Student visa and

temporary
graduate visa
programme
trends
2008-09 to 2014-15
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Table of Contents
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About this report 1

Enquiries 1

Definition of terms 2

Background to the student visa and temporary graduate visa programme 4

Key initiatives in the financial year 2013-14 6

Executive summary 9

Section 1 Lodged 11

Section 2 Granted 17

Section 3 Grant rates 37

Section 4 Visa holders in Australia 43

Section 5 Destinations 47

Section 6 Subclass 485 visa 49

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About this report
This report provides annual data about the student visa and Temporary Graduate visa programme administered by the
Department of Immigration and Border Protection (the department). The report has been provided to assist education
providers, representative bodies and policymakers.

It is expected that this report will be further developed over time to increase and improve information sharing about the
student visa and Temporary Graduate visa programme.

It is important to note that the information used in this report comes from a new data source. Consequently, figures for
previous financial years have been revised and may differ slightly from those previously published by the department.

Data is sourced from several departmental visa processing and recording systems. Data can be dynamic and there can
be delays in transmission of information from the department's global operations. Variations in figures between this
report and previous issues can occur. The current financial year should always be considered provisional.

For privacy reasons < 5 has been used where a number in a table is between 1 and 4. In addition, the number of
countries reported on has been increased to 50 for lodgements, grants and grant rates.

Further data about the student visa and Temporary Graduate visa programme, including recent quarterly statistics and
student visa grants by sector and country is available on the department's website at:
http://www.border.gov.au/about/reports-publications/research-statistics/statistics/study-in-australia

Further information about the student visa and Temporary Graduate visa programme is
available at: http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Stud

Enquiries
Any comment or enquiries concerning this report should be sent to [email protected] quoting
report Id BR0109.

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Definition of terms
Applicant type: Under the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations), there are two types of
applicants. These are primary applicants and secondary applicants. These terms are
defined below.

If the table or graph heading includes the word 'primary', such as 'primary applications'
or 'primary visa holders', dependants (secondary applicants) are not included.

Citizenship country: The country of citizenship of the visa applicant or visa holder. Where a visa applicant
or visa holder has more than one nationality, either the citizenship of the travel
document or the citizenship nominated by the visa applicant is used.

Destination: Where a visa holder has moved from one type of visa to another. This most commonly
occurs where a temporary visa holder applies for a permanent visa. However, many
temporary visa holders go on to apply for a further temporary visa. The original visa is
determined by the last visa held prior to the destination visa being granted.
Destination visas include visas granted in Australia and outside Australia.

Granted: Unless otherwise specified, the number of visas granted includes primary and review
grants.

Last visa held: This refers to the last substantive visa held by a visa holder (that is, the last visa other
than a bridging visa) prior to a point in time. The last visa held may have expired or still
be in effect.

Lodged: Lodged is the count of paper applications receipted in a departmental office or

submitted electronically.

Outside Australia: In this report, refers to the location of the client at the time the application was lodged.
Generally, student visa applicants subject to Assessment Levels 2-3 are required to
lodge their first student visa application while outside Australia.

In Australia: In this report, refers to the location of the client at the time the application was lodged.
An applicant in Australia may already hold a visa of the same kind or may be applying
for another type of visa. Student visa applicants subject to Assessment Level 1 can
lodge their first student visa application while in Australia.

Primary applicant: The primary applicant is the person who must satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of
a visa under the Regulations. In this case, it would be the person proposing to study in
Australia.

Primary application: An application lodged by a primary applicant.

Primary grant: An outcome where a decision maker (which may include system generated decision
making) makes an assessment based on the initial visa application which results in a
visa being granted to an applicant.

Primary visa holder: A person who has had a primary application for a visa granted.

Secondary applicant: Secondary applicants must satisfy the secondary criteria for the grant of a visa under
the Regulations. In this case, a secondary applicant is generally a dependant of the
primary applicant.

Secondary application: A visa application lodged by a secondary applicant.

Secondary visa holder: A person who has had a secondary application for a visa granted.

Snapshot date: The snapshot date is a point in time at which a count is undertaken. In this report, the
number of visa holders in Australia at a point in time is used.

Visa applicant: Used to refer to clients applying for a visa. Unless otherwise specified, the term covers
both primary and secondary applicants.

Visa holders in Australia: The number of visa holders lawfully in Australia. This is not a count of all valid visas, as
a number of visa holders may be outside Australia on the snapshot date.

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Background to the student visa programme
International students must have a valid visa for the duration of their studies in Australia. Most international students will
need a student visa. However, visitor visas permit up to three months study and working holiday maker visas permit up
to four months study. Further information about these visa options are available at: www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visi

There are eight types of student visa:

1. English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students sector (ELICOS) (subclass 570) visa. This visa is
for international students undertaking a stand-alone English language course that leads to a certificate level
award or non-formal award.

2. Schools sector (subclass 571) visa. This visa is designed for international students applying to study in
Australia in a primary, junior secondary or senior secondary school course or an approved secondary school
exchange program.

3. Vocational Education and Training sector (subclass 572) visa. This visa is designed for international students
applying to study in Australia and whose main course of study is a certificate, vocational education and training
diploma, vocational education and training advanced diploma, vocational graduate certificate or vocational
graduate diploma.

4. Higher Education sector (subclass 573) visa. This visa is designed for international students applying to study
in Australia and whose main course of study is a bachelor degree, associate degree, higher education diploma,
higher education advanced diploma, graduate certificate, graduate diploma or Masters by coursework.

5. Postgraduate Research sector (subclass 574) visa. This visa is designed for international students who want to
study a Master’s degree by research or a Doctoral degree in Australia.

6. Non Award sector (subclass 575) visa. This visa is designed for international students who want to study non
award foundation studies or other full time courses not leading to an Australian award.

7. AusAID or Defence sector (subclass 576) visa. This visa is designed for international students who are
sponsored by AusAID or Defence to study a full-time course of any type in Australia.

8. Student Guardian (subclass 580) visa. This visa is designed for a parent or close relative to accompany an
underage student to Australia.

To be eligible for a student visa, applicants must be accepted for full time study in a course listed on the Commonwealth
Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS). Applicants must also meet financial, health
insurance, English language proficiency and health and character requirements

There is no limit on the number of student visas issued each year. If applicants meet requirements, they will be granted
a student visa. Student visas are issued for the entire period of study in Australia, as evidenced by the Confirmation of
Enrolment (CoE) documentation provided by the applicant’s education provider. Visas are issued in alignment with the
period for which the applicant has Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC).

Family members
Students can apply to have partners and dependant children under the age of eighteen accompany them to Australia.
These family members are known as secondary visa holders and are counted in student visa numbers. A parent or
guardian seeking to accompany an international student to Australia may be eligible for a Student Guardian
(subclass 580) visa.

Course Packaging
Many international students choose to package their principal course with a foundation or ELICOS course. These
students are granted a subclass of visa that relates to their principal course. Consequently, the visa grant data does not
necessarily reflect the numbers of international students enrolled in these courses. For international student enrolment
data, please see the Australian Education International’s website:
https://aei.gov.au/research/international-student-data/pages/default.aspx

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Background to the student visa programme - continued
Ability to work
Student visas include a visa condition that, once the course has commenced, allows most students to work for up to
40 hours per fortnight while their course is in session and for unlimited hours during course breaks. The limitation
imposed by this visa condition reflects the purpose of a student visa; that it is to allow entry to Australia in order to study,
not to work. Secondary visa holders are subject to a visa condition that limits them to 40 hours work per fortnight at any
time.

Higher degree by research students on a subclass 574 (Postgraduate Research Sector) student visa may work
unlimited hours once their Masters or PhD course has commenced. Dependants of students studying a Masters or PhD
research course have no limitation on their work hours.

Assessment Levels
There are three Assessment Levels in the student visa program. They serve to align student visa evidentiary
requirements to the immigration risk posed by applicants from a particular country applying for a particular student visa.
Assessment Level 1 represents the lowest immigration risk and Assessment Level 3 the highest. The higher the
Assessment Level, the greater the evidence an applicant is required to demonstrate to support their claims for the grant
of a student visa.

Streamlined visa processing

The department assesses student visa applicants who lodge their applications with a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE)
from a participating education provider in Australia at Advanced Diploma, Bachelor, Masters or Doctoral degree level as
though they were a lower migration risk (similar to the current Assessment Level 1), regardless of their country of origin.

Financial requirements

Students and their families need to be aware of the costs involved in studying and living in Australia. In order to meet
the financial requirements for the grant of a student visa, applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have access
to sufficient funds to cover tuition fees, travel costs, educational costs for any accompanying school age children and
living costs for the full study period.

Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) requiremen t

The GTE requirement was introduced on 5 November 2011 to enhance the integrity of the student visa program.

The GTE requirement explicitly addresses whether the individual circumstances of an applicant indicate that their
intention is for a temporary stay in Australia.

Factors that the department may consider as part of the GTE requirement are set out in a Ministerial Direction
available at http://www.border.gov.au/StudyinginAustralia/Documents/direction-53-assessing-gte.pdf and include:

· circumstances in the applicant’s home country;

· the applicant’s potential circumstances in Australia;
· the applicant’s immigration history;
· the value of the course to the applicant’s future; and/or
· any other matter relevant to the applicant’s intention to stay temporarily.

Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC)

Overseas students must have health insurance for the duration of their stay in Australia. Overseas Student Health
Cover (OSHC) is insurance to assist international students meet the costs of medical and hospital care that they may
need while in Australia.

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Background to the student visa programme - continued
Visa refusals
A decision to refuse a student visa application is made when the delegate of the Minister is not satisfied that the
applicant meets the legal criteria for grant of a visa. When refusing a visa application, the department provides an
applicant, or their agent, with a written decision record that sets out the reason for the decision.

Reasons for refusal of student visa applications may include:

· failure to meet financial requirements;

· failure to meet English language requirements;
· fraudulent documentation present in the application;
· failure to satisfy the department that the applicant is a genuine student; and/or
· failure to meet GTE requirements.

Processing Standards

The department gives priority to applications outside Australia to ensure that prospective students receive their visas in
time to travel to Australia to commence their courses. Students in Australia are granted bridging visas pending
finalisation of their new student visa applications and can still commence their courses.

Depending on the relevant assessment level the service standards are that 75% of applications outside Australia are
finalized within 14 to 90 days and 75% of applications in Australia are finalised within 14 to 30 days. It should be
noted that approximately 80% of applications in Australia are incomplete when lodged and this adds to processing
times as officer’s request and then wait for applicants to provide required information.

The table below shows the processing time service standards for student visa applications.

Further information can be found at:

http://www.border.gov.au/about/access-accountability/service-standards/student-training-and-research-
visa-processing-times

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Background to the student visa programme - continued
Visa refusals
A decision to refuse a student visa application is made when the delegate of the Minister is not satisfied that the
applicant meets the legal criteria for grant of a visa. When refusing a visa application, the department provides an
applicant, or their agent, with a written decision record that sets out the reason for the decision.

Reasons for refusal of student visa applications may include:

· failure to meet financial requirements;

· failure to meet English language requirements;
· fraudulent documentation present in the application;
· failure to satisfy the department that the applicant is a genuine student; and/or
· failure to meet GTE requirements.

Processing Standards

The department gives priority to applications outside Australia to ensure that prospective students receive their visas in
time to travel to Australia to commence their courses. Students in Australia are granted bridging visas pending
finalisation of their new student visa applications and can still commence their courses.

Depending on the relevant assessment level the service standards are that 75% of applications outside Australia are
finalized within 14 to 90 days and 75% of applications in Australia are finalised within 14 to 30 days. It should be
noted that approximately 80% of applications in Australia are incomplete when lodged and this adds to processing
times as officer’s request and then wait for applicants to provide required information.

The table below shows the processing time service standards for student visa applications.

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Background to the Temporary Graduate visa programme

The Skilled Graduate (Subclass 485) visa was renamed the Temporary Graduate (Subclass 485) visa on
23 March 2013, and has become a key component of the Temporary Visa Programme. Previously, the Subclass 485
visa was a component of the Skilled Migration Programme.

The Temporary Graduate visa has two streams, the Graduate Work stream and the Post-Study Work stream :

· Graduate Work stream - for international students who have recently graduated with the skills and qualifications
that relate to an occupation on the Skilled Occupations List. Applicants in this stream must have completed a
trade qualification, diploma or degree. Successful applicants are granted a visa of 18 months validity.
· Post-Study Work stream - for international students who have recently graduated with an Australian Bachelor
degree, Masters degree or Doctorate from an Australian educational institution. This stream is only available to
international students who applied for, and were granted, their first student visa on or after 5 November 2011.
Successful applicants are granted a visa of two, three or four years duration, depending on the highest
educational qualification they have obtained.

This visa provides eligible graduates with the opportunity to gain practical work experience in Australia following their
studies. More information on the Temporary Graduate visa can be found on the department’s website at:
http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/485-

Eligible visas
To be eligible for the Temporary Graduate visa, graduates must have completed their studies in Australia while on a
qualifying student visa which includes subclasses 572, 573 or 574.

Australian study requirement

The Australian study requirement is defined as study in Australia in a course registered on the Commonwealth Register
of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) for a period of at least two academic years (92 weeks).
The course should be conducted in English and should be completed in no less than 16 calendar months.
All Temporary Graduate visa applicants must meet the Australian study requirement in the six months immediately prior
to lodging their visa application.

Family members
Family members must meet legislative requirements and must provide evidence of their relationship to the Temporary
Graduate visa applicant. Additionally, family members can apply to join the Temporary Graduate visa holder in Australia
after the Temporary Graduate visa has been granted.

Ability to work and study

There are no restrictions on the type of work a Temporary Graduate visa holder can do. Temporary Graduate visa
holders may work or study in any field, regardless of their study and qualifications. Dependents and secondary
applicants are able to work and study on the Temporary Graduate visa.

