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QUESTIONS IN WRITING

Student Visa Program (Question No. 936)

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House Hansard

Date

08-05-2012

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House of Reps

Parl No.

43

Electorate

Werriwa

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Main Committee/Federation Chamber

 

Page

4230

Party

ALP

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

936

Questioner

Ferguson, Laurie, MP

Responder

Bowen, Chris, MP

Speaker

 

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QUESTIONS IN WRITING

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Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Page: 4230

Student Visa Program

(Question No. 936)


Mr Laurie Ferguson asked the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, in writing, on 21 March 2012:

In respect of Recommendation 1 of the 'Knight Review' (Michael Knight and the Australian Government, Strategic Review of the Student Visa Program 2011, 30 June 2011), implemented on 5 November 2011, what number of applications from (a) Dhaka, (b) New Delhi, (c) Islamabad, (d) Colombo, (e) Amman, (f) Cairo, (g) Beirut, (h) Hong Kong, (i) Shanghai, and (j) Beijing, were received for each student visa class (i) between 5 November 2010 and 5 November 2011, and (ii) from 5 November 2011 to date, and of these, what number was accepted and rejected.


Mr Bowen: The answer to the honourable member's question is at Table A and B.

Table A

Student visa applications lodged, granted and refused by visa subclass at specified offshore processing offices.

Processing Office

Visa Subclass

5 Nov 2010—4 Nov 2011

5 Nov 2011—31 Mar 2012

 

 

Lodged

Granted

Refused

Lodged

Granted

Refused

Dhaka

570 Independent ELICOS Sector

< 10

0

< 10

0

0

0

571 Schools Sector

< 10

< 10

< 10

0

0

0

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

388

184

187

75

12

29

573 Higher Education Sector

1032

677

315

514

180

109

574 Postgraduate Research Sector

348

309

< 10

189

174

0

575 Non-Award Sector

< 10

< 10

< 10

< 10

0

0

576 AusAID or Defence Sponsored

190

178

0

98

87

0

Dhaka Total

1974

1358

512

877

453

138

New Delhi

570 Independent ELICOS Sector

48

21

25

48

< 10

31

571 Schools Sector

131

38

90

40

< 10

16

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

2550

944

1547

1126

341

302

573 Higher Education Sector

5582

2630

2856

3336

1470

1081

574 Postgraduate Research Sector

238

229

< 10

152

127

0

575 Non-Award Sector

69

40

24

35

21

< 10

576 AusAID or Defence Sponsored

294

248

0

115

104

0

New Delhi Total

8912

4150

4546

4852

2079

1433

Islamabad

571 Schools Sector

< 10

0

0

0

0

0

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

0

0

0

< 10

0

0

573 Higher Education Sector

< 10

< 10

0

0

0

0

576 AusAID or Defence Sponsored

267

248

0

265

199

0

Islamabad Total

272

251

0

268

199

0

Colombo

570 Independent ELICOS Sector

< 10

< 10

< 10

< 10

< 10

0

571 Schools Sector

21

14

< 10

< 10

< 10

< 10

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

310

218

85

108

56

39

573 Higher Education Sector

713

640

58

354

305

30

574 Postgraduate Research Sector

203

198

0

125

115

0

575 Non-Award Sector

129

81

46

14

< 10

< 10

576 AusAID or Defence Sponsored

107

105

0

151

145

0

Colombo Total

1489

1257

199

763

634

81

Amman

570 Independent ELICOS Sector

25

< 10

21

13

< 10

< 10

571 Schools Sector

< 10

< 10

0

0

0

0

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

128

77

50

73

14

38

573 Higher Education Sector

234

168

58

101

34

13

574 Postgraduate Research Sector

116

83

27

88

53

< 10

576 AusAID or Defence Sponsored

15

15

0

< 10

< 10

0

Amman Total

521

347

156

281

107

61

 

Processing Office

Visa Subclass

5 Nov 2010—4 Nov 2011

5 Nov 2011—31 Mar 2012

 

 

