The year at a glance

Table 1: Snapshot of activity in 2008–091
Migration and temporary entry
Total permanent and temporary visas granted 4 338 427
Total visitor visas granted offshore2 3 328 112
Electronic Travel Authority grants 2 325 836
Working Holiday and Work and Holiday visas granted 194 103
Student visas granted 320 368
Temporary residents (other) visas granted 37 892
Temporary Skilled Migration visas granted, Long Stay (subclass 457) 101 280
Family Stream outcome 56 366
Skill Stream outcome 114 777
State/Territory or Employer Sponsored visas granted 59 214
Total Migration Program outcome 171 318
Revenue generated by visa applications $751.8 million
Refugee and humanitarian entry
Humanitarian Program visas granted 13 507
Border security
Passenger and crew arrivals and departures 26.1 million
Immigration clearances refused at airports 1 284
Immigration clearances refused at seaports 229
Irregular maritime arrivals (excluding crew) 992
Compliance
Percentage of temporary entrants and permanent visa holders who complied with their visa conditions Greater than 99%
Unlawful non-citizens located 11 428
Notices issued to employers of illegal workers 597
Removals and assisted departures 6 818
Detention
Foreign fishers taken into immigration detention 176
Foreign fishers in immigration detention on 30 June 2009 1
Visa overstayers or people who breached visa conditions taken into immigration detention 1 372
Visa overstayers or people who breached visa conditions in immigration detention on 30 June 2009 156
Irregular maritime arrivals taken into immigration detention
(including crew)		 1 043
Irregular maritime arrivals in immigration detention on 30 June 2009 782
Total number of people taken into immigration detention 3 977
Total number of people released or removed from
immigration detention		 3 342
Total number of people in immigration detention on 30 June 2009 1 036
Settlement
Refugees who arrived and received help through the Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy 12 035
Migrant community service grants managed through the Settlement Grants Program 345
Citizenship
Number of people conferred Australian citizenship at ceremonies 86 981
People approved as Australian citizens by conferral,
descent and resumption		 118 196
Calls to Citizenship Information Line 649 413
Multicultural affairs
Event registrations for Harmony Day 4 401
Diverse Australia website—number of page views 234 961
Client contact
Calls to contact centres 1 840 795
Telephone interpreting calls 735 185
Litigation
Administrative law matters resolved in courts and the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal		 2 763
Percentage in favour of minister (that proceeded to defended hearings in court) 94%
Staff
Australia-based staff 7 027
Overseas staff (locally engaged employees) 1 016
Total staff as at 30 June 2009 8 043
  1. Rounded numbers may differ from numbers appearing elsewhere in the report.
  2. This is inclusive of Electronic Travel Authority grants.