Australian Immigration Annual Report 2008-2009

In accordance with the latest Annual Report released by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Australia, following are some of the highlights that are described in the same:

•101,280 Subclass 457 Visas were approved, the number that showed a boost of 8% as compared to the preceding year. It is believed that the Subclass 457 Visa provides a doorway towards getting a PR in a country. The report proved this information as 39,170 subclass 457 visa holders were given a PR status.
•171,318 people were granted migration visas, further than which 67% were granted under Skill Stream, the category of Family Stream occupied 32.9% and 0.1% were placed in the special eligibility component.
•356,251 student visa applications were granted which means a raise of 18.3% than the last year. Out of them, 72.7% were offshore and the others were onshore. In addition, 188,150 applications for Study Visa were registered through online medium that represents an increase of 34.3% as compared to the previous year.
•The figure of Employed Sponsored Visas enhanced by an intense margin of 60% in 2008-2009. The report showed the number reached 38 026.
•‘Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme’: Tonga and Vanuatu were invited to be a fraction of this scheme. 50 workers from Tonga and 6 workers from Vanuatu arrived in Australia. Other two countries that are part of this system are Kiribati, Papua New Guinea

Australia has genuinely shown some of the optimistic outcomes as far as Immigration is concerned. The report obviously depicts that it is one of the potential destinations for a variety of facets like studying, traveling, business ventures, to name a few. If you are one of those applicants who are planning to immigrate to Australia, it would be wise to keep in touch with this blog.