Processing time service standards

The processing time service standard for the Temporary Graduate visa is 75% of applications should be finalised within
12 months, however, actual processing times may vary depending on a range of factors. Further information can be
found at: http://www.border.gov.au/about/access-accountability/service-standards/student-training-and-research-visa-
processing-times

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Executive Summary

Key Points
• Student visa lodgements have been increasing since 2010-11. In 2014-15, lodgements increased by
4.6 per cent compared with the previous programme year. In the same period, visa lodgements by
applicants outside Australia increased by 8.5 per cent while lodgements by applicants in Australia
decreased by 2.0 per cent compared with the previous year.
• In 2014-15, total grants increased by 2.6 per cent and grants to applicants outside Australia by
4.5 per cent compared with the previous year. This growth was mainly the result of an increase in visa
grants to applicants outside Australia to nationals of China (20.9 per cent).
• Student visa grant rates decreased from 93.3 per cent in the 2013-14 programme year to 91.8 per cent in
2014-15.
• On 30 June 2015, there were 374,566 student visa holders in Australia which is the highest recorded
number of student visa holders in Australia in the month of June since 2012. Over one third of student
visa holders in Australia at 30 June 2015 were from China (22.0 per cent) and India (13.0 per cent).
• As expected, lodgements for the Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visa increased when compared to
the 2013-14 programme year as a greater number of student visa holders in Australia become eligible to
meet the requirements for the Post-Study Work stream.

1 Applications lodged 11.0 per cent and 7.1 per cent respectively compared to
the previous year.
Student visa applications increased by 4.6 per cent in
2014-15 compared with the previous year. There were 2 Visas granted
332,188 applications lodged this year. This is the fifth
consecutive year of growth in student visa lodgements. There is no cap on the number of student visas granted.
Applicants who meet the legislative requirements will be
In 2014-15, student visa applications lodged by granted a student visa.
applicants outside Australia increased by 8.5 per cent (to
217,145) compared with the previous year. In the same There were 299,540 student visas granted in the
period, applications lodged by applicants in Australia 2014-15 programme year – an increase of 2.6 per cent
decreased by 2.0 per cent to 115,043. compared with the previous year. Total student visa
grants for Independent ELICOS (subclass 570), Schools
Overall lodgements for Vocational Education and Sector (subclass 571) visas and VET sector (subclass
Training (VET) Sector (subclass 572) and Higher 572) visas increased by 7.3 per cent, 20.6 per cent and
Education Sector (subclass 573) visas increased by 8.3 per cent respectively when compared with the same
8.6 per cent to 74,425 (VET Sector) and 3.1 per cent to period in the previous year.
171,031 (Higher Education Sector) respectively when
compared to the previous year. In the 2014-15 programme year, visa grants to
applicants outside Australia increased by 4.5 per cent
Visa applications lodged by applicants outside Australia (187,242) compared with same period in 2013-14
for Higher Education Sector (subclass 573) increased by (179,147). This was a result of an increase in visa
7.4 per cent compared to the previous year. grants to applicants outside Australia to nationals of
China (20.9 per cent). However, the overall grants to
In the 2014-15 programme year, China remained the top nationals of India and Vietnam decreased for by
citizenship country for student visa applications with 13.4 per cent and 17.7 per cent respectively compared
69,944 lodgements. Applications from the nationals of to the previous year.
China increased by 9.9 per cent while applications from
the nationals of India decreased by 1.7 per cent. Visa grants to applicants outside Australia for Higher
Visa applications lodged by applicants in Australia Education Sector (subclass 573) visas in the programme
decreased for the nationals of China and India year 2014-15 increased by 1.9 per cent to 101,460 and
decreasing by 7.1 per cent and 23.3 per cent in visa grants to applicants outside Australia for VET
2014-15 programme year when compared to the Sector (subclass 572) visa grants increased by
previous year. 18.7 per cent to 19,669 compared with 2013-14
programme year.
The number of visa applications lodged by applicants
outside Australia in 2014-15 from Vietnam, Nepal and Visa grants to applicants in Australia slightly decreased
the Philippines decreased by 25.0 per cent, (0.5 per cent) in 2014-15 compared to the previous year.

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Executive Summary- continued
This decrease was due to fewer grants for Higher 7 Destinations
Education Sector.
In 2014-15 programme year, there were 125,000 former
Of the total student visas granted in 2014-15, student visa holders were granted another substantive
21.9 per cent were granted to the nationals of China visa. This is an increase of 3.4 per cent from the same
followed by 9.9 per cent to the nationals of India. period in the previous year (120,833 visa grants).

3 Grant rates In 2014-15, of the former student visa holders granted

substantive another visa, most moved on to a Tourist
A grant rate is the percentage of grants compared to the visa (26.3 per cent) followed by a Student visa
number of decisions made in the programme year. (22.9 per cent) and Temporary Graduate visa - subclass
485 (17.0 per cent).
Grant rates for student visas decreased to 91.8 per cent
in 2014-15 programme year compared to 93.3 per cent 8 Temporary Graduate (subclass 485)
in the previous year.
As expected, lodgements for the Temporary Graduate
Grant rates for applicants both outside and in Australia (subclass 485) visa increased when compared to the
for 2014-15 programme year were 89.9 per cent and 2013-14 programme year as a greater number of
95.1 per cent respectively which were lower than the students in Australia become eligible to meet the
previous year. requirements for the Post-Study Work stream.

4 Processing times There were 24,104 Temporary Graduate (subclass 485)

visas lodged in 2014-15 programme year. This is an
The number of applications lodged in a given timeframe increase of 30.6 per cent when compared with the
is not comparable with the number of visas granted in previous year.
the same period due to processing times.
The lodgements in the Post-Study Work stream
The time required to process visa applications depends increased by 592.6 per cent in 2014-15 programme year
on the assessment level applicable to the applicant and when compared to previous year. Conversely,
the supporting evidence provided by the applicant. applications lodged in the Graduate Work stream
decreased by 14.1 per cent.
In the June 2015 quarter, 75 per cent of all student visas
were processed within 28 calendar days. Visa grants in 2014-15 increased by 0.1 per cent to
22,895 compared to the previous year (22,867).
During the June 2015 quarter, 75 per cent of student
visas granted to applicants in Australia were processed On 30 June 2015, there were 26,260 Temporary
within 39 calendar days, compared with 55 calendar Graduate (subclass 485) visa holders in Australia which
days for the same quarter in the previous year. was higher than 30 June 2014 when there were 25,198
visa holders in Australia.
5 Applications on hand
The number of primary student visa applications on
hand at 30 June 2015 was 27,893. Of the total primary
applications on hand, 21,826 applications were made by
applicants outside Australia and 6,067 applications were
made by applicants in Australia.

6 Visa holders in Australia

On 30 June 2015, there were 374,566 international
student visa holders in Australia. This is an increase of
10.2 per cent when compared to the number of student
visa holders in Australia at 30 June 2014. This is the
highest recorded number of student visa holders in
Australia in the month of June since 2012.

Of the total student visa holders in Australia on

30 June 2015, 53.6 per cent were from China, India,
Vietnam, South Korea, Nepal or Thailand.

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1 Lodged

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1 Lodged
1.01 Number of student visa applications lodged by visa subclass in the last seven financial years

400,000

350,000

300,000
576 Foreign Affairs or
Defence Sector

575 Non-Award Sector

250,000
574 Postgraduate
Research Sector

573 Higher Education

200,000 Sector
572 Vocational
Education and Training
Sector
150,000 571 Schools Sector

570 Independent
ELICOS Sector
100,000

50,000

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Visa Subclass 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

570 Independent ELICOS Sector 41,294 37,608 32,660 31,653 33,218 33,273 35,761

571 Schools Sector 15,886 13,278 11,177 10,323 9,988 11,472 13,223

572 Vocational Education and 131,219 85,848 82,294 80,141 69,305 68,554 74,425
Training Sector
573 Higher Education Sector 141,068 123,996 120,376 124,156 141,667 165,896 171,031

574 Postgraduate Research Sector 8,874 9,480 9,845 10,903 11,436 11,618 11,266

575 Non-Award Sector 19,495 18,279 17,399 16,455 17,852 19,540 19,434

576 Foreign Affairs or Defence 4,481 4,350 5,067 6,372 7,295 7,217 7,048
Sector
Total 362,317 292,839 278,818 280,003 290,761 317,570 332,188

Note: From 2004-05 onwards, masters by coursework students were eligible for Higher Education (subclass 573)
visas. Prior to this, they were eligible for Postgraduate Research (subclass 574) visas.

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1.02 Number of student visa applications lodged by client location and visa subclass in the last seven financial years

Visa Subclass 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Outside Australia

570 Independent ELICOS Sector 33,086 27,598 23,467 22,279 21,695 23,483 26,280

571 Schools Sector 13,473 11,077 9,368 8,831 8,734 10,359 12,108

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector 92,464 38,343 21,652 23,324 19,061 21,738 26,283

573 Higher Education Sector 95,169 72,305 60,187 65,595 83,849 112,110 120,387

574 Postgraduate Research Sector 5,572 5,538 5,488 5,980 6,583 6,815 6,747

575 Non-Award Sector 18,319 17,270 16,475 15,702 17,167 18,949 18,912

576 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector 4,002 3,907 4,538 5,705 6,704 6,735 6,428

Sub-total outside Australia 262,085 176,038 141,175 147,416 163,793 200,189 217,145

In Australia

570 Independent ELICOS Sector 8,208 10,010 9,193 9,374 11,523 9,790 9,481

571 Schools Sector 2,413 2,201 1,809 1,492 1,254 1,113 1,115

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector 38,755 47,505 60,642 56,817 50,244 46,816 48,142

573 Higher Education Sector 45,899 51,691 60,189 58,561 57,818 53,786 50,644

574 Postgraduate Research Sector 3,302 3,942 4,357 4,923 4,853 4,803 4,519

575 Non-Award Sector 1,176 1,009 924 753 685 591 522

576 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector 479 443 529 667 591 482 620

Sub-total in Australia 100,232 116,801 137,643 132,587 126,968 117,381 115,043

Total 362,317 292,839 278,818 280,003 290,761 317,570 332,188

Note: From 2004-05 onwards, masters by coursework students were eligible for Higher Education (subclass 573)
visas. Prior to this, they were eligible for Postgraduate Research (subclass 574) visas.

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1.03 Number of student visa applications lodged by Citizenship country in the last seven financial years

400,000

350,000

300,000

Other countries
250,000
Thailand

Korea, South
200,000
Brazil

India
150,000
China, Peoples Republic
of

100,000

50,000

0
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 62,756 57,432 51,374 51,588 57,887 63,661 69,944
India 79,759 37,958 39,171 39,048 30,225 39,374 38,708
Brazil 13,123 11,490 10,160 10,386 11,900 11,848 13,581
Korea, South 17,933 16,289 13,712 13,071 14,039 12,968 13,435
Thailand 14,003 12,726 10,399 9,960 10,287 11,769 12,695
Pakistan 5,973 5,310 6,603 9,855 10,071 10,294 12,050
Vietnam 11,299 10,200 8,346 9,407 12,262 14,701 11,828
Nepal 18,374 7,314 10,508 8,092 9,105 12,408 10,904
Malaysia 11,819 10,621 9,993 9,717 9,642 9,939 10,732
Indonesia 9,239 9,085 8,735 9,064 9,015 9,092 9,612
Saudi Arabia 7,751 7,625 8,373 8,785 8,564 8,578 8,900
United States of America 9,726 9,027 8,689 8,085 7,724 7,604 8,182
Colombia 6,388 6,712 5,539 6,264 7,396 7,320 7,840
Philippines 3,710 3,972 4,087 4,806 6,857 7,390 7,467
Japan 7,007 6,309 5,933 6,173 6,255 6,223 6,569
Other countries 83,457 80,769 77,196 75,702 79,532 84,401 89,741

