Indians living in the GCC region do not have the option of naturalization. Once they retire, almost every penny they earned and saved in those countries is repatriated to India.

Two things have changed in recent years:

First is the dramatic growth in size of the Indian diaspora in the US which is now approaching five million. In the period from 2000 to 2019, the number of people of Indian heritage living here increased nearly two and a half times, from 1.9 million to 4.6 million.

Second is the unprecedented growth in technology, communication, and transportation, which has shortened the geographic and psychological distance between the United States and India. In recent years, in addition to sending money to family members, a lot of Indian Americans have also invested in land and businesses in India.