APPENDIX A: YEARS AT A GLANCE
2017-18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | |
Permanent Migration Program and child outcome | 162,417 | 160,323 | 140,366 |
Skill stream places | 111,099 | 109,713 | 95,843 |
Family stream places | 47,732 | 47,247 | 41,961 |
Special eligibility stream places | 236 | 115 | 81 |
Child places delivered outside the managed Migration Program | 3,350 | 3,248 | 2,481 |
Temporary visas granted | 8.7 million | 8.8 million | 6.5 million |
Visitor visas granted | 5.6 million | 5.7 million1 | 4.1 million |
Number of eVisas granted | 4.9 million | 5.3 million | 3.9 million |
Student visas granted | 378,292 | 405,742 | 340,152 |
Working holiday maker visas granted | 210,456 | 209,036 | 149,249 |
Special Category (subclass 444) visas granted | 1.9 million | 1.9 million | 1.4 million |
Maritime crew and transit visas granted | 351,516 | 347,744 | 308,233 |
Temporary Work (skilled) visas granted | 64,470 | 81,975 | 55,060 |
Temporary residents (other) visas granted | 180,459 | 186,148 | 162,108 |
Other Temporary | 13,074 | 11,886 | 9,222 |
Refugee and humanitarian entry | |||
Humanitarian program visas granted | 16,250 | 18,762 | 13,171 |
Number of Illegal Maritime Arrival legacy caseload applications finally determined (grants and refusals) | 7,041 | 4,420 | 3,308 |
Citizenship | |||
Number of people conferred with Australian citizenship | 80,649 | 127,674 | 204,817 |
Number of people whose applications for Australian citizenship by conferral, descent, adoption and resumption were approved | 100,102 | 164,344 | 231,082 |
Border management | |||
International air and sea travellers processed (including crew) | 46.0 million | 47.4 million | 35.0 million |
Ship arrivals and departures from Australian ports | 37,615* | 37,631* | 37,079 |
Immigration clearances refused at air and seaports | 4,584 | 4,191 | 2,274 |
SmartGate clearances | 26.0 million | 27.5 million | 20.3 million |
Sea cargo consignments inspected | 89,253 | 70,238 | 54,416 |
International mail items inspected | 54.6 million | 36.4 million | 32.6 million |
Number of illicit, prohibited and restricted drugs detected at the border | 43,278 | 35,874* | 40,223 |
Combined weight of major illicit drugs and precursors detected at the border | 14,082 kg | 19,963 kg* | 10,882 kg |
Tonnes of illicit tobacco detected at the border | 432.86 tonnes | 631.32 tonnes* | 494.28 tonnes |
Number of undeclared conventional firearms, parts and accessories detected at the border | 2,007 | 2,269* | 2,541 |
Detector dog supported detections (passenger and cargo) | 2,550 | 1,784 | 1,382 |
Border protection | |||
Marine unit patrol days total2 | 2,668 | 2,195 | 2,298 |
Marine unit patrol days excluding ABFC’s Ocean Shield and Thaiyak3 | 2,036 | 1,646 | 1,771 |
Compliance | |||
Location events of unlawful non-citizens4 | 14,809* | 14,271* | 19,149 |
Location events of Illegal workers5 | 2,394* | 1,617* | 994 |
Illegal Worker Warning Notices (IWWNs) issued to employers of illegal workers6 | 323* | 314* | 184 |
Removals and assisted departures of non-citizens onshore and from regional processing countrie7 | 14,065* | 12,985* | 10,505 |
Total number of visa cancellations8 | 57,425* | 54,656* | 59,237 |
Total number of non-humanitarian visa refusals | 308,150 | 377,469 | 325,637 |
Detention | |||
Illegal foreign fishers taken into immigration detention | 58 | 41 | 25 |
People in Australian immigration detention (mainland and Christmas Island) at 30 June | 1,715 | 2,1339 | 2,361 |
Trade, customs and revenue | |||
Import and export entries | 5.5 million | 5.6 million | 5.4 million |
Revenue collected from visa application charges, customs duty, import processing charges and passenger movement charges | $19.267 billion | $19.891 billion | $22.935 billion |
Client contact | |||
Telephone calls to service centres (general enquiries and citizenship information lines) | 1.0 million | 1.5 million | 1.3 million |
Telephone interpreting services | 1.0 million | 1.0 million | 1.1 million |
Telephone calls to TIS National’s contact centre | 1.2 million | 1.1 million | 1.1 million |
Transport security compliance activities | |||
Audits10 | 195 | 94 | 265 |
Inspections | 704 | 478 | 505 |
System tests | 790 | 1,021 | 815 |
Total | 1,689 | 1,593 | 1,585 |
Employee head count | |||
Department employees | 8,399 | 8,388 | 8,135 |
Australian Border Force employees | 6,017 | 5,667 | 5,873 |
Total employees | 14,416 | 14,055 | 14,008 |
Locally engaged employees | 1,143 | 1,043 | 990 |
Total employees (including locally engaged)11 | 15,559 | 15,098 | 14,998 |
1 Data includes E-grants and Electronic Travel Authorities.
2 Includes all vessels.
3 Figure excludes ABFC’s Ocean Shield and Thaiyak.
4 Some non-citizens may have been located more than once in any given programme year. Each location event is counted.
5 Historical figures for previous financial years were refreshed and updated on 6 July 2017. As a result, due to retrospective data entries, systems corrections and improvements to methodologies data, figures may differ from those previously reported.
6 The figures include returns and removals of non-citizens from the Australian mainland and regional processing centres, including IMAs, IMA crew, IFFs and border turnarounds.
7 This figure accounts for total onshore compliance departures and includes IMAs, IMA crew, IMA BVE, IFFs and other authorised arrivals.
8 The figures include all onshore/offshore visa cancellations. A visa may be recorded as cancelled more than once. This can occur when a visa is cancelled, and the cancellation is subsequently revoked or set aside (this may occur for a number of reasons, including further legal proceedings, and administrative or jurisdictional errors), and then the visa is cancelled again. Duplication may also occur.
9 Figure includes people in immigration detention under residence determinations.
10 The figures are inclusive of both NCP and Targeted activities.
11 Figure excludes Secretary, ABF Commissioner and staff on secondment. Figures inclusive of staff on leave, employees engaged locally and staff based both in Australia and overseas.
Footnotes
- * indicates where figures from previous financial years have been updated in the Years at a Glance Table XX. ↩
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