Total 362,317 292,839 278,818 280,003 290,761 317,570 332,188

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1.04 Number of student visa applications lodged outside Australia by citizenship country in the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 41,440 34,224 25,912 24,534 29,989 37,863 45,984
India 67,110 18,454 6,872 10,889 12,897 25,655 28,181
Pakistan 4,499 3,375 4,307 6,740 6,899 7,460 9,328
Brazil 7,411 5,922 5,378 5,627 6,958 7,888 9,222
Thailand 8,068 6,479 5,044 4,880 5,601 7,556 8,089
Vietnam 9,490 7,928 5,449 5,619 8,155 10,532 7,898
United States of America 8,923 8,266 7,928 7,231 6,947 6,875 7,420
Nepal 14,852 2,002 1,237 3,176 4,425 8,291 7,375
Indonesia 6,848 6,628 5,629 6,183 5,807 5,992 6,722
Malaysia 8,724 7,657 6,704 6,116 5,820 5,942 6,196
Korea, South 10,232 8,472 6,639 5,810 4,325 4,416 4,807
Philippines 3,114 3,050 2,889 3,448 4,914 4,995 4,641
Colombia 3,700 3,257 2,571 3,476 3,960 3,970 4,495
Japan 3,574 3,237 3,011 3,080 3,183 3,652 4,017
Saudi Arabia 5,188 3,565 3,627 3,280 3,692 3,860 3,818
HKSAR of the PRC 3,946 3,823 3,406 2,172 2,902 3,130 3,451
Germany, Fed Republic of 4,610 4,651 3,679 3,157 2,967 3,197 3,419
Taiwan 2,356 2,123 1,696 1,534 1,708 2,059 2,805
Singapore 3,436 3,261 3,223 2,871 2,862 2,833 2,727
Sri Lanka 3,463 1,936 1,410 1,501 1,775 2,106 2,654
Italy 879 908 1,030 1,348 1,559 2,076 2,488
Bangladesh 2,897 2,137 1,813 2,148 1,798 2,007 2,219
United Kingdom 2,146 2,077 1,747 1,707 1,773 1,837 2,159
Spain 559 775 849 1,187 1,496 1,826 2,085
France 1,770 1,914 1,676 1,622 1,489 1,727 1,974
Canada 2,523 2,345 2,196 2,183 1,917 2,002 1,949
Nigeria 497 476 549 576 766 1,151 1,379
Norway 1,164 1,263 1,315 1,229 1,182 1,311 1,370
Mexico 945 880 891 848 924 1,087 1,308
Papua New Guinea 873 758 890 1,255 1,326 1,070 1,245
Mongolia 444 355 377 339 462 774 1,124
Chile 1,023 923 989 906 938 1,049 1,101
Switzerland 897 960 901 876 825 842 1,066
Bhutan 256 328 425 433 541 1,876 1,049
Sweden 1,033 996 973 915 948 1,015 1,032
Iran 1,622 1,445 1,544 1,724 1,536 1,120 1,029
Kenya 851 782 497 565 755 829 977
Czech Republic 902 797 686 653 796 773 878
Iraq 416 290 224 326 822 867 836
Denmark 632 670 738 715 669 730 773
Mauritius 2,774 873 442 580 568 639 674
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 590 560 443 470 422 473 606
Turkey 1,189 1,215 781 601 628 619 601
Russian Federation 566 546 609 728 733 800 599
Poland 810 685 526 536 518 574 585
Cambodia 239 283 299 368 489 597 572
Venezuela 244 440 444 268 315 471 545
Zimbabwe 776 581 368 293 403 379 522
Peru 834 655 432 426 424 374 519
Oman 330 306 287 271 355 451 482
Other countries 10,420 10,505 9,623 9,996 10,630 10,571 10,150
Total outside Australia 262,085 176,038 141,175 147,416 163,793 200,189 217,145

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1.05 Number of student visa applications lodged in Australia by citizenship country in the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 21,316 23,208 25,462 27,054 27,898 25,798 23,960
India 12,649 19,504 32,299 28,159 17,328 13,719 10,527
Korea, South 7,701 7,817 7,073 7,261 9,714 8,552 8,628
Saudi Arabia 2,563 4,060 4,746 5,505 4,872 4,718 5,082
Thailand 5,935 6,247 5,355 5,080 4,686 4,213 4,606
Malaysia 3,095 2,964 3,289 3,601 3,822 3,997 4,536
Brazil 5,712 5,568 4,782 4,759 4,942 3,960 4,359
Vietnam 1,809 2,272 2,897 3,788 4,107 4,169 3,930
Nepal 3,522 5,312 9,271 4,916 4,680 4,117 3,529
Colombia 2,688 3,455 2,968 2,788 3,436 3,350 3,345
Taiwan 1,990 1,790 1,618 1,743 2,141 2,425 3,321
Italy 679 840 975 1,426 1,998 2,572 3,119
Indonesia 2,391 2,457 3,106 2,881 3,208 3,100 2,890
Philippines 596 922 1,198 1,358 1,943 2,395 2,826
HKSAR of the PRC 1,955 2,052 2,041 2,129 2,091 2,290 2,769
Pakistan 1,474 1,935 2,296 3,115 3,172 2,834 2,722
Japan 3,433 3,072 2,922 3,093 3,072 2,571 2,552
United Kingdom 1,327 1,461 1,425 1,364 1,559 1,632 1,752
Bangladesh 2,349 2,081 2,280 2,078 1,837 1,551 1,540
Sri Lanka 1,055 1,355 1,628 1,801 1,524 1,351 1,202
France 982 1,125 996 988 1,039 1,109 1,175
Spain 260 353 464 774 1,165 1,159 1,051
Singapore 1,004 1,065 1,065 1,059 978 1,027 855
United States of America 803 761 761 854 777 729 762
Poland 557 641 611 641 800 651 696
Iran 454 447 557 621 545 673 651
Germany, Fed Republic of 797 820 773 657 717 637 634
Czech Republic 416 557 533 567 697 605 576
Chile 295 383 414 504 489 465 565
Mauritius 687 1,046 1,189 827 755 674 551
Kenya 384 397 492 454 376 460 548
Greece 21 33 72 491 767 605 509
Canada 552 515 466 508 541 507 507
Ireland, Republic of 202 349 508 483 609 571 504
Nigeria 87 83 120 155 197 257 379
Peru 585 663 628 563 529 374 334
Venezuela 134 198 337 312 332 306 332
Turkey 452 570 540 409 353 286 316
Mexico 249 206 271 250 301 307 312
Portugal 137 197 189 284 372 359 307
Papua New Guinea 198 239 280 282 316 285 296
Bhutan 15 25 41 60 80 191 281
Slovakia 240 249 243 316 287 246 250
Zimbabwe 329 430 417 342 236 199 245
Sweden 248 256 258 230 282 285 235
Russian Federation 158 192 209 241 233 249 231
Cambodia 79 86 102 124 136 144 219
Hungary 373 417 326 299 319 290 219
Mongolia 57 130 103 123 134 136 214
Estonia 30 47 96 106 154 179 211
Other countries 5,208 5,949 6,951 5,164 4,422 4,102 3,883

Total in Australia 100,232 116,801 137,643 132,587 126,968 117,381 115,043

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2.01 Number of student visa applications granted by visa subclass in the last seven financial years

350,000

300,000

576 Foreign Affairs or

250,000 Defence Sector

575 Non-Award Sector

574 Postgraduate
200,000 Research Sector

573 Higher Education

Sector
572 Vocational
150,000 Education and Training
Sector

571 Schools Sector

100,000 570 Independent

ELICOS Sector

50,000

0
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Visa Subclass 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

570 Independent ELICOS Sector 36,452 35,242 29,062 27,798 29,607 30,964 33,215

571 Schools Sector 14,139 12,527 10,460 9,519 9,189 9,959 12,011

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector 103,789 72,030 67,406 69,944 58,563 60,648 65,690

573 Higher Education Sector 133,860 119,004 112,567 113,160 127,269 152,344 151,713

574 Postgraduate Research Sector 8,335 9,341 9,203 10,605 10,715 11,321 11,108

575 Non-Award Sector 18,999 18,139 17,107 16,160 17,079 19,933 19,203

576 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector 4,058 4,216 4,633 5,860 6,856 6,891 6,600

Total 319,632 270,499 250,438 253,046 259,278 292,060 299,540

Note: From 2004-05 onwards, masters by coursework students were eligible for Higher Education (subclass 573)
visas. Prior to this, they were eligible for Postgraduate Research (subclass 574) visas.

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2.02 Number of student visa applications granted by client location and visa subclass in the last seven financial years

Visa Subclass 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Outside Australia

570 Independent ELICOS Sector 28,881 25,414 20,332 19,099 19,258 21,468 23,905

571 Schools Sector 11,881 10,343 8,791 8,095 8,033 8,931 10,950

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector 68,729 28,100 15,556 15,560 13,638 16,566 19,669

573 Higher Education Sector 90,616 68,411 55,922 55,885 72,051 99,612 101,460

574 Postgraduate Research Sector 5,239 5,391 5,149 5,764 6,059 6,775 6,509

575 Non-Award Sector 17,912 17,160 16,254 15,429 16,466 19,341 18,698

576 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector 3,640 3,827 4,182 5,287 6,305 6,454 6,051

Sub-total outside Australia 226,898 158,646 126,186 125,119 141,810 179,147 187,242

In Australia

570 Independent ELICOS Sector 7,571 9,828 8,730 8,699 10,349 9,496 9,310

571 Schools Sector 2,258 2,184 1,669 1,424 1,156 1,028 1,061

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector 35,060 43,930 51,850 54,384 44,925 44,082 46,021

573 Higher Education Sector 43,244 50,593 56,645 57,275 55,218 52,732 50,253

574 Postgraduate Research Sector 3,096 3,950 4,054 4,841 4,656 4,546 4,599

575 Non-Award Sector 1,087 979 853 731 613 592 505

576 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector 418 389 451 573 551 437 549

Sub-total in Australia 92,734 111,853 124,252 127,927 117,468 112,913 112,298

Total 319,632 270,499 250,438 253,046 259,278 292,060 299,540

Note: From 2004-05 onwards, masters by coursework students were eligible for Higher Education (subclass 573)
visas. Prior to this, they were eligible for Postgraduate Research (subclass 574) visas.

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2.03 Number of student visa applications granted by citizenship country in the last seven financial years

350,000

300,000

250,000
Other countries

Thailand
200,000
Brazil

Korea, South
150,000
India
China, Peoples Republic
of
100,000

50,000

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 55,331 54,541 49,852 49,592 54,015 60,315 65,737
India 65,516 29,826 28,954 33,764 24,808 34,130 29,573
Korea, South 17,351 16,416 13,238 12,407 12,942 12,883 13,229
Brazil 12,525 11,461 9,780 9,695 10,682 12,115 13,034
Thailand 13,489 11,742 9,273 8,760 9,274 11,245 11,686
Malaysia 11,545 10,643 9,709 9,316 9,143 9,592 10,414
Vietnam 9,249 8,399 7,131 8,161 10,725 12,495 10,283
Indonesia 8,681 8,729 8,088 8,211 8,060 8,862 9,178
Nepal 13,995 6,073 8,830 6,840 7,112 10,651 8,987
Saudi Arabia 7,629 7,318 7,798 8,517 8,084 8,164 8,739
United States of America 9,644 9,007 8,562 7,960 7,598 7,513 8,063
Colombia 5,877 6,325 5,055 5,716 6,733 6,954 7,343
Japan 6,836 6,374 5,736 6,036 6,054 6,064 6,588
Pakistan 3,770 4,414 5,182 6,066 6,707 6,702 6,545
Philippines 2,847 2,967 3,390 3,898 5,274 6,239 5,991
Other countries 75,347 76,264 69,860 68,107 72,067 78,136 84,150

Total 319,632 270,499 250,438 253,046 259,278 292,060 299,540

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2.04 Number of student visa applications granted outside Australia by citizenship country in the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 35,405 32,123 25,827 23,411 27,494 34,858 42,127
India 54,610 12,521 3,394 5,519 9,392 21,467 20,291
Brazil 7,059 5,917 5,069 5,119 6,107 8,013 8,632
United States of America 8,872 8,255 7,846 7,163 6,872 6,844 7,320
Thailand 7,756 5,606 4,045 3,992 4,896 7,131 7,029
Vietnam 7,594 6,225 4,487 4,624 6,896 8,585 6,509
Indonesia 6,395 6,356 5,139 5,469 5,123 5,842 6,261
Malaysia 8,567 7,722 6,658 5,941 5,627 5,885 6,080
Nepal 10,706 1,351 708 1,435 2,786 6,669 5,459
Korea, South 10,055 8,604 6,515 5,731 4,107 4,359 4,613
Colombia 3,422 2,964 2,205 3,044 3,594 3,629 4,046
Japan 3,482 3,246 2,957 3,055 3,120 3,547 3,951
Pakistan 2,787 2,637 2,942 3,213 3,791 3,937 3,902
Saudi Arabia 5,377 3,473 3,401 3,248 3,495 3,838 3,768
Germany, Fed Republic of 4,558 4,718 3,681 3,117 2,951 3,154 3,414
HKSAR of the PRC 3,898 3,815 3,344 2,103 2,810 3,084 3,323
Philippines 2,308 2,132 2,308 2,633 3,549 4,033 3,303
Taiwan 2,307 2,164 1,644 1,526 1,647 2,015 2,710
Singapore 3,393 3,269 3,146 2,822 2,812 2,767 2,704
Italy 891 913 1,007 1,282 1,517 2,002 2,499
Sri Lanka 2,810 1,511 1,210 1,200 1,528 1,835 2,418
United Kingdom 2,107 2,058 1,715 1,621 1,748 1,802 2,105
Spain 534 779 817 1,149 1,433 1,786 2,029
France 1,741 1,937 1,651 1,603 1,461 1,708 1,936
Bangladesh 2,025 1,597 1,391 1,330 1,343 1,764 1,929
Canada 2,510 2,323 2,180 2,164 1,907 1,990 1,918
Norway 1,150 1,253 1,294 1,232 1,173 1,289 1,351
Mexico 868 953 801 857 909 1,078 1,248
Papua New Guinea 769 739 771 1,016 1,044 971 1,140
Chile 998 915 954 885 913 1,010 1,108
Switzerland 910 945 902 871 831 827 1,058
Sweden 1,020 981 972 907 927 1,015 1,031
Mongolia 286 213 238 250 379 622 903
Iran 926 1,325 1,117 1,295 1,251 959 894
Nigeria 162 186 209 296 472 789 857
Czech Republic 900 788 619 615 756 792 831
Iraq 326 321 139 227 492 962 786
Kenya 615 556 321 476 579 749 781
Denmark 625 678 724 709 673 722 771
Bhutan 229 327 353 389 478 1,092 755
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 588 562 432 466 423 461 614
Mauritius 2,382 630 301 407 465 571 612
Poland 787 706 500 485 467 605 552
Venezuela 222 388 413 244 310 406 535
Cambodia 224 266 267 356 440 573 526
Russian Federation 460 488 513 610 670 617 496
Oman 330 302 278 264 348 446 486
Turkey 963 1,041 601 478 466 474 419
Myanmar 336 317 224 212 320 375 415
Peru 767 533 319 322 366 302 387
Other countries 8,886 9,017 7,637 7,736 8,652 8,896 8,410

