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31 March 2018 - comparison with previous quarters

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Caveat - use of this data
Pivot Table: Temporary resident (skilled) visas holders in Australia at 31 March 2018 - comparison with pr

Explanatory Notes
Definition of Terms

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Caveat

This temporary resident (skilled) visa holders pivot table dataset provided by the Department of Home Af

In addition:
• Any publications or reports using this data must cite the Department of Home Affairs as the sourc
• The Department of Home Affairs is not responsible for any analysis or transformation of the data b
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represent those of the Department of Home Affairs” in such a published report.
• To the extent permitted by law, the Commonwealth excludes all liability for loss or damage arising
the information contained in this workbook whether or not caused by any negligence on the part

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nt of Home Affairs as the source.

s or transformation of the data by the requestor in any publications or reports.
stating “The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily
blished report.
bility for loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on,
d by any negligence on the part of the Commonwealth or its agents.
Temporary resident (skilled) visa holders in Austr
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Citizenship Country (All)

Gender (All)
Nominated Occupation (Major Group) (All)
Nominated Occupation (Unit Group) (All)
Nominated Occupation (Skill Level) (All)
Nominated Occupation (All)
Nominated Position Location (Statistical Area Level 3) (All)
Nominated Position Location (Statistical Area Level 4) (All)
Sponsor Industry (All)
Visa Subclass (All)

Sum of Total Snapshot Date

Applicant Type Nominated Posit 9/30/2010
Primary ACT 963
NSW 25421
NT 1091
QLD 11855
SA 2459
TAS 439
VIC 13847
WA 13674
Not Specified 477
Primary Total 70226
Secondary ACT 861
NSW 18472
NT 1017
QLD 11869
SA 2314
TAS 444
VIC 11666
WA 13844
Not Specified 688
Secondary Total 61175
Grand Total 131401
olders in Australia at 31 March 2018 - comparison with previous
o create copies of the data can be found on the Department of Home Affairs website.

12/31/2010 3/31/2011 6/30/2011 9/30/2011 12/31/2011 3/31/2012 6/30/2012

844 974 930 1111 1007 1326 1252
22243 26681 26219 27950 25122 31489 31942
825 981 931 929 832 998 1091
9692 11748 11519 12277 10469 14391 14974
2110 2524 2458 2521 2197 2665 2690
421 456 448 418 380 433 406
12202 15051 15298 16538 14613 18479 18773
10980 13831 13906 15147 13394 18458 19612
391 369 334 360 312 358 321
59708 72615 72043 77251 68326 88597 91061
837 864 804 917 889 1116 1071
17318 19499 18222 19354 18694 21680 21229
881 966 899 833 768 832 840
10470 11668 10878 11527 10441 13073 13100
2251 2424 2384 2474 2301 2602 2624
433 500 492 470 417 453 429
11134 12625 12106 13019 12320 14182 13989
12430 13644 13156 13970 13015 16108 16285
576 558 450 1058 1523 1777 1645
 56330 62748 59391 63622 60368 71823 71212
116038 135363 131434 140873 128694 160420 162273
on with previous quarters

9/30/2012 12/31/2012 3/31/2013 6/30/2013 9/30/2013 12/31/2013 3/31/2014

1280 1061 1371 1332 1409 1163 1446
34155 30676 37198 38452 39662 34202 40891
1178 979 1272 1366 1430 1054 1593
16157 13253 17064 17480 17830 14118 17661
2842 2482 2946 2881 3076 2586 3159
444 397 455 450 461 401 455
20336 17590 21877 22409 22956 19867 23906
21937 17182 23192 23399 23261 17242 22507
280 226 227 210 202 148 163
98609 83846 105602 107979 110287 90781 111781
1081 973 1141 1054 1042 945 1056
23221 22866 26569 25880 27240 25774 29288
901 817 965 924 924 836 1002
14010 13060 15119 15062 15503 13634 15902
2760 2637 2827 2690 2849 2637 2941
475 412 464 459 440 365 396
15072 14639 16968 16810 17633 16621 18960
17894 16435 19947 19212 19516 16690 19465
1561 1429 1320 1146 1012 785 767
 76975 73268 85320 83237 86159 78287 89777
175584 157114 190922 191216 196446 169068 201558
6/30/2014 9/30/2014 12/31/2014 3/31/2015 6/30/2015 9/30/2015 12/31/2015
1362 1438 1169 1407 1361 1352 1092
40034 40927 34702 40996 40717 41048 34873
1651 1708 1142 1637 1702 1729 1235
16955 16837 13333 15428 14989 14532 11891
3101 3140 2662 3131 3088 3004 2498
424 414 391 413 396 397 381
23807 24381 20817 24517 24435 24603 20782
21408 20884 15746 19140 17986 17132 13099
133 111 80 86 81 65 52
108875 109840 90042 106755 104755 103862 85903
1031 1034 1004 1151 1167 1115 1029
28140 29035 26815 29857 28956 29531 27049
912 1009 819 961 959 1074 936
15136 15036 12911 14305 13522 13182 11543
2930 2976 2725 3016 3025 2953 2645
365 366 355 381 369 354 362
18832 19485 18004 20011 19674 20107 18270
18207 17637 14861 16381 15323 14452 12066
655 516 375 340 252 175 102
 86208 87094 77869 86403 83247 82943 74002
195083 196934 167911 193158 188002 186805 159905
3/31/2016 6/30/2016 9/30/2016 12/31/2016 3/31/2017 6/30/2017 9/30/2017
1289 1189 1245 1034 1269 1212 1228
40430 39768 40867 35184 42489 40570 40428
1677 1694 1656 1238 1564 1619 1609
13020 12500 12394 10536 11968 11220 10878
2776 2570 2534 2217 2430 2279 2341
427 416 418 396 428 421 400
23310 23476 23873 20432 23648 22807 22626
14788 13242 12738 10234 11534 10413 10439
51 34 33 28 30 51 96
97768 94889 95758 81299 95360 90592 90045
1088 1053 1060 956 1065 1012 1023
29651 28275 29216 27020 30103 28503 28428
1071 1053 1150 969 1153 1078 1170
12003 11482 11199 9724 10577 9875 9646
2833 2677 2557 2336 2409 2291 2280
398 398 404 373 415 413 399
19417 19037 19522 17780 19127 18384 18105
13068 11655 11272 9737 10453 9236 9143
98 66 53 29 39 29 57
 79627 75696 76433 68924 75341 70821 70251
177395 170585 172191 150223 170701 161413 160296
12/31/2017 3/31/2018
1007 1158
34048 38747
1178 1362
9242 10027
1982 2082
382 438
19294 21666
8403 9092
72 104
75608 84676
879 966
25251 27847
916 997
8479 8881
2037 2008
406 439
16583 17370
7936 8321
48 91
 62535 66920
138143 151596
Explanatory notes

