Migration Trends 2006/07

Appendix E: People approved a work permit by nationality: 1997/98–2006/07

Nationality	97/98	98/99	99/00	00/01	01/02	02/03	03/04	04/05	05/06	06/07
UK	7,332	8,366	8,785	12,475	15,114	17,473	19,185	19,346	18,659	18,696
China	1,306	1,420	1,120	1,955	3,156	3,618	4,023	6,953	11,954	14,889
Germany	573	612	725	1,116	1,923	2,601	3,530	3,971	6,241	7,302
USA	2,419	2,629	2,621	2,803	3,201	3,990	4,504	5,146	6,327	7,185
Japan	3,934	4,891	5,545	6,074	6,716	7,664	6,957	6,664	6,142	5,803
India	850	978	1,281	2,233	3,639	3,450	3,659	4,473	4,889	5,659
South Korea	491	603	694	1,431	2,587	2,768	3,311	3,615	4,063	4,785
Fiji	946	730	798	1,410	1,779	1,534	1,680	2,214	3,278	4,427
South Africa	1,000	1,168	1,278	1,632	2,509	2,861	3,062	3,314	3,420	3,985
Philippines	489	540	473	636	805	812	913	1,175	2,176	3,666
Malaysia	225	474	513	617	686	708	962	936	1,657	3,026
Canada	1,220	1,307	1,367	1,422	1,812	2,121	2,427	2,619	3,042	3,016
Brazil	29	25	43	71	122	237	451	685	1,823	3,009
Ireland	536	549	761	1,235	1,543	2,403	2,609	2,833	2,921	2,596
France	296	370	569	669	909	1,262	1,471	1,637	2,135	2,249
Czech Republic	17	41	109	187	219	240	817	485	1,385	1,863
Thailand	344	730	789	1,180	1,205	946	990	1,173	1,338	1,861
Taiwan	104	176	457	463	484	442	546	700	932	1,603
Netherlands	344	737	626	703	967	1,116	1,279	1,335	1,430	1,488
Chile	22	25	37	63	155	400	405	563	948	1,392
Others	3,859	5,149	5,484	8,227	9,617	10,181	10,806	12,660	14,914	16,957
Total	26,336	31,520	34,075	46,602	59,148	66,827	73,587	82,497	99,674	115,457