Senate debates Questions on Notice

Immigration and Citizenship (Question No. 1421)


Michaelia Cash

Michaelia Cash WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 4 November 2011:

(1) For each of the following financial years: 2008-09, 2009-2010, 2010-11 and 2011 to date, what is the current average processing time for visa applications at each overseas post in relation to:

(a) the migration program;

(b) the skilled program;

(c) the family program; and

(d) the refugee/humanitarian program.

(2) For each of the following financial years: 2008-09, 2009-2010, 2010-11 and 2011 to date, what is the current average processing time for onshore visa applications in relation to:

(a) the migration program;

(b) the skilled program;

(c) the family program; and

(d) the refugee/humanitarian program.

(3) How many requests for labour agreements for semi-skilled occupations have been received in the 2010-11 financial year and the 2011-12 financial year to date, and of those requests:

(a) how many have been approved and how long did it take to approve each agreement; and

(b) how many individually do those agreements cover.

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