In 2008-09 there were 31 882 UK born permanent additions to the resident Australian population. This makes the UK the largest source of new migrants to Australia over this period. Western Australia was the most popular destination, accounting for around 27 per cent of these new migrants. Another 14 455 UK born migrants were dependants of these skilled Primary Applicants.
In 2008-09 there were 6840 permanent additions from the UK as part of the Family Stream. This represents the second largest cohort of Family Stream migrants behind China. The remaining 1529 came as part of the Non-Program, Humanitarian and the Special Eligibility Streams. UK is the main source of Australia’s 457 migrants with 28 388 UK born migrants on this visa in Australia at June 2009. Of these, 16 196 were Primary Applicants.
In the 2008-2009 financial year, 21 070 UK born persons were granted a subclass 457 visa, an 11 per cent decrease from the previous year. Their most common occupations were registered nurses, personnel consultants, business and information professionals, specialist managers and general medical practitioners.
Access the full report an http://www.immi.gov.au/media/statistics/country-profiles/_pdf/united-kingdom.pdf
Andrew Heathcote CA MMIA
Registered Migration Agent MARN 0850840
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