| Migration and temporary entry |
| Total permanent and temporary visas granted |
4 637 259 |
| Total visitor visas granted offshore2 |
3 609 928 |
| Electronic Travel Authority grants |
2 776 386 |
| Working Holiday and Work and Holiday visas granted |
157 574 |
| Student visas granted |
278 184 |
| Temporary residents (other) visas granted |
39 686 |
| Temporary Skilled Migration visas granted |
110 570 |
| Family Stream outcome |
49 870 |
| Skill Stream outcome |
108 452 |
| State/Territory or Employer Sponsored visas granted |
31 290 |
| Total Migration Program outcome |
158 630 |
| Refugee and humanitarian entry |
| Humanitarian Program visas granted |
13 014 |
| Border security |
| Passenger and crew arrivals and departures |
25 700 000 |
| Immigration clearances refused at airports |
1 189 |
| Immigration clearances refused at seaports |
424 |
| Unauthorised boat arrivals (people) |
25 |
| Compliance |
| Percentage of temporary entrants and permanent visa holders who complied with their visa conditions |
99% |
| Unlawful non-citizens located |
10 722 |
| Notices issued to employers of illegal workers |
750 |
| Removals and departures |
8 404 |
| Detention |
| Illegal foreign fishers taken into detention |
1 232 |
| Visa overstayers taken into detention |
1 283 |
| Total number of people taken into detention |
4 514 |
| Total number of people released or removed from detention |
4 601 |
| Illegal foreign fishers in detention as at 30 June 2008 |
26 |
| Visa overstayers or people who breached visa conditions in detention as at 30 June 2008 |
323 |
| Total number of people in detention as at 30 June 2008 |
402 |
| Settlement |
| Refugees who arrived and received help through the Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy |
9 556 |
| Migrant community service grants managed through the Settlement Grants Program and Community Settlement Services Scheme |
332 |
| Citizenship |
| Number of people conferred Australian citizenship at ceremonies |
121 221 |
| People approved as Australian citizens by conferral, descent and resumption |
107 662 |
| Calls to Citizenship Information Line |
612 218 |
| Multicultural affairs |
| Event registrations for Harmony Day |
388 |
| Living in Harmony website hits |
202 370 |
| People participating in Living in Harmony partnership activities |
163 000 |
| Client contact |
| Calls to Sydney and Melbourne contact centres |
1 731 995 |
| Telephone interpreting calls |
615 477 |
| Litigation |
| Matters resolved in courts and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
4 302 |
| Percentage in favour of minister (that proceeded to defended hearing in court) |
95% |
| Staff |
| National Office (Canberra) |
2 978 |
| New South Wales |
1 386 |
| Victoria |
974 |
| Queensland |
437 |
| South Australia |
466 |
| Western Australia |
406 |
| Tasmania |
142 |
| Northern Territory |
59 |
| Australian Capital Territory and region |
103 |
| Overseas (Australia-based employees) |
137 |
| Airline Liaison Officers |
18 |
| Total number of Australia-based staff |
7 106 |
| Overseas (locally engaged employees) |
1 000 |
| Total staff as at 30 June 2008 |
8 106 |
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