Total outside Australia 226,898 158,646 126,186 125,119 141,810 179,147 187,242

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2.05 Number of student visa applications granted in Australia by citizenship country in the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 19,926 22,418 24,025 26,181 26,521 25,457 23,610
India 10,906 17,305 25,560 28,245 15,416 12,663 9,282
Korea, South 7,296 7,812 6,723 6,676 8,835 8,524 8,616
Saudi Arabia 2,252 3,845 4,397 5,269 4,589 4,326 4,971
Thailand 5,733 6,136 5,228 4,768 4,378 4,114 4,657
Brazil 5,466 5,544 4,711 4,576 4,575 4,102 4,402
Malaysia 2,978 2,921 3,051 3,375 3,516 3,707 4,334
Vietnam 1,655 2,174 2,644 3,537 3,829 3,910 3,774
Nepal 3,289 4,722 8,122 5,405 4,326 3,982 3,528
Colombia 2,455 3,361 2,850 2,672 3,139 3,325 3,297
Taiwan 1,900 1,754 1,537 1,672 1,897 2,363 3,205
Italy 643 845 948 1,348 1,785 2,506 3,103
Indonesia 2,286 2,373 2,949 2,742 2,937 3,020 2,917
Philippines 539 835 1,082 1,265 1,725 2,206 2,688
HKSAR of the PRC 1,849 2,061 1,896 1,912 1,868 2,055 2,662
Pakistan 983 1,777 2,240 2,853 2,916 2,765 2,643
Japan 3,354 3,128 2,779 2,981 2,934 2,517 2,637
United Kingdom 1,259 1,459 1,382 1,295 1,449 1,562 1,717
Bangladesh 2,191 1,928 2,049 1,980 1,810 1,506 1,491
Sri Lanka 939 1,282 1,471 1,701 1,357 1,240 1,166
France 985 1,098 977 947 994 1,053 1,164
Spain 247 351 428 689 1,086 1,152 1,065
Singapore 955 1,049 980 1,040 934 980 838
United States of America 772 752 716 797 726 669 743
Poland 542 643 582 595 731 644 726
Iran 350 464 522 548 505 562 718
Germany, Fed Republic of 779 836 753 641 683 618 631
Czech Republic 430 552 520 518 649 620 595
Chile 296 379 402 488 443 462 564
Mauritius 588 990 1,096 794 695 655 548
Kenya 332 387 424 441 365 400 518
Greece 16 30 69 444 657 573 504
Canada 520 508 451 482 518 495 503
Ireland, Republic of 181 342 489 428 552 551 501
Nigeria 73 86 101 132 174 215 368
Peru 546 634 597 528 503 366 356
Mexico 245 197 262 237 288 297 314
Portugal 132 184 172 261 343 361 312
Turkey 339 553 537 397 343 263 308
Venezuela 124 193 308 328 298 312 305
Papua New Guinea 183 216 238 226 274 243 259
Slovakia 237 244 243 291 269 259 256
Bhutan 15 22 40 54 82 167 254
Sweden 236 254 248 222 264 271 247
Russian Federation 151 178 193 230 226 226 230
Zimbabwe 288 365 351 331 214 194 217
Estonia 28 38 88 113 134 175 209
Hungary 340 423 319 261 293 292 207
Jordan 247 226 179 114 124 146 203
Cambodia 76 85 94 121 125 129 201
Other countries 4,582 5,894 6,229 4,776 4,174 3,713 3,734

Total in Australia 92,734 111,853 124,252 127,927 117,468 112,913 112,298

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2.06 Number of subclass 570 Independent ELICOS Sector visa applications granted outside Australia by citizenship country and financial year in
the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Brazil 5,549 4,764 4,155 4,120 3,711 3,969 5,740
Colombia 2,824 2,483 1,852 2,675 3,170 3,219 3,523
Thailand 4,051 2,891 1,866 1,303 1,645 2,755 2,306
Japan 1,791 1,632 1,570 1,585 1,613 1,856 2,096
Saudi Arabia 1,100 905 940 1,053 1,210 1,452 1,667
Spain 342 496 529 739 933 1,079 1,042
Korea, South 4,075 3,103 2,036 1,515 1,120 981 972
Taiwan 837 644 559 475 526 590 838
Italy 168 215 245 378 483 720 799
Chile 465 423 443 445 460 540 586
Czech Republic 637 620 503 466 595 603 567
Switzerland 599 597 551 539 468 468 545
France 421 493 306 302 256 279 341
Mexico 208 247 174 191 174 251 295
Poland 297 306 244 205 226 296 264
China, Peoples Republic of 1,300 1,149 1,058 920 344 193 163
Malaysia 50 51 40 55 55 74 138
HKSAR of the PRC 149 147 90 52 62 74 123
Mongolia 110 55 45 75 98 153 117
Peru 449 342 189 151 136 83 117
Slovakia 162 142 130 116 124 129 114
Venezuela 144 256 256 108 148 167 110
Portugal 54 89 85 91 111 110 109
Mauritius 24 6 <5 31 37 83 106
Turkey 751 767 359 167 118 82 95
Indonesia 183 149 137 112 104 101 87
Hungary 335 243 136 133 134 72 85
Germany, Fed Republic of 110 98 82 81 65 83 75
Russian Federation 149 132 136 127 150 99 66
Vietnam 312 284 339 127 78 101 56
Argentina 37 55 69 49 56 42 54
Lao Peoples Dem Republic 50 54 29 30 34 39 54
Bulgaria 5 <5 7 9 74 71 49
Belgium 39 31 42 53 36 43 46
United Arab Emirates 37 43 40 37 30 13 42
Greece <5 <5 9 39 73 60 39
Cambodia <5 <5 7 8 28 27 29
Austria 33 41 46 31 25 24 28
Ecuador 32 27 14 43 41 24 28
FYR Macedonia 40 56 41 56 62 40 27
Lithuania 7 8 7 6 7 16 26
Slovenia 17 23 30 18 33 25 22
Croatia 8 11 5 11 17 23 20
Timor-Leste 22 52 15 20 24 27 20
Ukraine 7 18 16 17 29 32 18
Serbia 11 12 16 10 10 10 17
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 28 31 23 19 24 13 15
India 48 23 10 13 9 9 13
Macau Special Admin Region 12 13 13 12 13 9 12
El Salvador 22 31 9 9 13 <5 11
Other countries 0 0 0 <5 0 0 <5

Total outside Australia 28,881 25,414 20,332 19,099 19,258 21,468 23,905

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2.07 Number of subclass 570 Independent ELICOS Sector visa applications granted in Australia by citizenship country and financial year in the last
seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Colombia 948 1,530 1,299 1,225 1,719 1,672 1,508
Saudi Arabia 423 905 846 878 853 923 1,264
Korea, South 836 854 671 644 1,546 1,431 1,074
Italy 145 282 324 522 625 797 895
Taiwan 354 332 282 267 403 521 780
Brazil 1,756 2,109 1,741 1,551 1,492 998 754
Japan 906 932 842 886 966 703 732
HKSAR of the PRC 46 55 65 71 124 148 269
Spain 103 168 195 318 419 343 247
Malaysia 86 113 104 133 124 185 238
Thailand 513 587 371 276 223 248 237
Chile 110 140 149 156 131 151 199
Poland 68 138 129 151 136 109 144
France 126 188 117 120 125 131 132
Czech Republic 91 174 208 164 183 142 112
Greece <5 6 18 218 217 91 60
China, Peoples Republic of 106 142 139 106 87 96 56
Nepal 7 8 45 104 108 90 52
Mexico 43 39 55 41 59 44 48
Portugal 27 30 34 72 97 67 48
Germany, Fed Republic of 55 63 52 40 44 45 31
Peru 81 144 118 105 104 62 30
Venezuela 29 42 87 58 44 55 28
Vietnam 34 40 27 30 46 15 27
Philippines 5 11 18 21 26 20 23
Switzerland 68 42 45 32 29 32 23
India 31 52 33 66 37 30 21
Mongolia 8 23 9 7 8 <5 21
Mauritius 22 23 21 27 23 13 18
Argentina <5 10 6 16 18 17 14
Estonia 5 9 15 20 11 22 13
Hungary 126 144 84 59 58 43 13
Indonesia 42 31 30 31 21 24 13
Bulgaria 0 <5 0 7 <5 11 12
Slovenia 16 16 14 7 21 11 12
Slovakia 26 31 39 29 21 16 10
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 8 <5 7 <5 8 <5 8
Belgium 8 7 12 6 6 5 7
Iran 7 10 0 5 6 <5 7
Ukraine 0 <5 <5 <5 5 7 7
Austria <5 5 5 8 <5 <5 6
Cyprus <5 0 <5 0 <5 11 6
Lao Peoples Dem Republic 17 16 8 <5 <5 7 6
Croatia <5 0 <5 <5 <5 5 5
Jordan 30 6 <5 <5 <5 <5 5
Cambodia 0 0 <5 <5 0 <5 <5
Ecuador <5 0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Norway <5 <5 0 <5 <5 <5 <5
Pakistan 0 <5 0 0 <5 <5 <5
Singapore <5 <5 8 6 6 6 <5
Other countries 5 <5 <5 <5 0 <5 0

Total in Australia 7,571 9,828 8,730 8,699 10,349 9,496 9,310

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2.08 Number of subclass 571 Schools Sector visa applications granted outside Australia by citizenship country and financial year in the last seven
financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 4,647 3,416 3,059 2,858 2,798 3,739 5,168
Germany, Fed Republic of 1,547 1,617 1,205 1,066 1,055 960 1,002
Vietnam 1,024 848 600 494 655 624 628
Italy 302 260 331 409 413 403 578
Japan 429 425 441 456 451 461 456
Brazil 383 357 288 226 364 249 371
HKSAR of the PRC 492 483 494 273 246 307 328
Korea, South 688 563 364 341 263 284 229
France 101 140 155 154 131 168 225
Papua New Guinea 111 120 112 138 174 144 161
Switzerland 78 94 89 80 76 66 142
Thailand 200 175 135 143 148 150 132
Malaysia 287 292 261 208 130 128 115
India 142 85 36 32 48 108 109
Belgium 47 55 43 49 42 45 104
Taiwan 121 112 90 74 83 77 90
Mexico 35 61 10 32 48 61 79
Finland 66 88 64 62 52 55 78
Norway 50 66 64 70 73 66 73
Austria 71 77 67 77 65 65 70
Cambodia 30 33 31 51 46 50 67
Denmark 95 81 113 82 56 54 66
Indonesia 119 131 103 109 71 86 64
Spain 15 19 16 24 9 9 63
United States of America 87 89 76 59 52 64 58
Macau Special Admin Region 33 22 21 18 21 34 45
Singapore 63 61 57 64 46 64 42
Sweden 69 64 64 46 29 29 33
Iran 22 25 20 41 24 14 32
Chile 17 22 19 8 15 22 30
Philippines 36 32 27 31 32 33 28
Sri Lanka 15 8 13 10 16 12 24
Canada 45 34 23 18 42 30 18
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 32 34 19 16 15 18 18
Russian Federation 25 21 31 47 22 50 16
United Kingdom 52 49 43 33 21 14 15
Turkey 8 6 7 7 <5 <5 14
Nepal 18 14 <5 10 6 <5 13
Argentina 7 24 15 11 11 20 11
Colombia 19 12 13 9 10 15 11
Portugal 23 25 18 13 9 8 9
Hungary 7 12 <5 5 8 7 8
Lao Peoples Dem Republic 5 7 <5 6 9 5 7
Myanmar 20 7 6 <5 8 18 7
Solomon Islands 13 13 6 17 8 10 7
Bangladesh <5 6 7 <5 <5 <5 6
Czech Republic 8 10 7 6 6 6 6
Poland <5 5 <5 <5 <5 <5 6
Slovakia 5 9 6 <5 <5 <5 6
South Africa 28 16 20 18 13 6 6
Other countries 9 <5 <5 0 0 <5 <5

Total outside Australia 11,881 10,343 8,791 8,095 8,033 8,931 10,950

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2.09 Number of subclass 571 Schools Sector visa applications granted in Australia by citizenship country and financial year in the last seven
financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Korea, South 987 846 590 408 394 297 289
China, Peoples Republic of 517 573 413 368 253 211 202
Japan 138 116 104 126 97 93 85
Vietnam 69 56 81 84 57 55 77
Germany, Fed Republic of 69 93 73 62 50 52 56
Malaysia 29 33 36 42 25 36 39
Brazil 11 26 21 23 13 18 33
Papua New Guinea 25 34 16 32 25 24 31
Italy 11 13 12 10 13 15 30
HKSAR of the PRC 27 35 29 26 13 17 22
Taiwan 73 58 47 36 33 38 20
Thailand 50 40 43 47 18 21 20
United Kingdom 28 22 21 10 15 8 15
Indonesia 18 10 8 13 21 11 13
Singapore 11 11 19 12 7 17 13
Canada 12 <5 7 11 6 <5 10
United States of America 26 27 15 25 14 21 9
India 6 11 10 7 8 <5 8
France 21 24 10 9 9 9 7
Austria <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 6
Cambodia 7 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 6
Denmark <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 0 6
Philippines 6 11 8 5 11 <5 6
Saudi Arabia <5 6 <5 7 6 <5 5
Hungary <5 <5 0 0 <5 <5 <5
Iran <5 <5 <5 <5 0 <5 <5
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 5 <5 <5 <5 <5 0 <5
Russian Federation 5 <5 7 <5 <5 <5 <5
Spain 5 0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Sweden <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Colombia <5 6 5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Ireland, Republic of 0 <5 <5 0 0 0 <5
Mauritius 0 <5 5 0 0 <5 <5
Pakistan 5 <5 0 0 <5 5 <5
Portugal 7 7 8 <5 <5 <5 <5
Slovakia <5 0 0 <5 0 0 <5
Solomon Islands <5 <5 0 5 <5 0 <5
Switzerland 7 5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 <5 <5
Argentina 0 <5 0 <5 <5 <5 <5
Bangladesh <5 <5 0 <5 <5 0 <5
Chile <5 <5 <5 <5 0 <5 <5
FYR Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 <5
Lao Peoples Dem Republic <5 <5 0 <5 <5 <5 <5
Latvia 0 <5 <5 <5 0 <5 <5
Macau Special Admin Region 0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Myanmar <5 <5 <5 0 <5 <5 <5
Norway <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Peru 0 <5 0 0 <5 <5 <5
Poland <5 <5 0 0 0 0 <5
Other countries <5 <5 <5 0 0 0 <5

