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DRO: Semiannual Report on Compliance with ICE National Detention Standards, January – June 2007

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International Students

SEVIS By The Numbers

(Data as of June 30, 2006)

Student Dependent Data

Foreign Dependents are foreign nationals who are the spouse or qualifying child of an F-1 or M-1 visa holder. Dependents of F-1 or M-1 students are denoted as an F-2 or M-2 respectively.

There are currently 70,393 F-2 student dependents and 301 M-2 student dependents.

Top 20 Countries of Citizenship by Number of Student Dependents


Rank
Country
Active Student Rank
Dependents
1 SOUTH KOREA 1 25,901
2 CHINA 3 9,421
3 INDIA 2 3,606
4 SAUDI ARABIA 10 2,551
5 JAPAN 4 2,269
6 TAIWAN 5 2,121
7 CANADA 6 1,118
8 MEXICO 7 1,077
9 TURKEY 8 1,074
10 NEPAL 16 1,042
11 BRAZIL 12 987
12 KENYA 14 906
13 POLAND 15 801
14 GHANA 36 700
15 MONGOLIA 46 681
16 PHILIPPINES 28 611
17 NIGERIA 20 595
18 COLOMBIA 18 586
19 PAKISTAN 27 582
20 VENEZUELA 25 577

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