Nigeria ranks among the top 20 countries globally that received United States permanent residency status visas, known as green cards. This is contained in BusinessDay reports, according to 2022 data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The data revealed that Nigerians received 12,385 PR to migrate into the United States in the period under review. Comparatively, the data highlighted Mexico and India as the leading sources of new permanent residents. Together, these two countries accounted for a combined total of 265,784 individuals, which constituted 26 percent of the overall total o…