The Department of Home Affairs has released their 2017 - 2018 Annual Report.  It provides some interesting statistics on visas numbers granted throughout the year.

Permanent visa outcomes

• 162, 417 permanent migration program visas granted (12% decrease from 2016/2017)
• 10% drop in skilled stream visas granted
• 15% drop in family stream visas granted.

 Temporary visas granted

• 8.7 million temporary visas granted (5% increase from 2016/2017)

• 10% rise in student visa granted
• 26% drop in temporary work skilled (SC 457) visas granted.

There was also a sharp decline in the number of Australian citizenship conferrals to 80,562 (42% decrease from 2016/2017).

Information on Registered Migration Agents

• The number of Registered Migration Agents (RMAs)  increased by 6% to 7402
• 75% of agents have never had a complaint made against them
• 40% of RMAs operate as sole traders.

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