,1,3,15 HAITI,1, - ,1,2, - ,8,1,2,15 TANZANIA,1, - , - ,2,5,2,4, - ,14 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, - ,1,2,3,1,2,3,2,14 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO,1, - , - ,6,1,2,3,1,14 TURKMENISTAN,3,1, - , - ,3, - ,1,6,14 URUGUAY,2, - ,2,1,5,2,1,1,14 AZERBAIJAN,7, - , - ,1,3,2, - , - ,13 ZAMBIA, - , - , - ,1,1,7, - ,4,13 SERBIA,2, - , - , - ,3,4,2,1,12 CROATIA,2,1,1,3,3,1, - ,1,12 AFGHANISTAN,2, - , - ,1,2,2,2,1,10 BAHRAIN, - , - , - ,2,2,3,3, - ,10 PANAMA,1, - , - , - ,6, - ,1,2,10 LITHUANIA, - , - ,4,2,1,1,1,1,10 CZECHIA,2,1,2, - ,3,1,1, - ,10 SAINT LUCIA, - , - , - , - , - ,8,1, - ,9 FINLAND, - , - ,2,3,4, - , - , - ,9 RWANDA, - , - , - ,2,3,2,2, - ,9 MOLDOVA,1, - , - ,1,2,2,1,2,9 DOMINICA, - ,1,1,1, - ,2,1,2,8 OMAN, - , - , - ,3,2, - ,3, - ,8 GUYANA, - , - , - , - , - ,7,1, - ,8 NORWAY,1,1,3, - ,2,1, - , - ,8 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, - , - ,3,1,1,1,1, - ,7 CONGO (KINSHASA),1, - , - , - ,5,1, - , - ,7 LATVIA,1, - ,3,1, - ,2, - , - ,7 PARAGUAY, - , - , - ,1,3, - ,2,1,7 BURMA, - , - , - ,1,2,1,2,1,7 ANGOLA, - , - ,1,1,3,1, - , - ,6 QATAR, - , - ,1,2,1,1,1, - ,6 FRENCH POLYNESIA, - , - , - ,1, - ,3,2, - ,6 BARBADOS,1, - , - ,2,1,2, - , - ,6 "GAMBIA, THE", - , - , - ,1,2,2, - ,1,6 YEMEN,1, - , - , - ,2, - ,2,1,6 NICARAGUA,1, - ,2, - ,1,1, - ,1,6 CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE), - ,1, - , - , - ,2, - ,2,5 MACAU, - , - , - ,1,2, - ,2, - ,5 MALAWI, - ,1, - , - ,1,3, - , - ,5 CÔTE D'IVOIRE,1, - , - ,2,2, - , - , - ,5 "PALESTINE, STATE OF", - , - , - ,1, - ,3, - ,1,5 BELIZE, - , - , - , - , - ,2,2,1,5 GABON, - , - , - , - ,3, - ,1, - ,4 TOGO,1, - ,1,1,1, - , - , - ,4 KOSOVO, - , - ,1, - ,1, - , - ,2,4 SENEGAL, - , - ,2,1,1, - , - , - ,4 CYPRUS, - ,2, - , - ,2, - , - , - ,4 FIJI,2, - , - , - , - , - ,1, - ,3 "KOREA, NORTH", - , - , - , - , - ,1, - ,2,3 LIBERIA, - , - ,1, - ,2, - , - , - ,3 ICELAND,3, - , - , - , - , - , - , - ,3 NAMIBIA, - , - ,1, - , - , - , - ,2,3 SIERRA LEONE, - , - , - , - ,1,2, - , - ,3 BHUTAN, - , - , - , - , - ,2,1, - ,3 GRENADA, - , - , - , - ,1,2, - , - ,3 MONTENEGRO, - , - , - , - , - , - ,1,2,3 MOZAMBIQUE, - , - ,1,2, - , - , - , - ,3 CUBA, - , - ,1, - ,2, - , - , - ,3 BENIN, - , - , - , - ,3, - , - , - ,3 LESOTHO, - , - , - , - , - ,1, - ,1,2 MADAGASCAR, - , - , - ,1,1, - , - , - ,2 ESTONIA,1, - , - , - , - ,1, - , - ,2 SLOVENIA, - ,1, - , - ,1, - , - , - ,2 SURINAME,1, - , - , - ,1, - , - , - ,2 BOTSWANA, - , - , - , - , - ,1,1, - ,2 COMOROS, - ,1, - , - , - , - , - , - ,1 DJIBOUTI, - , - , - ,1, - , - , - , - ,1 NORTHERN IRELAND, - , - , - , - , - , - ,1, - ,1 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, - , - ,1, - , - , - , - , - ,1 SEYCHELLES, - , - , - , - ,1, - , - , - ,1 SOUTH VIETNAM, - , - , - , - , - ,1, - , - ,1 BURUNDI, - , - ,1, - , - , - , - , - ,1 ERITREA, - , - , - ,1, - , - , - , - ,1 MALTA, - , - ,1, - , - , - , - , - ,1 BRUNEI, - , - , - , - ,1, - , - , - ,1 LUXEMBOURG, - , - ,1, - , - , - , - , - ,1 MAURITIUS, - , - , - , - , - , - ,1, - ,1 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, - , - , - ,1, - , - , - , - ,1 BURKINA FASO, - , - , - , - ,1, - , - , - ,1 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, - , - , - , - , - ,1, - , - ,1 CABO VERDE, - , - , - , - ,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, queried 05/2023, TRK 11862",,,,,,,,,