Applications and grants for visa subclasses 132 and 188, 2012-2020
Dear Department of Home Affairs,
I would like to request the following statistics:
- Primary visa applications for subclass 188 (Business Innovation & Investment, Provisional), by stream and sponsoring state/territory, for each financial year from 2012-13 through to 2019-20
- Primary visa applications for subclass 132 (Business Talent), by stream and sponsoring state/territory, for each financial year from 2012-13 through to 2019-20
- Primary visa grants for subclass 188 (Business Innovation & Investment, Provisional), by stream and sponsoring state/territory, for each financial year from 2012-13 through to 2019-20
- Primary visa grants for subclass 132 (Business Talent), by stream and sponsoring state/territory, for each financial year from 2012-13 through to 2019-20
Yours faithfully,
Fergus Peace
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FOI Request: FA 20/11/00234
File Number: OBJ2020/34837
Dear Mr Peace
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request
I refer to your correspondence received on 3 November 2020 seeking access to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).
Scope of request
You have requested access to the following:
- Primary visa applications for subclass 188 (Business Innovation & Investment, Provisional), by stream and sponsoring state/territory, for each financial year from 2012-13 through to 2019-20
- Primary visa applications for subclass 132 (Business Talent), by stream and sponsoring state/territory, for each financial year from 2012-13 through to 2019-20
- Primary visa grants for subclass 188 (Business Innovation & Investment, Provisional), by stream and sponsoring state/territory, for each financial year from 2012-13 through to 2019-20
- Primary visa grants for subclass 132 (Business Talent), by stream and sponsoring state/territory, for each financial year from 2012-13 through to 2019-20.
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Dear Mr Peace
FOI request FA 20/11/00234
I refer to your FOI request received on 3 November 2020, seeking access to
the following:
- Primary visa applications for subclass 188 (Business Innovation &
Investment, Provisional), by stream and sponsoring state/territory, for
each financial year from 2012-13 through to 2019-20
- Primary visa applications for subclass 132 (Business Talent), by stream
and sponsoring state/territory, for each financial year from 2012-13
through to 2019-20
- Primary visa grants for subclass 188 (Business Innovation & Investment,
Provisional), by stream and sponsoring state/territory, for each financial
year from 2012-13 through to 2019-20
- Primary visa grants for subclass 132 (Business Talent), by stream and
sponsoring state/territory, for each financial year from 2012-13 through
to 2019-20.
The Department has made a decision on this request. Please find attached
the decision record and documents released under the FOI Act.
This request has now been closed.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Officer
Freedom of Information
FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division
Strategy & Law Enforcement Group
Department of Home Affairs | Email: [DIBP request email]
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Dear FOI Officer,
Thank you for your reply. I would like to clarify that I would like the table with the total number of applications/grants for each stream and year, in addition to the sub-total for each sponsoring state/territory government. This was the format published in response to previous requests (eg. https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/foi/files...) and I intended to compare the documents and trend, which is not possible with the table provided as the state subtotals are frequently suprressed and show only '<5'.
Many thanks for your support with this request.
Yours sincerely,
Fergus Peace
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FOI request: FA 20/11/00234-R1
File number: OBJ2020/34837
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FOI Request: FA 20/11/00234-R1
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Decision on Internal Review – Freedom of Information Act 1982
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I refer to your correspondence dated 16 November 2020 in which you
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access to documents dated 12 November 2020 under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).
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