Posts tagged ‘visitors’

15
Feb

Quarterly visitor visa statistics now available

By david on 15 Feb 2012 2:09pm
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The second Visitor Visa Program Quarterly Report for the period ending 30 September 2011 is now available at www.immi.gov.au/media/statistics/visitor.htm

For the nine Visitor visa subclasses, the report provides information on applications, grants, arrivals and processing times. Highlights from the report include:

  • An 11.5 per cent increase in business Visitor visa applications in the September 2011 quarter (123 888) compared to the same quarter in 2010 (111 138) with the largest increase in Business (Short Stay) (subclass 456) visa lodgements, which increased 16.8 per cent. This is the highest number of subclass 456 lodgements for this quarter in the last five years.
  • A decrease in Visitor visa grants by 4.3 per cent in the September 2011 quarter (854 279) compared with the same period in 2010 (892 962). This is largely due to weaker tourist demand from Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Malaysia and South Korea.
  • There were 26 389 visas granted under the Approved Destination Status (ADS) scheme during the September 2011 quarter. This is the highest number of visas granted under the ADS scheme for this quarter in the last four years.

 The quarterly report for the period ending 31 December 2011 is expected to be published in late February 2012.

7
Dec

Visitor Visa Program Quarterly Report

By Paul on 7 Dec 2011 11:21am
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The inaugural Visitor Visa Program Quarterly Report  is now available. The report provides information about the nine visa subclasses that are within the Visitor visa program.  The aim is to increase the openness, accountability and accessibility to statistics in relation to the Visitor visa program, and will be of particular interest to the tourism industry.

 The report provides information on applications, grants, arrivals and processing times.

The report highlights that Visitor visa grants increased by 2.8 per cent in 2010-11 compared to 2009–10. This can be partially attributed to a 31.8 per cent increase in Visitor visas granted to Chinese citizens. 

The visa subclasses in the report are:

  • Superyacht Crew (subclass 488)
  • Business Visitor (short stay) (subclass 456)
  • Sponsored Business Visitor (subclass 459)
  • eVisitor (subclass 651)
  • Tourist (subclass 676)
  • Sponsored Family Visitor (subclass 679)
  • ETA (Business Entrant—Long Validity) (subclass 956)
  • ETA (Business Entrant—Short Validity) (subclass 977)
  • ETA (Visitor)(subclass 976).

 In response to your feedback, we plan to develop this report further.

 Happy reading!