The year at a glance
Table 1: Snapshot of activity in 2010–111
| Migration and temporary entry | |
|---|---|
| Total permanent and temporary visas granted | 4 320 707 |
| Total temporary visas granted | 4 136 116 |
| Temporary visitor visas granted2 | 3 543 883 |
| Student visas granted (includes student guardians) | 251 554 |
| Working Holiday and Work and Holiday visas granted | 192 922 |
| Temporary residents visas granted (subclass 457) | 90 119 |
| Temporary residents visas granted (other) | 57 638 |
| Total Migration Program outcome | 168 685 |
| Family Stream outcome | 54 543 |
| Skill Stream outcome | 113 725 |
| New Zealand migrants | 2 107 |
| Special Eligibility | 417 |
| Revenue generated by visa applications | $927.7 million |
| Refugee and humanitarian entry | |
| Humanitarian Program visas granted | 13 799 |
| Border security | |
| Passenger and crew arrivals and departures | 30.05 million |
| Immigration clearances refused at airports | 1 809 |
| Immigration clearances refused at seaports | 68 |
| Irregular maritime arrivals (including crew) | 4 910 |
| Compliance | |
| Percentage of temporary entrants and permanent visa holders who complied with their visa conditions | >99% |
| Unlawful non-citizens located | 13 831 |
| Notices issued to employers of illegal workers | 515 |
| Removals and assisted departures | 10 175 |
| Detention | |
| Foreign fishers taken into immigration detention | 87 |
| Foreign fishers in immigration detention on 30 June 2011 | 6 |
| Visa overstayers or people who breached visa conditions taken into immigration detention | 1 839 |
| Visa overstayers or people who breached visa conditions in immigration detention on 30 June 2011 | 236 |
| Irregular maritime arrivals taken into immigration detention (including crew) | 4 910 |
| Irregular maritime arrivals on 30 June 2011 | 6 067 |
| Number of people taken into immigration detention | 8 874 |
| Number of people released or removed from immigration detention | 6 702 |
| Number of people in immigration detention on 30 June 2011 | 6 403 |
| Settlement | |
| Refugees who arrived and received help through the Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy | 12 718 |
| Migrant community service grants managed through the Settlement Grants Program and Community Settlement Services Scheme3 | 319 |
| Citizenship | |
| Number of people conferred Australian citizenship at ceremonies | 95 284 |
| People approved as Australian citizens by conferral, descent and resumption | 101 780 |
| Telephone calls to citizenship information line | 295 946 |
| Multicultural affairs | |
| Event registrations for Harmony Day | 6 214 |
| Client contact | |
| Telephone calls to service centres (general enquiries and citizenship information lines) | 1 983 083 |
| Telephone interpreting calls answered | 1 140 220 |
| Litigation | |
| Matters resolved in courts and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | 1 707 |
| Percentage in favour of minister (that proceeded to defended hearings in court) | 95% |
| Staff | |
| Australia-based staff | 7 885 |
| Overseas staff (locally engaged employees) | 994 |
| Total staff as at 30 June 2011 | 8 879 |
- Figures in the snapshot are not rounded and may differ slightly to rounded figures which appear elsewhere in the report.
- Onshore and offshore visitor visas including Electronic Travel Authority grants.
- $36 million was provided for 319 Settlement Grants Program projects in 2010–11. This included 319 funding agreements involving 166 organisations being managed.