Migration Trends & Outlook 2008/09

APPENDIX G:

WORK PERMIT APPROVALS BY SOURCE COUNTRY

Source country	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
TOTAL	37,546	49,756	61,868	69,225	75,527	85,523	103,134	118,693	134,025	136,481
United Kingdom	9,098	12,830	15,290	17,620	19,316	19,576	18,983	19,070	20,680	20,315
China	1,260	2,150	3,317	3,909	4,035	7,219	12,450	15,057	15,294	12,592
India	1,408	2,265	3,648	3,508	3,688	4,542	4,995	5,797	7,299	9,019
Germany	757	1,122	1,927	2,609	3,544	3,995	6,279	7,342	8,050	8,713
United States	2,704	2,843	3,231	4,063	4,523	5,371	6,471	7,221	7,882	7,508
Philippines	475	654	811	814	917	1,205	2,495	4,158	6,255	6,867
Fiji	800	1,464	1,811	1,547	1,685	2,236	3,342	4,509	5,712	6,294
South Africa	1,283	1,641	2,517	2,878	3,104	3,418	3,536	4,107	5,518	5,667
South Korea	717	1,486	2,580	2,775	3,329	3,639	4,124	4,851	5,054	5,026
Japan	5,695	6,206	6,828	7,729	7,018	6,736	6,256	5,857	5,509	4,725
France	582	678	913	1,268	1,474	1,646	2,149	2,261	2,890	3,688
Canada	1,380	1,433	1,813	2,127	2,438	2,649	3,062	3,029	3,034	3,424
Ireland	778	1,241	1,565	2,409	2,618	2,852	2,947	2,608	2,791	3,329
Brazil	47	73	123	237	451	687	1,845	3,040	3,159	3,159
Malaysia	582	640	700	713	964	944	1,711	3,051	3,441	3,094
Samoa	219	972	939	329	419	817	1,059	1,376	2,209	2,675
Tonga	222	1,405	1,031	438	436	802	917	1,248	2,173	2,595
Thailand	787	1,224	1,256	989	1,014	1,183	1,349	1,887	2,116	2,456
Vanuatu	10	19	15	24	16	24	29	118	1,597	2,421
Chile	37	65	191	399	406	565	959	1,398	1,803	1,906
Argentina	21	39	104	288	422	563	1,032	1,308	1,476	1,532
Czech Republic	112	191	221	240	818	489	1,390	1,867	1,523	1,440
Netherlands	631	711	971	1,117	1,288	1,341	1,451	1,498	1,382	1,381
Indonesia	699	609	602	529	726	844	853	1,176	1,341	1,371
Ukraine	1,609	1,337	1,395	1,212	1,200	1,345	1,361	1,488	1,421	1,316
Other	5,633	6,458	8,069	9,454	9,678	10,835	12,089	13,371	14,416	13,968

Source: Department of Labour

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