Total in Australia 2,258 2,184 1,669 1,424 1,156 1,028 1,061

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2 Granted
2.10 Number of subclass 572 Vocational Education and Training Sector visa applications granted outside Australia by citizenship country and
financial year in the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Korea, South 3,245 2,672 1,885 1,766 1,062 1,414 1,842
Indonesia 2,047 1,498 1,130 1,350 916 1,112 1,601
Thailand 1,788 1,057 688 430 480 783 1,449
Philippines 1,349 953 929 1,216 1,448 1,794 1,186
India 31,489 7,018 693 1,065 1,122 867 1,057
Taiwan 293 303 208 268 375 574 1,032
Brazil 879 586 447 471 483 497 891
United States of America 628 663 607 652 661 691 846
Malaysia 732 556 409 468 457 486 650
Italy 79 95 87 143 213 399 633
Spain 43 50 64 108 187 376 601
Japan 475 447 316 391 357 470 540
United Kingdom 876 719 468 414 422 386 434
HKSAR of the PRC 435 305 252 193 241 309 397
Papua New Guinea 76 88 137 299 266 206 360
China, Peoples Republic of 4,885 2,875 1,032 560 321 274 343
Venezuela 14 19 24 23 42 73 295
France 171 125 146 118 136 167 285
Canada 259 253 251 269 216 225 277
Mauritius 1,395 337 98 143 122 143 213
Mexico 87 67 82 71 96 158 198
Bhutan 11 25 47 125 133 522 192
Slovakia 288 249 206 206 209 218 192
Czech Republic 216 100 64 86 102 121 191
Germany, Fed Republic of 123 120 102 125 132 155 190
Poland 411 294 172 198 136 206 189
Sweden 167 146 141 194 163 184 189
Vietnam 351 223 199 143 138 340 177
Nigeria 47 62 79 65 88 205 175
Nepal 9,147 743 117 197 184 132 167
Chile 90 46 145 106 73 117 160
South Africa 266 186 178 119 102 117 154
Turkey 50 48 28 38 133 159 151
Singapore 200 157 111 128 139 140 144
Lithuania 19 36 53 71 63 109 132
Pakistan 1,455 1,461 1,719 1,388 444 229 132
Kenya 238 178 38 106 119 249 124
Switzerland 58 73 75 73 72 85 115
Zimbabwe 246 220 56 43 72 95 110
Colombia 199 63 27 50 63 51 109
Mongolia 10 12 22 18 25 27 90
Sri Lanka 524 418 232 160 70 32 78
Portugal 56 21 37 55 70 56 75
Greece 6 <5 7 67 89 108 69
Saudi Arabia 111 129 192 116 72 248 57
Bulgaria 12 8 12 12 36 55 56
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 82 65 50 49 38 45 55
Bangladesh 918 649 320 81 53 50 53
Norway 57 36 45 57 46 48 52
Argentina 13 28 13 17 11 27 50
Other countries 93 78 15 48 43 52 47

Total outside Australia 68,729 28,100 15,556 15,560 13,638 16,566 19,669

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2.11 Number of subclass 572 Vocational Education and Training Sector visa applications granted in Australia by citizenship country and financial
year in the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Korea, South 2,704 2,574 2,472 2,822 4,533 4,754 5,482
India 5,255 10,923 18,853 22,139 11,285 8,651 4,871
China, Peoples Republic of 4,145 4,343 4,115 4,137 3,272 3,284 3,926
Thailand 3,913 4,345 3,657 3,285 3,002 3,000 3,633
Brazil 3,371 3,036 2,610 2,645 2,690 2,657 3,258
Malaysia 852 732 795 985 1,336 1,643 2,336
Italy 332 395 423 630 958 1,464 1,918
Taiwan 294 354 293 490 749 1,174 1,775
Philippines 327 511 650 743 1,006 1,375 1,511
Indonesia 657 889 1,193 1,048 1,103 1,270 1,350
Japan 1,407 1,309 1,143 1,304 1,257 1,173 1,324
United Kingdom 725 910 882 868 993 1,168 1,299
Colombia 915 965 799 780 805 952 1,156
HKSAR of the PRC 401 453 341 374 476 662 1,115
Pakistan 456 941 1,153 1,438 1,305 1,042 821
Vietnam 346 422 512 782 731 758 736
Spain 94 129 181 291 574 722 729
France 324 331 348 375 463 556 696
Nepal 2,068 2,466 3,387 2,140 1,194 875 682
Poland 388 425 376 386 483 445 518
Ireland, Republic of 112 278 425 380 492 494 469
Czech Republic 301 336 262 321 421 412 432
Greece 7 10 39 212 416 441 423
United States of America 182 210 221 274 286 252 313
Germany, Fed Republic of 235 253 229 251 277 290 299
Mauritius 344 681 745 428 336 319 279
Sri Lanka 178 296 376 438 284 298 242
Bangladesh 1,404 1,137 908 722 547 323 239
Chile 128 149 135 165 169 181 238
Peru 331 362 342 310 269 216 200
Portugal 32 60 50 100 148 192 196
Slovakia 179 181 181 226 216 197 189
Venezuela 47 86 117 128 125 130 185
Estonia 18 23 57 79 109 143 179
Canada 117 155 146 147 190 156 174
Turkey 133 191 171 166 173 128 171
Mexico 80 53 89 72 131 122 165
Kenya 82 131 132 131 101 120 157
Nigeria 23 32 19 31 53 59 139
Singapore 113 123 110 134 99 151 117
Bhutan 0 <5 <5 7 13 49 104
Sweden 56 81 78 70 129 114 104
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 41 57 50 62 62 70 97
Bulgaria 10 <5 6 8 17 70 95
Hungary 173 228 191 144 147 130 91
Iran 32 48 49 43 56 44 90
Jordan 112 89 77 55 58 50 85
Zimbabwe 68 100 100 60 54 71 84
Saudi Arabia 41 87 189 290 193 151 75
Lithuania 14 18 21 40 60 62 74
Other countries 36 50 48 38 35 50 53

Total in Australia 35,060 43,930 51,850 54,384 44,925 44,082 46,021

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2.12 Number of subclass 573 Higher Education Sector visa applications granted outside Australia by citizenship country and financial year in the
last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 23,141 23,091 19,158 17,524 22,638 28,983 34,504
India 22,364 5,053 2,341 3,994 7,724 19,985 18,641
Nepal 1,480 549 480 1,110 2,432 6,290 5,074
Malaysia 6,136 5,680 5,118 4,440 4,179 4,577 4,684
Vietnam 5,326 4,184 2,522 2,740 5,134 6,438 4,612
Pakistan 978 837 824 1,378 2,843 3,146 3,226
Thailand 1,356 1,215 1,116 1,877 2,372 3,247 2,960
Indonesia 2,563 2,861 2,393 2,378 2,419 2,786 2,667
HKSAR of the PRC 2,549 2,637 2,281 1,434 2,058 2,179 2,239
Singapore 2,822 2,760 2,705 2,348 2,390 2,333 2,226
Sri Lanka 2,063 774 644 698 1,111 1,449 1,974
Philippines 522 757 899 895 1,398 1,671 1,657
Saudi Arabia 3,822 2,108 1,902 1,701 1,747 1,741 1,652
Korea, South 1,748 1,972 1,957 1,793 1,422 1,404 1,333
Bangladesh 562 540 581 743 744 966 1,275
Canada 1,492 1,341 1,132 1,110 911 932 797
United States of America 954 934 843 776 763 740 715
Taiwan 880 952 696 613 566 671 647
Kenya 320 325 236 270 329 409 575
Nigeria 92 88 77 123 196 428 546
Mongolia 50 57 49 37 100 256 533
Iran 560 843 652 692 672 493 463
Oman 207 206 223 194 299 322 407
Bhutan 140 214 166 134 172 343 364
Japan 435 456 366 337 377 325 333
United Kingdom 601 618 431 383 339 335 333
Colombia 331 362 246 236 263 253 331
France 382 534 383 374 280 314 317
Russian Federation 205 242 225 321 403 341 308
Norway 387 467 473 369 327 299 305
Germany, Fed Republic of 495 579 430 349 282 272 279
Mauritius 945 279 170 202 254 308 276
Brazil 144 153 123 142 131 193 272
Cambodia 79 94 110 97 148 231 236
Myanmar 178 198 167 147 193 226 234
Lebanon 66 62 60 100 198 212 227
Iraq 68 61 45 102 142 254 226
Mexico 172 240 204 217 211 232 215
Sweden 283 244 240 191 206 191 208
Peru 130 101 65 110 136 158 200
Zimbabwe 278 140 46 54 113 157 199
Chile 283 283 207 185 216 215 192
Macau Special Admin Region 84 115 105 98 86 101 153
Brunei Darussalam 131 162 120 113 102 75 141
Jordan 106 112 83 57 207 134 140
Ecuador 34 47 31 65 293 427 134
Papua New Guinea 89 78 69 123 148 100 132
Italy 80 86 85 61 83 105 122
Kuwait 67 295 329 510 247 174 118
Venezuela 49 101 118 100 102 151 118
Other countries 116 90 45 43 53 50 51

Total outside Australia 90,616 68,411 55,922 55,885 72,051 99,612 101,460

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2 Granted
2.13 Number of subclass 573 Higher Education Sector visa applications granted in Australia by citizenship country and financial year in the last
seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 14,686 16,806 18,657 20,807 22,171 21,141 18,733
India 5,359 5,958 6,371 5,754 3,924 3,811 4,185
Saudi Arabia 1,518 2,311 2,854 3,395 2,829 2,508 2,740
Nepal 1,184 2,202 4,644 3,092 2,955 2,949 2,721
Vietnam 1,085 1,501 1,831 2,430 2,715 2,773 2,628
Korea, South 2,602 3,371 2,901 2,680 2,219 1,929 1,702
Pakistan 487 746 989 1,264 1,509 1,611 1,688
Malaysia 1,756 1,743 1,765 1,848 1,718 1,603 1,519
HKSAR of the PRC 1,337 1,479 1,424 1,418 1,234 1,215 1,228
Philippines 176 265 372 451 641 779 1,121
Indonesia 1,228 1,189 1,434 1,282 1,374 1,289 1,032
Bangladesh 666 642 999 1,024 1,043 938 969
Sri Lanka 692 924 987 1,128 950 827 797
Thailand 1,123 1,027 1,023 1,038 1,044 771 709
Singapore 747 821 758 819 758 706 625
Colombia 541 803 699 622 561 646 599
Taiwan 1,079 946 856 809 661 596 599
Japan 759 688 616 590 553 477 430
Iran 193 256 291 316 254 295 378
Kenya 221 235 250 285 245 255 340
Brazil 232 284 279 262 316 325 313
United Kingdom 419 445 403 327 348 323 309
United States of America 339 318 308 316 275 258 272
France 425 470 443 372 308 294 250
Canada 302 282 231 245 240 271 240
Mauritius 213 266 318 327 327 295 240
Nigeria 38 49 68 81 93 134 197
Italy 102 107 131 118 127 166 189
Russian Federation 90 132 127 159 151 153 173
Germany, Fed Republic of 255 251 230 153 173 137 131
Zimbabwe 205 253 242 252 156 117 131
Myanmar 63 97 105 108 117 138 125
Bhutan 8 10 18 27 42 81 124
Cambodia 52 69 56 58 81 82 124
Peru 126 120 133 109 125 85 123
Turkey 123 264 254 171 135 104 117
Sweden 142 133 133 120 108 118 115
Norway 251 225 210 177 158 123 107
Kuwait 15 22 24 50 49 78 103
Mongolia 27 30 38 47 46 61 101
Hungary 21 47 38 52 87 117 93
Papua New Guinea 43 58 35 74 85 78 90
Chile 43 62 80 98 96 69 83
Zambia 136 125 135 98 90 86 80
Jordan 70 86 59 39 41 55 78
Venezuela 44 62 100 134 124 116 78
South Africa 51 95 62 81 67 66 77
United Arab Emirates 124 150 100 151 94 80 71
Macau Special Admin Region 29 44 51 73 76 73 70
Lebanon 58 86 61 53 60 55 64
Other countries <5 <5 0 <5 0 <5 0