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planatory notes

This report is based on visa grant data recorded for Temporary Resident (Skilled) visa subclasses in the
current financial year and the previous financial year. It excludes a small number of visa grants made to
Independent Executives, who also used to enter on Temporary Resident (Skilled) visas but are now included
in the Business Skills categories
ANZSCO was introduced in the department on 1 July 2010. Applications lodged prior to that date using the
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) 2nd Edition have been converted to an ANZSCO
code using a standard departmental mapping approved by the ABS.
Unless otherwise stated, the occupation shown in tables in this report is the nominated occupation. That is,
the position that is being filled rather than the previous or usual occupation of the visa applicant. For
secondary applicants, 'Not Applicable' is shown for the nominated occupation.
Sponsors self-identify with an industry classification when lodging a nomination or sponsorship. The industry
classification shown is based on what the sponsor has recorded. If a sponsor has notified more than one
industry over time, the most recently recorded industry classification has been used in this report. If the
Temporary Resident (Skilled) visa holder has changed sponsor without lodging a new visa application, a
small percentage of the industry classification may be based on the sponsor at the time of visa grant rather
than the sponsor at the snapshot date. For secondary applicants, 'Not Applicable' is shown for the sponsor
industry.

In some cases, 'Not recorded' or 'Not specified' appears. This mainly relates to visa applications processed in
the IRIS system. IRIS does not have the capacity to record comprehensive information about sponsors and
nominations. Since 1 November 2003, the ICSE system has largely replaced IRIS for processing Temporary
Resident (Skilled) visas, but a small number of visas are still processed in IRIS.

From 14 September 2009, subclass 457 visa holders changing sponsor or nominated occupation do not need
to lodge a new visa application if they held a valid Temporary Resident (Skilled) visa. The department
estimates that the number of visa applications lodged since 14 September 2009 has been reduced by 8 to 9
per cent below the level that would have occurred without the change.
The nominated position location 'State' and the 'Statistical Area' (ASGS) of the secondary visa holder is
based on the primary visa holder. If the Temporary Resident (Skilled) visa holder has changed sponsor
without lodging a new visa application, a small percentage of the nominated position location may be based
on the sponsor at the time of visa grant rather than the sponsor at the snapshot date.
The age of the Temporary Resident (Skilled) visa holder is based on the snapshot date
The nominated position location Statistical Area (ASGS) is based on the 'Postal Area 2016 to Statistical Area
Level 3 2016' weighted correspondence mapping provided by the ABS.

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Definition of terms

ANZSIC:

Applicant Type:

ANZSCO Major Group:

Independent Executive:

Nominated Occupation:

Nominated Position Location:

Primary Applicant:

Secondary Applicant:

Sponsor Industry:

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n of terms

Australian and New Zealand Standard Industry Classification 2006 Edition produced by the Australian Bureau
of Statistics (ABS). Prior to November 2008, ANZSIC 1993 was used to record industry. Data recorded using
ANZSIC 1993 has been converted to ANZSIC 2006 using concordance tables provided by the ABS.

Under the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations), there are two types of applicants. These are
primary applicants and secondary applicants. These terms are defined below._x000D_
_x000D_
If the table or graph heading includes the word 'primary', such as 'primary applications' or 'primary visa
holders', dependants (secondary applicants) are not included.
Major Group is the highest level in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
(ANZSCO) 1st Edition produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Formerly, a group within Temporary Resident (Skilled) visas who did not require a sponsor. They are now
included in the Business Skills categories. A small number of visa applications for Independent Executives
were finalised in the current year.
The occupation of the nominated position that the primary visa holder will be filling in Australia while holding a
Temporary Resident (Skilled) visa based on the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)
1st Edition.
The geographic location where the visa holder will be working. This may be different from the business
address of the sponsor and/or the visa processing office.
The primary applicant is the person who must satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a visa under the
Migration Regulations.
Secondary applicants must satisfy the secondary criteria for the grant of a visa under the Regulations. In this
case, a secondary applicant is generally a dependant of the primary applicant.
The industry self-identified by the sponsoring client using the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industry
Classification (ANZSIC) 2006 edition.

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