Migration Trends & Outlook 2008/09

APPENDIX I

STUDENT PERMIT APPROVALS BY SOURCE COUNTRY IN 2008/09

Source country	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
TOTAL	28,777	46,061	73,645	88,200	87,643	78,079	70,003	67,614	69,614	73,926
China	5,559	14,659	32,272	41,509	40,824	34,173	26,834	20,275	16,399	15,077
South Korea	3,890	7,237	12,612	15,623	13,746	11,358	10,118	11,169	11,072	10,715
India	255	733	1,778	2,148	2,311	2,260	2,454	3,105	5,769	8,204
Japan	3,593	4,068	4,539	4,782	4,631	4,353	3,995	3,691	3,511	3,310
Fiji	777	1,189	1,283	1,139	1,157	1,302	1,730	2,126	2,784	3,295
Germany	671	1,009	1,184	1,487	1,967	2,073	2,476	2,659	2,733	3,267
United States	1,160	1,366	1,666	2,230	2,774	2,933	2,707	2,756	2,740	2,817
South Africa	506	580	843	981	1,114	1,182	1,160	1,528	2,035	2,386
Philippines	157	252	216	214	266	320	807	1,470	1,801	2,263
Thailand	1,568	2,079	2,476	2,480	2,260	1,950	1,721	1,825	2,001	2,149
Saudi Arabia	1	28	67	122	136	230	306	677	1,392	2,101
United Kingdom	616	749	1,031	1,576	2,431	2,744	2,171	2,191	2,314	2,046
Malaysia	1,407	1,279	1,212	1,245	1,372	1,506	1,758	2,068	1,990	1,984
Brazil	421	671	907	864	679	556	620	864	1,021	1,307
Taiwan	1,480	1,650	1,832	1,671	1,489	1,355	1,310	1,354	1,322	1,221
Vietnam	299	585	877	916	979	804	792	765	856	1,082
Hong Kong	1,094	1,280	1,382	1,367	1,300	1,086	1,028	974	965	1,016
Other	5,323	6,647	7,468	7,846	8,207	7,894	8,016	8,117	8,909	9,686

Source: Department of Labour

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