Total in Australia 43,244 50,593 56,645 57,275 55,218 52,732 50,253

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2 Granted
2.14 Number of subclass 574 Postgraduate Research Sector visa applications granted outside Australia by citizenship country and financial year in
the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 544 620 637 662 823 941 976
Iraq 122 97 52 115 324 688 549
Bangladesh 368 310 331 340 397 507 443
Vietnam 223 256 324 393 222 333 415
Iran 259 362 400 488 523 433 391
Saudi Arabia 245 287 334 363 322 373 366
India 226 195 237 272 335 379 353
Indonesia 540 666 450 530 362 336 318
Malaysia 876 703 405 435 511 328 242
Pakistan 127 126 143 156 161 209 222
Sri Lanka 134 177 176 204 203 201 209
United States of America 98 107 117 134 143 125 174
Germany, Fed Republic of 82 100 67 92 71 91 86
Ghana 10 18 24 35 31 48 79
Singapore 78 81 79 78 98 62 79
Brazil 53 35 40 38 47 76 76
Ethiopia 11 18 8 28 22 50 74
Nepal 37 23 41 52 65 107 74
United Kingdom 46 63 76 87 69 76 68
Chile 72 74 78 79 68 57 65
Oman 29 17 13 38 31 91 65
Nigeria 18 19 33 50 82 67 63
Italy 28 29 36 43 71 64 58
France 28 26 34 44 45 51 57
Thailand 157 114 95 84 99 76 57
Korea, South 24 50 51 39 29 40 54
Philippines 34 54 30 51 38 47 53
Egypt 33 33 43 47 35 53 46
Bhutan 25 26 24 34 39 37 45
Canada 53 62 72 59 58 73 42
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 10 28 15 20 18 23 40
Russian Federation 20 23 28 28 27 33 38
Jordan 35 52 34 43 42 38 34
Libya 12 19 50 16 48 34 31
Mexico 28 28 38 31 33 25 31
Spain <5 7 14 18 23 22 29
Taiwan 56 60 52 30 39 28 24
Japan 32 25 23 11 31 21 22
HKSAR of the PRC 17 8 9 15 18 15 21
Colombia 20 23 37 25 31 29 20
South Africa 20 16 5 13 23 8 19
Uganda 11 <5 <5 13 18 26 17
Israel 16 11 18 11 9 24 14
Kuwait 26 9 18 40 7 12 14
Sweden 9 5 5 7 5 <5 14
Switzerland 9 6 10 9 12 7 14
Ukraine 6 <5 7 6 9 6 13
Rwanda 0 <5 <5 0 <5 14 12
Serbia 7 <5 5 6 6 8 12
Cambodia 6 <5 <5 5 12 19 11
Other countries <5 6 11 16 15 8 11

Total outside Australia 5,239 5,391 5,149 5,764 6,059 6,775 6,509

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2 Granted
2.15 Number of subclass 574 Postgraduate Research Sector visa applications granted in Australia by citizenship country and financial year in the
last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Saudi Arabia 243 472 455 653 685 695 826
China, Peoples Republic of 370 451 547 667 697 688 661
Indonesia 142 101 150 193 325 335 319
Bangladesh 98 133 123 197 203 220 260
Iran 117 146 178 183 187 219 240
Vietnam 98 120 148 159 201 260 221
India 215 274 231 244 144 156 193
Malaysia 227 260 320 352 294 216 180
Pakistan 24 71 89 117 79 90 123
Sri Lanka 62 49 91 99 109 92 119
United States of America 106 115 99 119 97 76 90
Germany, Fed Republic of 99 115 112 100 104 66 84
United Kingdom 58 65 61 74 80 56 70
Iraq 20 19 12 58 67 54 66
Singapore 77 79 76 61 55 86 63
Libya 71 240 158 344 175 177 61
Canada 59 51 52 54 54 49 60
Italy 34 37 44 58 49 52 60
Nepal 20 38 41 62 62 63 59
Korea, South 81 102 50 79 68 61 57
Thailand 117 121 128 116 87 68 57
France 50 49 44 48 57 37 50
Chile 10 16 30 63 44 58 40
Jordan 33 42 40 17 19 33 33
Nigeria 10 <5 11 15 26 18 31
Brazil 31 42 31 50 40 36 30
Mexico 22 17 19 21 30 22 28
Taiwan 55 46 52 57 45 29 27
Colombia 21 24 29 21 22 35 23
Japan 77 50 45 39 29 35 22
Bhutan <5 <5 9 16 20 18 21
HKSAR of the PRC 15 14 16 15 16 10 18
Philippines 10 28 25 28 32 17 17
Spain 5 12 5 <5 10 10 17
Egypt 11 24 11 11 19 10 16
Ghana 10 16 7 15 18 23 15
Turkey 8 26 23 24 22 13 15
Venezuela <5 <5 <5 6 5 9 14
Fiji <5 6 8 14 8 7 13
Switzerland 10 7 7 12 9 9 13
Belgium <5 <5 <5 8 12 <5 12
Russian Federation 13 9 16 17 20 14 12
Tanzania 5 8 <5 <5 5 16 12
Kuwait 12 5 17 27 25 13 11
Mongolia <5 5 6 <5 12 6 10
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 9 6 10 15 20 19 10
Poland 8 5 <5 6 9 5 10
South Africa <5 9 <5 8 8 6 10
Myanmar 0 10 <5 <5 <5 6 9
Portugal 6 14 <5 7 14 32 9
Other countries 9 9 <5 16 <5 5 <5

Total in Australia 3,096 3,950 4,054 4,841 4,656 4,546 4,599

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2 Granted
2.16 Number of subclass 575 Non-Award Sector visa applications granted outside Australia by citizenship country and financial year in the last
seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

United States of America 7,093 6,450 6,194 5,528 5,244 5,213 5,511
Germany, Fed Republic of 2,200 2,204 1,795 1,401 1,346 1,593 1,782
Brazil 51 22 15 121 1,368 3,028 1,272
United Kingdom 526 600 691 700 895 988 1,246
China, Peoples Republic of 839 929 844 833 544 723 961
Norway 633 664 693 728 720 858 913
Canada 661 629 702 706 677 726 781
France 629 601 614 602 599 715 694
Denmark 407 491 529 499 535 580 609
Sweden 476 503 508 462 514 599 576
Japan 314 258 239 269 288 408 493
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 331 312 259 308 283 315 437
Mexico 338 310 282 301 339 338 425
Italy 234 228 223 248 251 309 309
Spain 87 137 133 198 215 209 247
HKSAR of the PRC 256 235 218 136 185 200 215
Singapore 228 210 193 203 138 167 210
Switzerland 85 87 111 98 141 146 189
Korea, South 275 242 222 277 209 232 182
Malaysia 385 346 326 223 203 206 175
Austria 185 173 146 157 135 181 163
Finland 114 138 123 73 99 101 109
India 306 132 51 87 98 93 99
Indonesia 223 260 182 197 99 94 83
Taiwan 120 93 39 66 58 75 79
Chile 71 67 56 51 59 54 70
Philippines 37 35 73 122 263 201 62
Ireland, Republic of 36 54 70 78 45 62 60
Poland 39 40 47 44 51 48 55
Colombia 29 21 26 33 42 52 51
Belgium 12 21 40 33 45 49 50
Czech Republic 24 44 23 38 38 39 43
Vietnam 38 42 33 83 91 113 41
Turkey 24 29 28 59 71 92 38
Russian Federation 11 23 15 16 17 28 35
Thailand 119 52 61 59 44 44 34
Lithuania 5 24 21 20 21 30 27
Israel 19 27 15 19 21 31 26
Argentina 11 6 11 13 8 17 24
Portugal 19 20 10 15 21 26 24
Saudi Arabia 96 41 25 13 137 21 19
Bulgaria 12 18 22 19 15 18 13
Slovakia 11 10 9 6 9 12 13
Hungary 9 13 11 14 10 13 12
Morocco <5 <5 7 6 7 12 12
Pakistan 6 10 13 13 14 11 12
Peru <5 <5 9 10 9 7 12
Romania 6 5 7 8 8 9 11
Iceland 9 <5 <5 <5 9 8 10
Greece 7 16 8 10 12 5 9
Other countries 8 7 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5

Total outside Australia 17,912 17,160 16,254 15,429 16,466 19,341 18,698

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2 Granted
2.17 Number of subclass 575 Non-Award Sector visa applications granted in Australia by citizenship country and financial year in the last seven
financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Saudi Arabia 25 64 50 46 23 45 61
United States of America 117 80 66 56 45 60 54
Japan 67 33 29 36 30 36 42
China, Peoples Republic of 100 101 152 92 41 37 32
Germany, Fed Republic of 66 61 57 35 35 28 30
France 35 33 14 19 30 25 24
Malaysia 28 40 30 15 19 23 22
United Kingdom 28 16 12 10 10 <5 21
Singapore 5 14 8 8 9 14 16
Canada 28 15 14 22 26 14 15
Mexico 20 15 14 15 10 11 15
Sweden 23 26 17 16 18 17 15
Brazil 64 47 29 45 24 68 14
Norway 49 29 33 29 33 11 14
Korea, South 86 65 39 43 75 52 12
Italy 19 11 14 10 13 12 11
HKSAR of the PRC 23 25 21 8 5 <5 10
Denmark 17 18 30 30 10 7 9
Colombia 29 33 19 21 28 16 8
Spain 12 6 10 9 16 15 7
Austria <5 0 <5 <5 <5 <5 6
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 15 9 11 7 7 <5 6
Sri Lanka <5 <5 9 16 5 8 6
Indonesia 15 16 10 6 <5 7 <5
Switzerland 8 <5 <5 <5 5 <5 <5
Taiwan 45 18 7 13 6 5 <5
Vietnam <5 8 8 8 8 <5 <5
Finland 6 5 5 9 <5 5 <5
Philippines 7 <5 <5 <5 5 <5 <5
Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 <5
Argentina <5 <5 <5 0 <5 <5 <5
India 38 80 57 32 17 10 <5
Latvia <5 <5 <5 0 0 0 <5
Lithuania 0 0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Pakistan <5 0 <5 <5 0 <5 <5
Poland 5 <5 6 0 7 <5 <5
Slovakia <5 0 0 <5 0 <5 <5
Turkey 9 <5 <5 <5 0 <5 <5
Ukraine <5 0 0 0 0 <5 <5
Chile <5 9 5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Croatia 0 0 0 <5 0 0 <5
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 <5
Estonia 0 0 <5 <5 5 <5 <5
Jordan <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Mauritius <5 <5 0 <5 <5 5 <5
Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 <5
Oman <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Portugal <5 <5 6 <5 <5 <5 <5
Russian Federation 0 0 <5 <5 <5 0 <5
South Africa <5 9 <5 <5 0 0 <5
Other countries 0 0 0 <5 0 0 0

Total in Australia 1,087 979 853 731 613 592 505

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2 Granted
2.18 Number of subclass 576 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector visa applications granted outside Australia by citizenship country and financial year
in the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Indonesia 720 791 744 793 1,152 1,327 1,441
Vietnam 320 388 470 644 578 636 580
Papua New Guinea 467 424 428 423 431 502 471
Philippines 264 275 314 263 327 255 309
Pakistan 210 200 233 273 310 336 306
Timor-Leste 64 87 76 106 139 136 194
Mongolia 99 81 103 110 148 165 159
Cambodia 85 100 92 168 168 202 155
Bangladesh 137 89 145 159 143 233 150
Bhutan 52 61 113 95 131 162 150
Myanmar 0 0 10 23 76 102 148
Nepal 17 22 64 60 94 131 126
Tonga 89 113 88 85 96 152 125
Sri Lanka 41 73 62 87 117 124 124
Fiji 31 21 59 72 92 86 119
Thailand 85 102 84 96 108 76 91
Solomon Islands 45 36 73 70 66 62 81
Tanzania 26 21 27 55 131 79 77
Lao Peoples Dem Republic 90 72 82 95 105 132 76
Malaysia 101 94 99 112 92 86 76
Maldives 24 30 46 79 54 66 73
Nigeria 0 8 17 51 98 78 68
Ghana 0 11 23 43 106 49 67
Kenya 23 24 27 76 113 74 66
Vanuatu 37 54 28 50 58 39 55
Kiribati 72 29 25 30 29 56 46
Uganda 17 18 26 55 69 43 46
Samoa 44 38 39 59 38 56 44
Malawi 15 14 17 73 81 39 40
Mozambique 29 21 26 31 23 16 29
Rwanda <5 8 13 30 25 27 25
Zambia 16 19 39 63 97 51 25
Ethiopia 0 0 15 67 55 69 22
Peru 0 0 0 10 24 <5 21
Tuvalu 19 32 27 20 12 29 21
Jordan 9 0 7 <5 <5 23 20
Nauru <5 5 <5 0 0 6 20
India 35 15 26 56 56 26 19
Botswana 7 14 20 19 34 26 17
France 9 18 13 9 14 14 17
Cameroon 0 <5 <5 16 29 18 16
Mauritius 0 0 21 21 47 28 13
Micronesia 15 28 14 9 10 15 13
Palestinian Authority 0 0 0 18 14 20 13
Burundi 0 0 <5 10 9 14 12
China, Peoples Republic of 49 43 39 54 26 5 12
Lesotho 10 9 8 14 22 20 12
Paraguay 0 0 0 5 14 14 12
United States of America <5 5 5 5 <5 6 12
Argentina 0 0 <5 9 13 18 11
Other countries 0 0 0 6 32 15 9

Total outside Australia 3,640 3,827 4,182 5,287 6,305 6,454 6,051

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2 Granted
2.19 Number of subclass 576 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector visa applications granted in Australia by citizenship country and financial year in the
last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Indonesia 184 137 124 169 89 84 186
Vietnam 20 27 37 44 71 48 81
Papua New Guinea 83 74 123 56 105 74 69
Bangladesh 15 9 17 32 14 24 21
Cambodia <5 8 14 22 13 14 19
Nepal <5 5 <5 6 6 <5 14
Kenya <5 <5 0 0 <5 <5 12
Kiribati 0 <5 <5 8 <5 0 11
Afghanistan 0 <5 <5 23 10 15 9
Ghana 0 0 0 0 <5 <5 9
Tonga 0 <5 <5 6 11 5 8
Tuvalu 0 0 0 <5 <5 0 8
Philippines 8 6 7 13 <5 10 7
Lao Peoples Dem Republic 8 <5 5 10 11 17 6
Maldives <5 6 <5 9 <5 <5 6
Mongolia 11 8 10 11 18 16 6
Solomon Islands 11 9 10 6 30 8 6
Tanzania <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 6
Fiji 5 <5 <5 9 7 11 5
France <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 5
Bhutan <5 6 6 <5 7 18 <5
Zambia <5 <5 0 0 <5 <5 <5
Ethiopia 0 0 0 0 0 <5 <5
Myanmar 0 0 0 0 <5 <5 <5
Pakistan 10 15 8 32 18 13 <5
Palestinian Authority 0 0 0 0 <5 <5 <5
Rwanda 0 0 0 <5 <5 6 <5
Timor-Leste <5 5 13 14 10 9 <5
Chile 0 0 0 <5 <5 0 <5
India <5 7 5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Japan 0 0 0 0 <5 0 <5
Liberia 0 0 0 0 <5 0 <5
Samoa <5 <5 <5 8 13 5 <5
Uganda <5 5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 <5
Argentina 0 0 0 0 <5 0 <5
Belize 0 0 0 0 0 <5 <5
Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 0 <5
Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 <5
Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 <5
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 <5
Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 <5
Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 <5
Iraq 0 <5 <5 41 50 0 <5
Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 <5 <5
Nigeria 0 0 <5 0 <5 <5 <5
Saint Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 <5 <5
Sri Lanka 0 7 6 14 6 12 <5
United Kingdom 0 0 <5 5 0 0 <5
United States of America 0 0 <5 <5 <5 0 <5
Other countries <5 5 6 8 9 <5 <5

