Overview

The year at a glance

Table 1: Snapshot of activity in 2006-07¹
Passenger and crew arrivals and departures	24 300 000
Total Visitor visas granted offshore²	3 627 803
Electronic Travel Authority granted	2 892 904
Working Holiday Maker visas granted	130 106
Student visas granted	228 592
Temporary residents (other) granted	132 761
Migrants	148 200
Humanitarian Programme visas granted	13 017
New citizens by grant, descent and resumption	169 123
Number refused immigration clearances at airports	1 388
Number refused immigration clearances at seaports	290
Number of unauthorised boat arrivals	133
Estimated number of visa overstayers at 30 June 2007	46 500
Examples of client contact
Calls to Sydney and Melbourne Contact Centres	1 758 222
Scheduled appointments onshore	167 759
Total number of people taken into immigration detention during 2006-07	4 718
Illegal foreign fishers included in total numbers taken into detention	1 437
Visa overstayers included in total numbers taken into detention	1 797
People in immigration detention at 30 June 2007	441
Including illegal foreign fishers	15
Including visa overstayers or breached visa conditions	363
Litigation
Number of matters resolved	4 500
Percentage in favour of minister	94
Total staff at 30 June 2007³	7 687
National Office (Canberra)	2 881
New South Wales	1 329
Victoria	917
Queensland	410
South Australia	415
Western Australia	429
Tasmania	128
Northern Territory	55
ACT and Regions	91
Overseas (A-based employees)	163
Overseas (Locally engaged employees)	869
Number of overseas posts	68

Rounded numbers may differ from numbers appearing elsewhere in the report.
This is inclusive of Electronic Travel Authority grants.
Includes locally engaged staff administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade