[DumpsterDiver]

Are HI-B's counted as immigrants?

I don't count people here on work/student/tourist visas as immigrants, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the article didn't when it said "around 1.4 million [immigrants] are Indians".

There are a lot of reporters out there who constantly refer to illegal aliens as immigrants, so who knows.

[dennisw]

Are HI-B's counted as immigrants?
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My guess is 70% of them get green cards after slaving away as H1B for 5 years. The whole point of being an H1B is to immigrate here. Indians are the most numerous but other foreigners too.

[Marine Inspector]

I don't count people here on work/student/tourist visas as immigrants, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the article didn't when it said "around 1.4 million [immigrants] are Indians".

My best guess would be that the 1.4 million does not include folks on visa's and this number is strictly immigrants, both legal and illegal.