Total in Australia 418 389 451 573 551 437 549

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3 Grant rates
3.01 Grant rate of student visa applications decided by visa subclass in the last seven financial years

100.0

80.0
Grant rate (%)

60.0

40.0

20.0

0.0
2014-15
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Visa Subclass 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

570 Independent ELICOS Sector 93.0% 91.8% 90.1% 89.5% 92.4% 93.5% 93.4%

571 Schools Sector 82.7% 89.6% 93.9% 91.4% 94.5% 93.1% 90.9%

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector 88.0% 76.3% 88.1% 85.5% 88.7% 88.9% 87.9%

573 Higher Education Sector 95.0% 94.0% 95.3% 91.8% 94.0% 93.8% 91.6%

574 Postgraduate Research Sector 97.5% 97.9% 98.6% 98.1% 98.3% 98.7% 98.4%

575 Non-Award Sector 98.5% 98.4% 99.0% 99.0% 99.5% 99.7% 99.6%

576 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector 99.1% 98.9% 98.4% 97.6% 98.7% 98.5% 99.2%

Total 92.1% 88.5% 93.0% 90.5% 93.2% 93.3% 91.8%

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3 Grant rates
3.02 Grant rate of student visa applications decided by client location and visa subclass in the last seven financial years

Visa Subclass 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Outside Australia

570 Independent ELICOS Sector 91.7% 89.7% 87.1% 86.7% 90.7% 92.7% 92.5%

571 Schools Sector 80.4% 88.4% 93.4% 90.6% 94.4% 92.8% 90.6%

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector 83.8% 57.9% 72.3% 66.2% 75.9% 77.4% 79.5%

573 Higher Education Sector 93.4% 91.2% 92.8% 86.4% 91.3% 91.8% 88.9%

574 Postgraduate Research Sector 96.7% 96.9% 98.0% 97.3% 97.7% 98.5% 98.1%

575 Non-Award Sector 98.6% 98.6% 99.0% 99.1% 99.7% 99.8% 99.8%

576 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector 99.3% 99.5% 98.7% 98.1% 98.9% 98.8% 99.5%

All outside Australia 89.9% 83.3% 89.9% 85.7% 91.1% 91.6% 89.9%

In Australia

570 Independent ELICOS Sector 98.3% 98.0% 97.9% 96.4% 95.6% 95.6% 95.8%

571 Schools Sector 97.5% 95.5% 96.5% 96.3% 94.9% 95.7% 94.6%

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector 97.5% 95.7% 94.4% 93.3% 93.5% 94.2% 92.2%

573 Higher Education Sector 98.6% 97.9% 97.9% 97.7% 97.8% 97.9% 97.6%

574 Postgraduate Research Sector 98.9% 99.1% 99.5% 99.1% 99.2% 98.9% 98.8%

575 Non-Award Sector 97.1% 95.0% 97.2% 96.7% 95.2% 96.3% 95.5%

576 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector 96.8% 94.0% 96.6% 93.5% 96.8% 93.8% 95.1%

All in Australia 98.1% 97.0% 96.4% 95.7% 95.9% 96.2% 95.1%

Total 92.1% 88.5% 93.0% 90.5% 93.2% 93.3% 91.8%

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3 Grant rates
3.03 Grant rate of student visa applications decided by citizenship in the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 89.8% 92.5% 95.2% 94.1% 95.6% 96.1% 95.3%
India 89.7% 65.9% 82.8% 79.6% 86.1% 89.7% 80.8%
Korea, South 99.1% 98.8% 98.8% 97.7% 97.4% 97.6% 97.5%
Brazil 99.4% 97.1% 97.2% 96.9% 97.6% 98.1% 96.8%
Thailand 98.4% 93.2% 89.0% 91.0% 93.9% 96.0% 92.5%
Vietnam 86.4% 78.6% 88.3% 89.9% 91.2% 86.3% 85.8%
Pakistan 82.0% 73.9% 82.4% 60.8% 72.8% 67.7% 59.4%
Malaysia 99.3% 99.0% 98.9% 97.8% 97.7% 97.9% 97.7%
Nepal 82.5% 69.7% 89.5% 81.2% 85.1% 95.0% 90.1%
Indonesia 97.4% 94.9% 96.4% 94.0% 94.5% 95.5% 96.3%
Saudi Arabia 98.1% 98.0% 98.1% 97.0% 96.7% 97.2% 97.4%
United States of America 99.5% 99.5% 99.7% 99.5% 99.3% 99.4% 99.1%
Colombia 97.3% 94.0% 91.6% 94.9% 94.0% 93.9% 93.0%
Philippines 86.2% 72.6% 88.9% 85.7% 87.1% 79.2% 84.5%
Japan 99.4% 99.2% 99.5% 99.2% 99.2% 98.9% 98.8%
HKSAR of the PRC 98.2% 98.1% 98.1% 95.3% 96.7% 97.2% 97.6%
Taiwan 99.1% 99.1% 98.8% 98.6% 98.2% 97.9% 98.1%
Italy 99.3% 99.4% 99.3% 98.6% 97.3% 98.6% 98.7%
Germany, Fed Republic of 99.8% 99.7% 99.8% 99.5% 99.6% 99.5% 99.7%
Sri Lanka 79.3% 85.4% 91.7% 86.4% 88.9% 90.4% 92.4%
United Kingdom 99.1% 99.2% 99.3% 97.9% 98.2% 97.9% 98.6%
Bangladesh 78.6% 82.7% 85.5% 80.9% 85.0% 90.4% 92.1%
Singapore 99.3% 98.9% 99.0% 98.9% 98.7% 98.6% 98.9%
France 99.0% 99.4% 99.3% 99.0% 98.6% 99.0% 98.3%
Spain 99.6% 99.4% 99.4% 98.9% 98.3% 98.7% 98.8%
Canada 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 99.3% 99.3% 99.7% 99.3%
Iran 75.8% 75.5% 85.8% 83.4% 82.1% 88.1% 94.2%
Chile 98.9% 98.0% 97.2% 98.8% 98.5% 99.3% 99.1%
Mexico 99.3% 99.0% 99.8% 98.4% 99.0% 99.3% 98.9%
Norway 99.6% 99.7% 99.5% 99.5% 99.8% 99.3% 98.9%
Czech Republic 99.2% 99.3% 95.3% 97.4% 98.1% 98.7% 97.9%
Kenya 78.9% 77.2% 80.9% 83.1% 89.5% 89.4% 89.5%
Papua New Guinea 98.8% 96.7% 93.2% 87.0% 92.0% 95.1% 97.4%
Bhutan 96.4% 96.9% 94.0% 94.7% 94.8% 66.6% 75.7%
Poland 99.7% 99.5% 99.3% 96.0% 96.5% 97.8% 98.1%
Sweden 99.8% 99.7% 99.4% 99.6% 99.4% 99.1% 99.1%
Mongolia 70.7% 68.2% 71.0% 85.0% 87.3% 87.4% 86.8%
Mauritius 88.7% 82.2% 88.8% 83.8% 91.3% 90.3% 92.3%
Nigeria 44.1% 46.3% 50.5% 61.7% 74.5% 73.8% 72.4%
Iraq 88.0% 92.0% 73.4% 78.3% 87.5% 94.6% 95.4%
Turkey 94.5% 87.8% 81.6% 85.4% 83.6% 83.1% 79.7%
Venezuela 97.7% 94.2% 94.6% 98.8% 99.2% 96.0% 94.6%
Peru 97.1% 89.0% 87.3% 89.3% 91.1% 89.4% 85.9%
Russian Federation 92.0% 91.2% 88.4% 91.4% 94.4% 79.8% 86.4%
Denmark 98.9% 99.7% 99.9% 99.7% 99.9% 99.9% 99.6%
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 99.5% 99.6% 99.6% 99.3% 99.3% 99.5% 99.4%
Zimbabwe 78.3% 72.0% 60.8% 71.5% 73.8% 81.9% 78.0%
Greece 94.4% 98.5% 98.1% 96.5% 92.3% 95.3% 93.9%
Ireland, Republic of 99.4% 98.8% 98.6% 97.1% 96.2% 95.4% 96.2%
Slovakia 99.3% 96.1% 95.8% 96.4% 95.8% 96.6% 95.9%
Other countries 88.2% 90.4% 89.3% 86.4% 89.0% 89.1% 89.3%
Total 92.2% 88.3% 92.7% 90.1% 92.9% 93.1% 91.8%

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3 Grant rates
3.04 Grant rate of student visa applications decided where the client location was outside Australia and citizenship in the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 85.8% 90.2% 93.6% 91.0% 94.1% 95.1% 94.2%
India 88.4% 46.7% 49.6% 50.1% 81.7% 89.6% 79.9%
Brazil 99.6% 95.6% 95.5% 95.4% 96.8% 98.0% 96.0%
Pakistan 77.8% 65.7% 76.4% 46.4% 62.7% 56.7% 48.0%
Vietnam 84.4% 73.9% 83.9% 86.7% 89.2% 82.9% 81.2%
Thailand 97.6% 88.1% 79.3% 84.0% 91.6% 96.2% 90.0%
United States of America 99.6% 99.7% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8% 99.7% 99.5%
Indonesia 97.1% 94.2% 95.4% 92.6% 93.2% 94.9% 96.1%
Nepal 78.6% 36.1% 56.1% 53.2% 75.2% 95.1% 87.4%
Malaysia 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 99.0% 99.0% 98.9% 99.1%
Korea, South 99.5% 99.3% 99.3% 98.3% 97.8% 98.1% 98.6%
Colombia 96.0% 89.8% 84.8% 92.6% 91.8% 91.4% 90.2%
Philippines 83.8% 66.3% 86.1% 81.6% 83.4% 72.7% 78.0%
Japan 99.6% 99.2% 99.7% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 99.4%
Saudi Arabia 98.8% 98.7% 98.8% 96.9% 97.7% 98.7% 98.3%
HKSAR of the PRC 98.4% 98.8% 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 99.0% 99.0%
Taiwan 99.6% 99.7% 99.5% 99.5% 99.4% 99.1% 98.8%
Singapore 99.6% 99.4% 99.3% 99.6% 99.4% 99.1% 99.5%
Sri Lanka 74.8% 77.8% 87.6% 79.4% 86.9% 89.5% 92.4%
Italy 99.4% 99.7% 99.5% 98.5% 98.4% 99.4% 99.4%
Bangladesh 64.6% 72.5% 77.5% 66.1% 76.2% 87.4% 89.3%
United Kingdom 99.3% 99.7% 99.2% 98.1% 98.9% 98.8% 98.9%
Spain 100.0% 99.1% 99.6% 99.1% 98.3% 99.4% 99.5%
France 99.4% 99.8% 99.5% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 99.2%
Canada 99.6% 99.5% 99.7% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8% 99.6%
Norway 99.7% 99.8% 99.6% 99.7% 99.8% 99.9% 99.8%
Mexico 99.5% 99.5% 99.8% 98.3% 99.0% 99.5% 99.1%
Papua New Guinea 99.2% 98.0% 92.7% 86.8% 92.1% 96.0% 99.7%
Chile 98.7% 97.8% 96.2% 98.4% 98.8% 99.6% 99.7%
Bhutan 97.0% 96.7% 93.4% 94.0% 94.1% 63.5% 70.3%
Mongolia 67.3% 60.0% 67.0% 81.2% 87.7% 86.3% 85.8%
Sweden 99.8% 99.6% 99.4% 99.9% 100.0% 99.6% 99.5%
Iran 70.0% 70.0% 81.1% 78.5% 77.4% 84.0% 91.9%
Kenya 73.4% 69.3% 69.2% 76.3% 87.2% 88.4% 86.9%
Nigeria 35.4% 37.5% 41.1% 54.1% 69.8% 70.9% 65.6%
Czech Republic 98.9% 99.4% 92.3% 96.2% 97.7% 98.4% 98.0%
Iraq 87.2% 90.9% 68.5% 70.9% 85.4% 94.9% 95.9%
Denmark 99.7% 100.0% 100.0% 99.7% 100.0% 100.0% 99.6%
Mauritius 86.6% 67.3% 71.5% 70.2% 87.4% 86.3% 93.9%
Netherlands, Kingdom of The 99.5% 99.6% 99.5% 99.8% 99.8% 100.0% 99.8%
Russian Federation 90.6% 90.0% 85.5% 89.1% 93.7% 74.9% 82.7%
Turkey 93.6% 84.7% 72.1% 78.6% 76.5% 78.3% 71.7%
Venezuela 96.5% 91.5% 91.2% 98.4% 98.4% 94.6% 92.9%
Cambodia 97.0% 98.5% 96.7% 98.6% 98.4% 98.5% 92.9%
Poland 99.6% 99.6% 99.2% 94.0% 95.1% 99.0% 98.6%
Peru 95.3% 80.0% 73.5% 80.9% 83.9% 82.3% 78.2%
Zimbabwe 73.7% 60.9% 30.7% 47.1% 63.5% 75.9% 72.9%
Myanmar 90.8% 89.0% 65.9% 76.0% 90.7% 96.9% 94.1%
Lebanon 69.5% 76.3% 69.6% 46.6% 66.0% 56.5% 67.2%
Slovakia 99.4% 94.9% 93.2% 93.7% 94.4% 94.6% 94.2%
Other countries 89.4% 91.4% 89.6% 87.2% 90.0% 90.8% 91.1%
All outside Australia 90.0% 83.3% 89.9% 85.7% 91.1% 91.6% 89.9%