Lodged

Granted

Refused

Lodged

Granted

Refused

Cairo

570 Independent ELICOS Sector

381

244

136

21

0

19

571 Schools Sector

< 10

< 10

< 10

< 10

0

< 10

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

55

< 10

49

23

< 10

17

573 Higher Education Sector

107

61

46

48

< 10

23

574 Postgraduate Research Sector

83

62

19

35

18

12

575 Non-Award Sector

< 10

< 10

0

0

0

0

576 AusAID or Defence Sponsored

< 10

< 10

0

18

18

0

Cairo Total

642

385

251

148

45

74

Beirut

570 Independent ELICOS Sector

< 10

< 10

< 10

< 10

0

< 10

571 Schools Sector

< 10

< 10

< 10

< 10

< 10

0

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

245

101

142

67

< 10

30

573 Higher Education Sector

109

81

24

91

21

20

574 Postgraduate Research Sector

< 10

< 10

0

< 10

< 10

0

576 AusAID or Defence Sponsored

0

0

0

< 10

< 10

0

Beirut Total

365

189

170

173

30

58

Hong Kong

570 Independent ELICOS Sector

21

18

< 10

< 10

< 10

0

571 Schools Sector

200

199

< 10

16

15

0

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

52

47

< 10

< 10

< 10

< 10

573 Higher Education Sector

391

389

< 10

63

59

0

574 Postgraduate Research Sector

12

12

0

< 10

< 10

0

575 Non-Award Sector

49

48

0

16

16

0

Hong Kong Total

725

713

< 10

115

108

< 10

Shanghai

570 Independent ELICOS Sector

< 10

0

< 10

0

0

0

Shanghai Total

< 10

0

< 10

0

0

0

Beijing

570 Independent ELICOS Sector

115

54

60

46

23

14

571 Schools Sector

< 10

< 10

0

< 10

< 10

< 10

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

40

26

13

< 10

< 10

< 10

573 Higher Education Sector

91

54

27

25

16

< 10

574 Postgraduate Research Sector

19

15

< 10

< 10

< 10

0

575 Non-Award Sector

< 10

< 10

0

< 10

0

< 10

576 AusAID or Defence Sponsored

101

100

< 10

48

45

0

Beijing Total

375

258

102

139

93

26

Notes:

Citizens of China and Pakistan residing in their own countries have to lodge their student visa applications directly with the Adelaide Offshore Student Processing Centre (rather than the relevant post) and are not included in this table.

Data is sourced from several departmental visa processing and recording systems. Data can be dynamic and there can be delays in transmission of information from the department's global operations. Due to these issues, data pertaining to the current financial year should always be considered provisional.

The number of applications lodged in a given timeframe is not comparable with the number of visas granted in the same period due to processing times.

Where a number in the table is between 1 and 9, the number has been masked with <10 for privacy reasons.

Table B

Student visa applications lodged, granted and refused for nationals of China and Pakistan who applied when they were offshore and their applications were processed onshore.

Citizenship Country

Visa Subclass

5 Nov 10—4 Nov 2011

5 Nov 11—31 Mar 2012

 

 

Lodged

Granted

Refused

Lodged

Granted

Refused

China, Peoples Republic of

570 Independent ELICOS Sector

1887

970

886

679

300

275

 

571 Schools Sector

3347

2853

435

789

573

84

 

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

942

677

247

264

158

79

 

573 Higher Education Sector

17158

16527

510

5643

5041

160

 

574 Postgraduate Research Sector

649

644

< 10

193

178

0

 

575 Non-Award Sector

776

722

47

360

332

11

 

576 AusAID or Defence Sponsored

43

42

0

40

39

0

 

China, Peoples Republic of Total

24802

22435

2126

7968

6621

609

Pakistan

570 Independent ELICOS Sector

< 10

0

< 10

55

< 10

45

571 Schools Sector

14

< 10

< 10

< 10

0

< 10

572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

3671

1724

1711

1855

271

1176

573 Higher Education Sector

1079

813

204

801

386

233

574 Postgraduate Research Sector

120

112

< 10

78

58

0

575 Non-Award Sector

< 10

< 10

< 10

< 10

0

< 10

Pakistan Total

4902

2661

1934

2800

716

1461

Notes:

Data is sourced from several departmental visa processing and recording systems. Data can be dynamic and there can be delays in transmission of information from the department's global operations. Due to these issues, data pertaining to the current financial year should always be considered provisional.

The number of applications lodged in a given timeframe is not comparable with the number of visas granted in the same period due to processing times.

Where a number in the table is between 1 and 9, the number has been masked with <10 for privacy reasons.