MUMBAI: India tops the list of origin countries of naturalised citizens across the world, indicating that the diaspora is not apprehensive of acquiring foreign citizenship In 2015, 1.30 lakh people of Indian origin, comprising largely of expatriates on work visas , acquired citizenship of OECD member countries.This was followed by Mexico (1.12 lakh) and the Philippines (94,000). An earlier OECD report had pointed out that India had the world's largest diaspora with 156 lakh migrants. In 2013, nearly one in ten immigrants were from China. Both China and India continued to be the major source countries for international students.Over half of the international students in the OECD countries originate from Asia. USA received more than 40% international student enrolment.

Source: Times of India June 29, 2017 22:41 UTC