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3 Grant rates
3.05 Grant rate of student visa applications decided where the client location was in Australia and citizenship in the last seven financial years

Citizenship Country 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

China, Peoples Republic of 98.0% 96.0% 97.0% 97.1% 97.2% 97.5% 97.5%
India 96.4% 94.0% 90.9% 89.9% 88.9% 89.9% 82.8%
Korea, South 98.6% 98.2% 98.3% 97.1% 97.1% 97.4% 96.9%
Saudi Arabia 96.5% 97.3% 97.6% 97.0% 96.0% 96.0% 96.8%
Thailand 99.4% 98.4% 98.4% 97.9% 96.6% 95.6% 96.6%
Malaysia 98.5% 97.9% 97.8% 95.7% 95.8% 96.3% 95.9%
Brazil 99.3% 98.8% 99.1% 98.6% 98.8% 98.3% 98.6%
Vietnam 97.5% 96.0% 96.9% 94.6% 95.1% 94.8% 95.0%
Nepal 98.6% 95.1% 94.4% 94.3% 93.0% 94.9% 94.5%
Colombia 99.1% 98.1% 97.7% 97.7% 96.6% 96.7% 96.7%
Taiwan 98.5% 98.3% 98.0% 97.7% 97.1% 96.9% 97.5%
Italy 99.1% 99.1% 99.1% 98.8% 96.4% 98.0% 98.2%
Indonesia 98.2% 96.9% 98.0% 96.9% 96.8% 96.7% 96.9%
Pakistan 96.6% 90.8% 92.0% 93.3% 92.1% 93.6% 91.9%
Philippines 98.4% 96.2% 95.8% 95.5% 95.8% 94.6% 94.1%
HKSAR of the PRC 97.7% 96.8% 97.0% 92.0% 93.6% 94.6% 95.8%
Japan 99.3% 99.1% 99.3% 98.8% 98.8% 97.9% 97.9%
United Kingdom 98.6% 98.6% 99.4% 97.6% 97.5% 97.0% 98.3%
Bangladesh 98.3% 93.6% 91.9% 95.2% 92.9% 94.2% 95.9%
Sri Lanka 96.7% 96.5% 95.4% 92.2% 91.3% 91.8% 92.4%
France 98.4% 98.8% 99.0% 98.6% 97.8% 98.3% 96.7%
Spain 98.8% 100.0% 99.1% 98.4% 98.4% 97.5% 97.5%
Singapore 97.9% 97.3% 98.2% 97.1% 96.9% 97.1% 97.0%
United States of America 97.8% 97.5% 98.5% 97.9% 95.4% 96.1% 95.0%
Poland 99.8% 99.4% 99.3% 97.7% 97.3% 96.7% 97.7%
Iran 97.0% 97.5% 97.8% 97.9% 96.7% 96.1% 97.2%
Germany, Fed Republic of 99.4% 98.8% 99.5% 98.5% 98.8% 98.4% 97.8%
Czech Republic 99.8% 99.3% 99.2% 98.9% 98.6% 99.2% 97.9%
Mauritius 98.8% 95.7% 95.1% 93.0% 94.2% 94.1% 90.6%
Chile 99.3% 98.7% 99.8% 99.4% 97.8% 98.5% 97.9%
Kenya 91.7% 92.1% 92.8% 91.9% 93.4% 91.3% 93.8%
Greece 100.0% 100.0% 98.6% 97.6% 91.9% 94.4% 92.8%
Ireland, Republic of 98.9% 98.8% 98.2% 97.1% 95.5% 95.2% 96.2%
Canada 98.7% 98.8% 99.1% 97.2% 97.9% 99.0% 98.2%
Nigeria 96.1% 94.5% 96.2% 89.8% 91.1% 87.0% 95.6%
Peru 99.8% 98.3% 97.1% 95.3% 97.1% 96.3% 96.2%
Turkey 97.1% 94.4% 95.9% 95.2% 95.5% 93.3% 93.9%
Mexico 98.4% 96.6% 100.0% 98.8% 99.0% 98.7% 97.8%
Portugal 99.2% 97.9% 98.3% 97.4% 98.0% 97.3% 97.5%
Venezuela 100.0% 100.0% 99.7% 99.1% 100.0% 97.8% 97.8%
Papua New Guinea 96.8% 92.3% 94.8% 87.9% 91.6% 91.7% 88.1%
Slovakia 99.2% 98.4% 100.0% 99.7% 97.8% 100.0% 98.5%
Bhutan 88.2% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 98.8% 98.8% 98.1%
Sweden 99.6% 100.0% 99.6% 98.7% 97.4% 97.1% 97.2%
Zimbabwe 88.6% 88.6% 90.0% 88.3% 89.9% 92.4% 87.5%
Russian Federation 96.8% 94.7% 97.0% 98.3% 96.6% 97.4% 95.8%
Estonia 96.6% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 98.5% 98.9% 95.9%
Hungary 99.1% 98.6% 99.7% 94.6% 94.5% 96.4% 95.4%
Mongolia 98.1% 92.5% 85.4% 94.4% 85.7% 93.3% 91.6%
Jordan 89.5% 94.2% 92.7% 92.7% 90.5% 91.3% 98.1%
Other countries 97.2% 95.9% 96.9% 95.7% 94.3% 92.8% 92.8%
All in Australia 98.0% 96.4% 95.7% 95.0% 95.2% 95.6% 95.1%

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4 Visa holders in
Australia

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4 Visa holders in Australia
4.01 Number of student visa holders in Australia by visa subclass at 30 June for the last seven financial years

400,000

350,000
576 Foreign Affairs or
Defence Sector

300,000
575 Non-Award Sector

574 Postgraduate
Research Sector
250,000
573 Higher Education
Sector
572 Vocational
200,000 Education and Training
Sector

571 Schools Sector

150,000 570 Independent

ELICOS Sector

561 Student (Category

100,000 B)

560 Student

50,000

30/06/09 30/06/10 30/06/11 30/06/12 30/06/13 30/06/14 30/06/15

Visa Subclass 30/06/09 30/06/10 30/06/11 30/06/12 30/06/13 30/06/14 30/06/15

560 Student 44 15 17 45 14 14 10
561 Student (Category B) 5 <5 <5 5 <5 <5 <5
570 Independent ELICOS Sector 19,566 17,313 14,943 14,565 15,996 17,632 19,374
571 Schools Sector 20,165 15,949 14,270 11,421 10,341 10,545 11,244
572 Vocational Education and Training Sector 123,540 122,149 94,247 79,856 68,883 70,568 78,873
573 Higher Education Sector 198,556 199,917 180,108 169,355 174,929 203,187 227,983
574 Postgraduate Research Sector 12,567 15,581 17,340 19,396 20,569 22,021 22,780
575 Non-Award Sector 6,366 6,487 5,785 5,576 6,223 8,185 6,822
576 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector 5,457 5,301 5,995 6,831 7,293 7,609 7,478

Total 386,266 382,716 332,709 307,050 304,251 339,763 374,566

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4.02 Number of student visa holders in Australia by citizenship country at 30 June for last seven financial years

400,000

350,000

300,000

Other countries
250,000
Nepal

Korea, South
200,000
Vietnam

India
150,000
China, Peoples Republic
of

100,000

50,000

30/06/09 30/06/10 30/06/11 30/06/12 30/06/13 30/06/14 30/06/15

Citizenship Country 30/06/09 30/06/10 30/06/11 30/06/12 30/06/13 30/06/14 30/06/15

China, Peoples Republic of 76,462 79,861 75,578 71,227 71,196 76,152 82,572
India 92,364 80,331 50,980 38,029 30,403 40,595 48,585
Vietnam 13,964 16,418 16,283 15,504 17,156 20,054 20,693
Korea, South 22,460 21,540 18,695 16,864 16,089 16,030 17,152
Nepal 20,309 17,813 13,228 12,284 11,129 14,043 16,447
Thailand 13,386 13,063 11,700 10,897 11,154 13,615 15,488
Malaysia 15,880 16,515 15,514 14,301 14,080 13,666 14,468
Indonesia 11,536 12,184 11,508 11,671 11,674 11,838 12,797
Pakistan 4,752 5,573 6,418 7,400 8,748 10,303 11,497
Brazil 7,759 6,982 6,395 6,154 6,522 8,624 10,074
Philippines 3,413 4,118 4,728 5,405 6,669 8,130 8,495
Saudi Arabia 8,567 9,689 9,167 9,044 8,617 8,396 8,424
HKSAR of the PRC 7,375 8,129 8,144 7,261 7,210 7,520 8,160
Colombia 5,152 5,246 4,570 5,044 5,528 5,883 6,592
Taiwan 4,218 3,998 3,580 3,314 3,554 4,478 6,340
Other countries 78,669 81,256 76,221 72,651 74,522 80,436 86,782

Total 386,266 382,716 332,709 307,050 304,251 339,763 374,566

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5 Destinations
5.01 Number of visa applications granted by visa category in the last seven financial years where the person last held a student visa

140,000

120,000

100,000
Other visas

Partner
80,000
Temporary Skilled
Migration
Subclass 485
60,000
Student

Tourist
40,000

20,000

0
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Visa Category 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Tourist 24,057 25,703 25,799 26,316 27,825 30,653 32,818

Student 31,404 36,020 37,263 31,255 27,937 26,641 28,577
Temporary Graduate 13,588 21,164 18,652 33,794 29,575 20,496 21,259
Temporary Skilled Migration 4,195 3,432 5,271 10,500 17,918 15,843 14,707
Partner 4,356 5,548 5,686 7,258 8,666 8,101 8,075
Skilled Independent 9,897 5,652 9,570 7,078 6,147 4,464 5,328
Other Skilled 4,772 3,068 6,021 4,714 5,250 4,246 3,941
Working Holiday Maker 2,752 2,637 2,628 2,740 2,743 2,743 2,899
Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme 214 476 1,472 3,902 5,506 2,868 2,256
Onshore Protection 472 775 825 946 1,226 1,057 1,285
Other Temporary Resident 502 484 593 612 730 1,012 1,251
Business Visitor 1,546 1,743 1,951 2,086 1,707 574 559
Employer Nomination Scheme 390 844 1,063 1,131 828 588 516
Other Visitor 220 309 371 313 386 457 508
Other Family 628 520 407 476 689 535 475
Other visa categories 385 401 583 578 533 555 546

Total 99,378 108,776 118,155 133,699 137,666 120,833 125,000

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6 Subclass 485 visa
6.01 Number of subclass 485 visa applications lodged by visa stream in the last seven financial years

40,000

35,000

30,000

25,000

Skilled Graduate
20,000 Post-Study Work
Graduate Work

15,000

10,000

5,000

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Visa Stream 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Graduate Work 2,135 17,104 14,692

Post-Study Work <5 1,359 9,412

Skilled Graduate 28,906 37,837 38,630 33,842 22,551

Total 28,906 37,837 38,630 33,842 24,687 18,463 24,104

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6 Subclass 485 visa
6.02 Number of subclass 485 visa granted by visa stream in the last seven financial years

45,000

40,000

35,000

30,000

25,000
Skilled Graduate
Post-Study Work
Graduate Work
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Visa Stream 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Graduate Work 110 15,661 14,066

Post-Study Work 1,140 8,586

Skilled Graduate 14,461 23,390 21,838 40,088 35,385 6,066 243

Total 14,461 23,390 21,838 40,088 35,495 22,867 22,895

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6 Subclass 485 visa
6.03 Number of subclass 485 visa holders in Australia by citizenship country at 30 June for last seven financial years

40,000

35,000

30,000

Other countries
25,000
Vietnam

Pakistan
20,000
Nepal

India
15,000
China, Peoples Republic
of

10,000

5,000

0
30/06/09 30/06/10 30/06/11 30/06/12 30/06/13 30/06/14 30/06/15

Citizenship Country 30/06/09 30/06/10 30/06/11 30/06/12 30/06/13 30/06/14 30/06/15

China, Peoples Republic of 2 975 5 245 3 365 4 475 6 503 6 861 8 214
India 3 153 9 825 11 864 15 711 12 145 4 545 4 419
Nepal 186 1 216 1 993 2 809 2 546 2 611 2 654
Pakistan 158 429 617 906 1 286 1 258 1 446
Vietnam 97 191 164 461 953 901 985
Malaysia 537 718 317 953 1 359 1 022 904
Philippines 75 180 178 426 614 640 888
Indonesia 571 744 420 836 1 226 803 684
Sri Lanka 263 758 670 1 129 1 292 737 648
Bangladesh 362 1 011 1 005 865 805 630 608
Korea, South 547 1 253 984 1 001 968 683 588
HKSAR of the PRC 198 304 162 331 502 381 385
Iran 25 89 78 142 256 298 257
Singapore 170 256 116 251 351 215 251
Colombia 71 157 164 321 381 276 223
Other countries 1 783 3 373 2 326 4 322 5 037 3 337 3 106

Total 11,171 25,749 24,423 34,939 36,224 25,198 26,260

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