Attorney Christopher Adams who is a practicing lawyer in Washington DC will shade some light in a form of “questions & answers” on immigration statistics for the year 2005 concerning our Moroccan community in the USA. The numbers in this article are derived from the U.S. Government.

 

Compared with other ethnic groups, this shows that the Moroccan community in the US in steadily improving.

 

Q. How many Moroccans became United States citizens in the year 2005?
A. 2,628 for year 2005

 

Q. How many Moroccans got Green Card in the year 2005?
A. 4,411

 

Q. How many Moroccans came to the USA in the year 2005 with a nonimmigrant admission (I-94 only)?
A. 18,721 (compare this with 26,002 in the year 1999 and 26,870 in the year 2000)

 

Q. How many Moroccans came to the USA as tourists (except visa waiver)?
A. 14,093

 

Q. How many Moroccans came to the USA as students and exchange visitors in 2005?
A. 1,796

 

Q. How many Moroccans had visited the USA in their capacity as government officials of the Kingdom of Morocco such as Diplomats, Representatives of Morocco Parliament, representatives of Morocco ministries, and all kind and sorts of dignitaries etc... in 2005?
A. 1,214

 

Q. How many Moroccans acquired H-1B visa in year 2005?
A. 405

 

Q. How many Moroccans got H-2A visa in year 2005?
A. 5

 

Q. How many brilliant Moroccans (brains); those with “extraordinary ability;” acquired a visa in year 2005?
A. 17

 

Q. How many Moroccans came to the USA as “Athletes, Artists, and Entertainers” in year 2005?
A. 36

 

Q. How many Moroccans came to the USA as “Intra-company Transferees” in year 2005?
A. 123

 

Q. How many Moroccans came to the USA as “Treaty Traders and Investors” (E-1 to E-3) in year 2005?
A. 25

 

Q. How many Moroccans came to the USA with a “Visa Waiver” in year 2005?
(That means for example: A Moroccan-born who is at the same time French coming to the US with a European Union [French] passport)
A. 197

 

Q. How many Moroccans formally removed by criminal status in year 2005?
A 40 for criminal status. 53 for non-criminal. Total: 93
(Some improvement if you compare this to year 2004 were 44 for criminal status. 69 for non-criminal. Thus, a total of: 113)

 

Q. How many Moroccans were deportable in year 2005?
A. 278 (this number is somehow low compared to other groups such as Jordan with 309 and Egypt with 291.)